a review of 狂暴

Everyday struggles and the pressures society puts on young people drive a young man to his breaking point. It gets a little confused in it's ideology, what with all the background talk about carbon footprints, the war in Afghanistan, and our ever draining natural resources going on. But as a depiction of the average American's idea and pursuit of happiness leading to the violent events that seem to be occurring more and more everyday, it's pretty effective. What's most surprising about Rampage though is just how competent it all is. It's not great, but feels like something an actual human would make whereas previous Uwe Boll films have felt like the product of an alien trying to imitate the art of filmmaking. A shaky camera and some weird moments where nobody reacts to the presence of a man in body armor stand out as noticeable flaws, but suffice to say this is much better than any of the director's notoriously awful video game adaptations. One or two of which I'll admit I enjoyed in a (very) guilty pleasure kind of way. Rampage is decent enough to make you wonder why Boll didn't make more stuff like it instead of destroying his reputation with bastardizations of beloved game series. Kind of weird to see a movie that marks a point where a filmmaker who had been in the game for quite some time only just started to show any sort of potential, but here it is. I actually find myself a little curious to see what else the director was able to come up with when dealing with more original material not tied to a preexisting property.