Midway's
arcade classic Rampage gets a first rate adaptation from director Brad Peyton starring the always reliable The Rock.
For those who never dropped a quarter to play a video game,
the arcade classic Rampage offered players the chance to destroy one city after another as one of three giant monster archetypes: a crypto - King Kong gorilla, a pseudo-Godzilla lizard, and a «we need a third giant animal» wolf.
Not exact matches
King Kong is a lightweight compared to the trio of mutant creatures who climb atop Chicago's famed Willis Tower in
Rampage, a cinematic adaptation of the
classic arcade game that emphasizes big - budget spectacle over narrative substance.
As for «
Rampage,» the movie feels like exactly what it is: a mega-budget studio tentpole reverse - engineered from an 8 - bit
arcade classic (by no fewer than four screenwriters), designed to eat dollars in much the same way the original game gobbled quarters.
Director Brad Peyton and star Dwayne Johnson's latest collaboration
Rampage smashes its way into UK cinemas today, and ahead of its release, Flickering Myth's Thomas Harris caught up with the filmmaker to discuss his adaptation of the
classic arcade game, employing motion capture technology, and whether he's interested in a sequel.
Pictures / New Line Cinema and director Brad Peyton give the
classic Midway Games
arcade game a cinematic representation with the film
Rampage.
The»80s
arcade classic «
Rampage» allowed players to inhabit the avatars of rabid mutant animals as they punched helicopters, ate people and demolished cities.
Jack Quaid (Tragedy Girls) and Matt Gerald (Bright) have closed deals to join New Line's adaptation of the
classic arcade game
Rampage, also starring Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, Variety reports.
But apparently,
Rampage director Brad Peyton refused to even sign on if the movie even considered going with the
arcade classic's original premise.
February 23, 2018 - Now that a movie based on Midway's
classic giant monster
arcade game is releasing for some strange reason, it's a good time to take a look back at the
Rampage series.
Loosely based on the
classic 1986
arcade game of the same name,
Rampage is director Brad Peyton's third outing with Dwayne Johnson and second major foray into the world of major blockbuster destruction, after 2015's natural disaster flick San Andreas — and honestly?
The entire genre is inspired by the
classic arcade game,
Rampage, but each one brings its own quirks and features to the destruction.
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