Rampage - Hors de contrôle

Un monster flick dans le style The Asylum, mais avec un « monster budget ». Lavage de cerveau garanti ! Techniquement, c’est parfait et la 3D est irréprochable. Les monstres sont magnifiques et nous délectent tant dans la verdure de décors bucoliques qu’au milieu de la grisaille bétonnée de Chicago. Par contre, la réalisation est fade et on reste sur sa faim. Il aurait fallu renforcer le concept (à l’instar de Cloverfield ou Godzilla) ou, tout au moins, donner du caractère aux visuels (comme le ferait Michael Bay). Avec Rampage, la réalisation est totalement mécanique, stérile, destinée à plaire à tout le monde et à ne décevoir personne – ni à surprendre, malheureusement. (11/04/2018)

Un bon petit divertissement de Noël avec des animaux mutants et The Rock. De notre perspective actuelle, on peut le voir comme une mise en bouche face à Godzilla vs. Kong. Le film n’est pas avare d’action effrénée, de destruction et de scènes déchainées et frénétiques. Pas le temps de s’ennuyer, donc ! Si j’avais pu le voir au grand écran, je lui aurais peut-être donné une étoile de plus. (02/04/2021)

An oversized gorilla, a wolf and a crocodile meet in Chicago and totally destroy it. Sounds good, right? But before that happens, you're in for a bunch of uninteresting characters, not-very-functional humour and a hackneyed plot. Oh, and the final battle could have been better, too, with a fun color palette and some ideas. In the context of dumb and loud action movies, Rampage is inoffensively average. But if you don't watch it, probably nothing will happen at all. (26/07/2018)

An entertaining feet-up movie. The action looks unexpectedly good, especially Mr. Alligator was great. It’s true that, compared to Godzilla, this is a poor substitute, but George has his underdog face reflecting animal testing. The chemistry between the monkey and the Rock is excellent, as is their perverse humor. (13/04/2019)

Dwayne Johnson has a weaker moment this time. Financially the film is a success, but I didn't take away a great audience experience. I haven't played the old Rampage video game, so I can't compare, but it certainly would have been more interesting if it had enlarged the animals more at once and could have made for much more intense destruction. The finale is admittedly intense and the giant crocodile can command respect, but it left me pretty cold. There could have been more humour, and the only action scene worth mentioning is the finale and the wolf attack in the forest. It's watchable and doesn't look bad on screen, but I feel like I've grown out of it slightly. The final shot that made the whole cinema laugh was good though. 65% (18/04/2018)