Rampage: President Down Reviews

I have to admit Uwe Boll is one of the worst directors of all time. He ruins a lot of video game movies and he typically has terrible or just average actors in his movies. That being said I've actually gotten a kick out of these movies. I have a sick mind when it comes to fictional violence like this. It's very similar to his former movie Postal, but it's so much more "fun". I even liked a similar movie he did called Assault on Wall Street. Uwe Boll takes on both writing and directing once again here. Brendan Fletcher also co-writes as he did with the previous film. Now this Uwe Boll ranted in a video that no one would crowdfund him and instead all we care about is big Hollywood films. So he decided to quit filmmaking. That was for this movie and some other one. He still ended up finishing this one and has gotten it distributed. Will he actually stay away from film? Only time will tell. I do find it a bit silly what he has said in a recent interview about this "final" trilogy.

"I wanted to create another Hannibal Lector and I did that with Bill Williamson."

I mean come on I know I like these movies, but any comparison to the infamous Hannibal Lector is an obscene joke. The only comparison that he states is he is nice and intelligent, but he is also very evil. There is a lot more to it than that. They couldn't be any more different.

"In the first Rampage film, you have no clue how it all fits together till the end, similar to the Usual Suspects."

No way is it in any way as cool or as insanely surprising as the Usual Suspects. That was a brilliant movie from beginning to end. Sure there is a good twist, but to say it's on a legendary level as the aforementioned movie is just hogwash.

Now onto the film in question. There doesn't seem to be much of a cast. At least if there are others the full cast list hasn't been updated on IMDB yet. I'm sure there are a few of his usuals here though. It looks like because they didn't get all the funds they wanted they ended up using some previous footage and reusing shots. That montage of news stories is kind of haunting. He is right I am focusing on the body count lol. Of course some things he says may be right. His actions are unwarranted though. He is a prime example of what he is talking about too. The detectives are wrong about his kill count in part one by a lot. There seems to be a lot of social commentary on what is going on in our society lately in these movies especially here. It's an interesting thing to see. This entry into the trilogy is not as violent as the first two. The first one was just a movie version of a massacre. The second one was a little more balanced. This one however seems to rely on building a story and possibly the only real action will be the final showdown. The thing about doing it like that is that you need a good director/writer. Uwe Boll is not the man for the job. Besides that the acting isn't all that great, but it's not the worst either. Brendan Fletcher is always a decent actor though, but the only other half-way decent actor is Steve Baran as Molokai. Haha Uwe Boll managed to put his rant about Hollywood films into the character of Bill! The showdown is not as spectacular as I was hoping for. That's probably because of the budget. The music though is entertaining and the battle is still kind of interesting. The ending stuff was all actually pretty interesting and well done. That actress who played the reporter was terrible though. Well because of the ending I liked this almost as much as the first two. Brendan Fletcher needs to do more movies with better directors to really showcase his talents. I'm sure if Uwe Boll had raised what he needed this may have been my favorite. Anyways as a part of the series it was worth the watch. This trilogy is the best of his movies whereas I would never recommend any of his other work. If you liked the first two I would say give it a shot.