Rampage
New Line Cinema | Release Date: April 13, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
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11
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23
Negative:
12
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60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranApr 12, 2018
Not that you would anyway, but it doesn't pay to think too hard about "Rampage." Sure, it could be improved (shorter would have helped), but it gets the job done in a more or less acceptable way. Not the highest praise, but things could have been worse. Read full review
60
Total FilmJordan FarleyApr 11, 2018
Rampage was always going to be the cinematic equivalent of junk food – enjoyable enough while consumed, but devoid of nourishment. When the homo sapiens are on screen, you can feel the film start to flatline but, against the odds, a computer-generated gorilla might just win you over. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 11, 2018
It is entertainingly over the top, although perhaps the CGI work isn’t quite out of the top drawer. Read full review
60
EmpireOlly RichardsApr 11, 2018
Ridiculous, of course, but not as ridiculous as it might have been. As much fun as it has with the idea of animals stomping cities to rubble, it seems shy of going completely over the top, and it’s the poorer for it. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushMatt SingerApr 11, 2018
Rampage won’t set the world on fire (our world, at least; it sets plenty of its world on fire when George and his two giant pals arrive in Chicago), but it does exactly what it says on the tin: It’s a big, goofy romp about creatures who lay waste to a major American city while the Rock cracks jokes in a light brown shirt. Read full review
60
Time OutJoe McGovernApr 11, 2018
Morgan's performance is a gem of comic timing and audience-directed winks. He elevates a movie that’s mostly about watching stuff get stomped down. Read full review
55
IGNJim VejvodaApr 11, 2018
Rampage doesn’t really offer much of anything new as a giant monster movie, a video game adaptation, or a Dwayne Johnson vehicle, but it still checks all the boxes expected from it, offering one just enough entertainment value to not make you completely hate it. Read full review
50
VoxAlissa WilkinsonApr 12, 2018
It’s both a blindingly predictable pastiche of an action movie — absolutely nothing happens here that you haven’t seen in a movie before, with the possible exception of some crass sign-language humor from a giant gorilla — and weirdly charming. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonApr 12, 2018
Clearly, this is a star vehicle — and the eminently likable Johnson is unquestionably a star. Through sheer force of personality, he elevates Rampage into something reasonably entertaining. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 12, 2018
It's easy to root for George. The movie deserves the finger. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 12, 2018
The problem with Rampage is that it’s not content to be mindless fun. There’s too much exposition and too many needless human villains. Plus, the tone is more lugubrious than the flippancy suggested by the trailers. Read full review
50
The PlaylistWill AshtonApr 11, 2018
In the right moments, Brad Peyton can stage a ceremoniously ludicrous set piece with grace and ease. It’s easy to follow the nonsense found in the last act thanks to his assured hand, and you can tell that he is having an absolute ball with its silliness. If only we could share in that enthusiasm for its tedious first two acts. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonApr 11, 2018
The gargantuan critters are dwarfed only by the derivativeness in Rampage, a clunky spectacle that, like many Dwayne Johnson vehicles, is elevated by his charismatic presence but not enough to recommend it. Read full review
46
Paste MagazineWill LeitchApr 18, 2018
This is a ridiculous movie without much desire or energy to get too ridiculous. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyApr 11, 2018
It never makes up its mind whether it wants to be a what-hath-science-wrought disaster movie like those old John Sayles cheapie classics Piranha and Alligator, or just a big, dumb, and loud tongue-in-cheek action comedy. It’s a movie that’s afraid to pick a lane. Read full review
40
Vanity FairRichard LawsonApr 25, 2018
The bulk of Rampage is, alas, a slog, as passionless as I’d imagine the fandom is for the I.P. the film is based on. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredLuke ParkerApr 19, 2018
Rampage is noticeably in trouble once it becomes obvious that the giant virtual gorilla is the most human presence onscreen, and that doesn’t take too long. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonApr 12, 2018
Compared to Rampage, King Kong and Godzilla have James Brown levels of soul. Peyton has just made another movie about the Rock running through rubble. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 12, 2018
Seriously, the movie is pretty awful, but Johnson, as ever, seems to be having a ball, even when he’s all serious and concerned and shot up and beaten up and building-dropped-upon. Read full review
40
TimeStephanie ZacharekApr 12, 2018
The movie is at its best when it’s sopping with sentimentality and when it goes right over the top in its depiction of dorky destruction. Everything in between is a drag. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Apr 11, 2018
Some movies are feasts. Some films are desserts. This picture is cheese in a can, and if it only accepted that, it would be a lot more fun — like “Alligator,” the tongue-in-cheek classic that had a toothy terror climbing out of a city sewer. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 11, 2018
Peyton delivers a unified-looking whole, in which the visual effects integrate well with stage and location work. Read full review
40
TheWrapDan CallahanApr 11, 2018
Rampage is a movie that gets buried in its own top-heavy plot, collapsing itself under that weight just like the Chicago-area buildings do on screen. Read full review
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