Sentences with phrase «based on the rampage»

I recently saw the trailer for the new movie franchise based on the Rampage series.

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Making a judgement about a faith, be it Christianity or Islam, on the basis of a few extremists has about the same logical errancy as saying evolution is false because Hitler's murderous race purification rampage was fueled by his study of Darwin's theory, a truth written by Hitler himself.

It is a native plant making a comeback, not an invasive on the rampage, says study co-author Alan Tye, a conservation biologist at the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program, based in Samoa.

A nagging boss is like a rampaging mastodon, only on a daily basis.

But, courtesy of the three - beast video game on which «Rampage» is based, stand - alone simians with evocative names like Nabonga, Konga, Gorga and Ingagi, not to mention King Kong and Mighty Joe Young, are apparently a thing of the past.

Very loosely based on the video game franchise of the same name, «Rampage» manages to screw up the source material's signature idea: The 1986 arcade cabinet was so popular because it flipped «King Kong» on its head and allowed players to control a trio of gigantic monsters as they fended off military forces and reduced Earth's cities to rubble.

Story: Based on a popular arcade game from the»80s, Rampage is about three giant creatures wreaking havoc on human cities.

«Rampage,» based on the 1986 arcade game, stars Dwayne Johnson as the primatologist Davis Okoye, who signs with animals and has a special bond with an albino silverback gorilla named George (he knows how to make crude gestures at Davis).

I had no idea that Rampage was based on a video game until, somewhere around the point where a giant flying wolf eats Joe Manganiello, an arcade cabinet makes an extremely conspicuous cameo in the background of the villains» penthouse lair.

Arriving in theaters mere weeks after «Tomb Raider» and «Ready Player One,» «Rampage» is but the latest big - studio attempt to make good on Hollywood's most exasperating genre: the video - game - based VFX showcase.

Based on the same mid -»80s Bally Midway arcade game that unofficially inspired Disney's «Wreck - It Ralph,» Brad Peyton's «Rampage» doesn't seem to understand its own appeal.

Dwayne Johnson finally gets a star to match his size if not charisma in the sometimes gloriously ludicrous «Rampage,» a movie based on a hit arcade game that was literally just larger - than - life monsters bashing buildings.

Rampage is based on a cult video game from the Eighties in which three enormous beasts lay waste to a pixellated cityscape, but it has clearly been devised as a bespoke Johnson project, playing to the former wrestler's obvious action - star strengths while shearing off anything that might slow down the ride.

One of the most fun looking monster films to hit in 2018 has got to be directer Brad Peyton's Rampage, which based on the awesome 1986 smash hit arcade video game by the same name.

Rampage is based on a 1986 arcade game where players control one of three giant monsters trying to rack up points by leveling cities while avoiding being shot at by tanks and helicopters.

It's based on a video game, which ought to tell you all you need to know in terms of plausibility and logic, but by warmly embracing its quintessential stupidity, Rampage sort of gets away with it.

Their «Rampage,» only loosely based on the games, ends up every bit as inert and hardly more fun, failing to capture more than an iota of the colorful fun of its source material.

It's safe to assume that most people who want to see Rampage aren't interested in it because it's (loosely) based on an arcade game from the 1980's.

Already this year, there have been two films based on video games released in the Alicia Vikander led Tomb Raider and the Dwayne Johnson led Rampage, with more planned in upcoming years including a rebooted Doom film.

On this week's episode of Film Club, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky take a look at the latest Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson vehicle, Rampage, loosely based on the arcade game of the same namOn this week's episode of Film Club, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky take a look at the latest Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson vehicle, Rampage, loosely based on the arcade game of the same namon the arcade game of the same name.

Although Rampage is based on a video game series, it's fair to say that both Ready Player One and Tomb Raider benefited from bigger brand equity, and ditto Pacific Rim: Uprising, since it's a sequel.

Based on a bizarre Joe R. Lansdale novella, «Bubba Ho - Tep» stars Bruce Campbell as an aging Elvis Presley who comes out of hiding at a Texas retirement home to fight off a soul - sucking Egyptian mummy that's been rampaging through the community in a cowboy outfit.

Rampage is totally creating a new aura of American science fiction films based on the power of monsters.

Read about The Rock Dungeons and Dragons connection, the Rampage movie's special homage to the video game on which it's based, and more below.

Onscreen, we're treated to a classic story of zombies on the rampage, as chemical ooze from a military base transforms the residents of a small Texas town into boil - laden monstrosities.

Forgive Me My Henchmen takes the classic action plot - wronged hero on an one - man army rampage through countless foes - and lets you play the other side of that story, a satrica lane defense strategy game that pits you in control of the henchmen and their base's defenses.

Dwayne Johnson's movie career is firmly in its video game phase, after the roaring success of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and now Rampage (PG - 13), based on the»80s arcade rage.

Loosely based on the video game of the same name, Rampage is reminiscent of campy Japanese classics like Godzilla (1954), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964).

Based on true events, this gripping period piece convincingly recreates a particularly dark pass in modern history, while evoking the plight of every innocent caught in the crossfire between rampaging armies and dogmatic beliefs.

But Rampage - based on an arcade game - quickly resorts to raiding the Godzilla / King Kong cupboard and serves up a litany of tropes and well - trodden cliches as it sends the three monsters on a collision course.

Rampage is based on the arcade / video game and features The Rock as Davis Okoye, a primatologist who must help save the day when his best friend - a highly intelligent silverback gorilla - is mutated into a gigantic, city - wrecking creature.

Based on the 1986 arcade game, Rampage follows Davis Okoye, a primatologist played by Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, as he deals with an outbreak of Kong - sized monsters.

The first full trailer for Rampage, the Dwayne Johnson vehicle based on the «8os arcade game that's just climbing 8 - bit buildings and punching them until they collapse over and over, has arrived.

The screenplay is written by Ryan Engle (Non-Stop, Rampage); based on a story by Jaime Primak Sullivan.

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.

Byrne stars alongside Dwayne Johnson to save the world from global catastrophe in the action film Rampage loosely based on the video game of the same name.

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?

In Rampage, based on the 1980s» arcade game, Johnson plays a primatologist trying to save the world after three contaminated animals start destroying a city.

The movie is based on the 1980's arcade game of the same name and is about three massive, mutated monsters destroying cities while on — you guessed it — a rampage.

Maybe you'll choose to hide in the back of a truck in order to move through the base, or for a more noisy approach you could just steal that tank over there and go on a rampage or scour the place for a handy sniper rifle.

Dukes of War is a turn - based strategy game set in a gritty fantasy world ruled by the Dukes and rampaged by the undead, that aims to revive and enhance the popular gameplay of 90s TBS classics in full English and German on iOS and Android.

Motion controller - based gunplay including powerful special attacks, such as Rampage, Showtime and Shockwave that allow players to wreak havoc on action movie sets

The Iron & Steel Pack contains a table based on the company's CastleStorm franchise (a medieval tower destruction game), as well as a Western - inspired table called Wild West Rampage.

The idea that a teacher trained in the use of a handgun would succeed in ending a shooting rampage by someone with an assault rifle is simply an assertion, nothing more, based on dubious assumptions and best - case conditions.