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Created Mar 28, 2011 08:57AM PST • Edited Mar 29, 2011 10:54AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Awful 0.0

   Movies can be an escape from the problems of the world. They can entertain us, make us laugh, make us cry, or move us to action. The best movies in the world can have such a profound influence, that they become part of our everyday lexicon.

   What the movie Rampage creates is a crime. A film that is so disturbing and pointless that it can’t possibly serve any other purpose than to incite violence as an answer to problems.

   In the movie, Bill (Brendan Fletcher) is going through tough times in life. He’s 22 years old, living at home with parents who want him to move out or pay rent, and seems to be frustrated with everyday life problems. So he decides the best answer is to construct and execute an elaborate plan to kill as many people as he possibly can. A mass murder to make him feel better. He proceeds to don bulletproof armor and kill. And kill. And kill again.

   Now, I’m all for crime and thriller movies. I’ve enjoyed slasher films and movies with violence, as long as they had a point. Rampage serves no point. We have a film from director Uwe Boll that seems to thrill in watching people killed for no reason. Boll, who is known for creating movies based on video games, seems to act out the violence in video games in a real life. With no remorse, nor conscience, nor strong story to support it. In fact, he seems to be trying to make you cheer the lead character on, as if Bill were some type of underdog. Injecting scenes were Bill spews out corny one-liners, ala Schwarzenegger, does not make this trash acceptable.

   People will watch this film, and those who suffer from problems will be influenced, and potentially look at it as a way to act. Shame on Boll for allowing that message to be made. A movie poster with the tagline “Have you ever considered it?” should not be a sales pitch for violence.

4. Acting

   Barely OK 2.0

5. Male Stars Barely OK 2.0

6. Female Stars Barely OK 2.0

7. Female Costars Barely OK 2.0

8. Male Costars Barely OK 2.0

10. Film

    Pretty Bad 1.5

11. Direction Awful 0.0

    Uwe Boll should be ashamed for making this film.

12. Play Barely OK 2.0

13. Music Barely OK 2.0

14. Visuals Barely OK 2.0

    How do you rate the slaughtering of people for entertainment’s sake?

15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 3.1

    Over the top violence and killing.

17. Sex Innocent 1.0

18. Violence Monstrous 5.0

19. Rudeness Profane 3.3

21. Reality

    Glib 1.5

22. Circumstantial Surreal 2.5

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0