FORMAT: DVD
“The President of the United States has been assassinated.” That line is spoken by a newscaster in the movie. I’m not even sure if the President is even given a name. I do know the budget was so low they couldn’t even afford to show the assassination. Instead, we are just told that the mass-shooting antihero Bill (co-writer and co-producer Brendan Fletcher) has done the deed (and killed the Vice President and Secretary of State while he was at it). Now hiding in a hole in the woods, Bill makes YouTube videos where he rambles on and on incoherently about his political philosophy or lack thereof.
Yes, Uwe Boll is back on his bollshit with the third and hopefully final installment in the Rampage trilogy.
When the movie isn’t focusing on Bill in his hole, we follow two bland Feds trying to find the assassin. These scenes feel like the cheapest cop show you’ve ever seen. Somehow, the news broadcast scenes look even cheaper. It’s also unnecessarily padded with scenes from the other two movies in the franchise.
While Boll doesn’t show the “President Down” portion of the title, the “Rampage” that is glimpsed leaves something to be desired. The action is mostly limited to the third act when Bill ambushes the Feds who try to bust him in his compound. While the first two films were by no means good, they at least offered the sight of Bill running around the city and killing people. (You know… an actual rampage.) This one can only muster lots of slow-motion shots of SWAT team members flying through the air in the middle of the goddamned woods. What’s worse is that when the movie SHOULD be over, it continues with shots of Bill’s “disciples” picking up where he left off. They even execute Britney Spears! (Off screen, of course. If Boll won’t show the President being killed, he certainly won’t show Britney getting offed.) His teary-eyed videotaped message to his son is especially hard to take.
I’m not sure if this is Boll’s worst, but it’s gotta be damned near the bottom of the Boll barrel.
Boll retired after this shit show (the stinger at the end features Uwe tipping his cap to the camera and walking off into the sunset), but unfortunately, it turned out to be more of an extended hiatus.
Oh, and the dialogue? Absolutely atrocious. In one scene, a news anchor says, “Sadly, these stories are occurring at an all-too common occurrence.” Man, that’s some Ed Wood shit right there.
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