Review: Rampage

If you are in the right frame of mind, Rampage, is near perfect creature feature. An out of control corporate space experiment turns (bizarrely) a gorilla, a wolf and a crocodile into enormous versions of themselves with heightened characteristics such as aggression.

Johnson once again gives a charismatic performance as a primatologist who happens to have had extensive military training. He may actually be getting better as an actor too although some of the climatic close ups felt a bit bizarrely over-expressed. It's not quite as convincing (and lacks the humour) of Pratt's very similar character from the Jurassic World movies.  I would have liked to have seen more of his interactions with George the CGI gorilla. I could probably watch an entire movie of the two of them taking the mickey out of each other.

Harris' geneticist character provides a good foil although in fairness, neither of them are called upon to demonstrate much in the way of scientific knowledge. But it's good to know they could if they need to.

Unusually, the primary villain is also played with such genuine relish by the somehow familiar but can't quite place Ackerman that in a different movie I'd probably be rooting for her.

My favourite performance, however, has to be that of the scenery chewing Morgan's government agent.  It's perhaps no coincidence that he also gets most of the best lines:

"When science shits the bed, I’m the guy they call to change the sheets."

Verdict: Enjoyably dumb action fare.