By Logan Jones
Student Writer
As the self-titled, “hardest working man in showbiz,” Dwayne Johnson doesn’t impress much with his newest film, “Rampage.”
Sure, there are a few moments that got exciting, but it was nothing that we have never seen from a Dwayne Johnson action film before.
“Rampage,” from director Brad Peyton, follows Johnson, playing Davis Okoye, as he tries to figure out a way to save his albino gorilla companion who has grown to a colossal size and become even more aggressive.
While Johnson always provides a level of entertainment that almost no other actor can, there are still plenty of things to gripe about in the film.
The main characters are developed (not a lot but enough), but the audience is still left feeling a little detached from the characters. Some characters seem like they are rushed into the film while others, like Johnson’s character, just seem like the actors playing themselves. Even the antagonists lack the motive and reasons for their actions; what money is there in creating large, destructive animals? What kind of market is that?
There also seems to be a fair share of plot holes in :Rampage” as well. On multiple occasions, I felt like there were some instances where the film failed to fill in the blanks that were not shown on screen such as how some of the monstrous animals have abilities that the others don’t and why some of the animals are so much larger than the rest.
Johnson is known for having witty and humorous lines and moments in most of his movie roles, and “Rampage” is no different.
However, because of their setting, some of the lines come off as a little campy and receive nothing more thanf a chuckle or a brief exhale through the nostrils.
While Rampage may be a movie worth its 100-minute run time, it’s not worth much else. Johnson seemingly never fails to entertain his audience, but don’t expect his latest film to win him any prestigious awards.