A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- News Crew
- (uncredited)
- Andy the Producer
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Williamson
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Office Guy
- (uncredited)
- …
- News Crew Camera man
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBrendan Fletcher's character receives messages on his phone from someone named "Tunnel Rat," with the an avatar picture featuring the mask that Dominic Purcell's character wears when he goes on his own murderous rampage in Uwe Boll's previous film, Assault on Wall Street (2013).
- GoofsDuring the shootout in the TV studio basement, white BBs fired by the SWAT team can be seen bouncing around Bill and the filing cabinet he is hiding behind.
- Quotes
Bill Williamson: Are you one of those... um... rich housewives. Bored out of their minds. Their nannies do all the work. They have better relationship with your children than you do? And... you know, still you... cause you... you become a yoga teacher. When the children fall and scrape their knee... Who do they run to? They run to their nanny, they don't run to you. What are you going to do? Because you're too busy all being a yoga teacher, right? You think you have a rich husband? Say, he is a lawyer. So he cheats and he double dips his clients. He steals so that you can feel like a better person. Do you feel like a better person when you do yoga? You probably shop at organic fancy foods, buying apples for fucking five dollars a piece, right? You feel like you're doing something good for the world. Let me tell you something. You're not doing any good for the world. Yoga is not good for the world. You know what? Yoga is... It's a gymnastic for the egocentric. Yeah? Botox laden. Reality denying.
- ConnectionsFeatures Rampage (2009)
After co-producing the first film, a project he believed in, this time around Brendan sat down with Uwe and pitched idea for a follow-up. If there is a way to do a continuation, what is the most true way to do it? The answer is Capital Punishment. Not only is is a well done written, acted, and directed film on it's own terms. But it's exactly what a sequel should be. Enough call backs to the original (and in very creative ways, not just "Here's your flashback!") and yet it still stands on it's own feet, and hits you with such dangerous, unpredictable plot points.
You think a film called "Rampage" condones violence, when it doesn't. No more than films like "The Purge" tell it's audience "this crime is for a good cause." When the point the character himself makes in the film is that he's doing what he does, simply because he can, because he's allowed to. And if it's not him that does it, it will be someone else. And it's scary how true that is, about society and our government and everything. The world is a corrupt place to live in, and this character's statements about social commentary may not make his violence acceptable, but, dare I say, it makes it pretty scarily understandable? We've seen real guys like this character, and we're going to see more. It's the way the world works, sadly. There will always be violence, and movies, television (FICTION) music or video games (ENTERTAINMENT) are never going to be what causes it. Whether it exists or not, the government, people feeling screwed over by this country especially, always will continue to happen.
As much as people speak out about being against violence and crime or "mean people," they still make news and are watched by millions. It's our morbid curiosities on the matter. We don't wish harm or violence to occur, but when it does? Yeah, we'll take a peek. How many people watched the beheading video that was leaked back in 2001? More recently, how many of you watched Tony Stewart kill that racer? We shouldn't watch it, we shouldn't even want to... But we still do. And to me that's what Rampage is commentary about. About a guy who has no shame or guilt in admitting that curiosity, or confronting his lust. He does what he wants to do, because it's what people want him to do. They don't want to be involved, sure enough, but at the end of the day, his story will be the one they're watching on TV. And we're the ones watching a fictionalized movie based on such an idea.
Don't think of it as "an Uwe Boll film." It'd be like if Tommy Wiseau suddenly came out with another movie that by all means was actually good, but due to The Room's reputation, people would go in expecting it to be horrible. I hate Uwe Boll's work, okay? I couldn't even sit through Bloodrayne or House of the dead. But this film is so far away from that. Watch it. Watch both. You know you want to.
- Occult_Detective
- Aug 20, 2014
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $258,910
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1