Uwe Boll's best film to date focuses intently on the burgeoning metamorphosis of a young man(Brendan Fletcher, in an unforgettable performance), living with his suburban parents (who wish for him to live in his own apartment and out of their home, hoping he will go to college and focus on a career), who decides to become a terrorist, with a whole town of citizens on his agenda of extermination. Planted into his mind, a seed if you will, by his best friend, Evan(Shaun Sipos) who has a cynical, unfavorable view of mankind, is kind of the one responsible(he couldn't possibly know his pal's true intentions or how far he would go) for encouraging Bill(Fletcher)to go on the eventual rampage.This notion that the world is overpopulated and the only way to solve the problem is to kill many of the people behind the earth's plight, that's enough(along with the viewpoint that we live these meaningless lives and how greed has corrupted the earth)to move Bill into action.
So he goes on a murderous rampage, having purchased machine guns, and put together his own makeshift suit of armor to counter gunfire. His targets are anybody and everybody, and Bill goes down city blocks(after exploding a police station, and shooting the officers who weren't blown to smithereens with the use of C4 inside a van)firing on frightened, shouting innocent bystanders. Whether it be girls in a beauty salon or employees at a savings and loan bank, anyone is fair game for this twisted psychopath.
I think this was Uwe Boll's way of exploring how America is a breeding ground for terrorism and at any moment someone with enough determination and motivation could march down public places gunning down those who get in his way, or seem meaningless to him. It's a disturbing odyssey as we follow Bill during his massacre. Boll shows us a scene where Bill'smother calls him up, warning him of the crazy lunatic on the rampage, so unaware that it's her own son behind the slaughter. This cleverly planned massacre will have specifically chosen victims such as Evan, a coffee shop server(who doesn't adhere to Bill's desire for a certain latte he wanted with extra foam), and chicken fast food restaurant employee who Bill had come across before his rampage. This movie is a punch in the face, and the rampage itself is gratuitous with Boll shooting his subject in Cinéma vérité style(in other words, the camera shakes and jerks with Boll opting for the steadicam method, and the director also juxtaposes images of the upcoming events in the opening 30 minutes as a prelude/preparation for what will happen at Bill's hands). We watch in horror as Fletcher's cold blooded shooter just annihilates all in his trajectory, bodies falling as Bill fires in all directions. Matt Frewer and Lynda Boyd are Bill's clueless parents, consumed with their jobs, not a clue that their obedient son is psychotic. Particularly haunting is the ending as Bill announces to the world that he's willing to cleanse the earth for "you". Boll, in my opinion, has finally risen out of the critical abyss, tackling some pretty potent, controversial subject matter. RAMPAGE is certain to have people talking(in a different way besides bashing Boll's "inabilities" to direct), and this is definitely a step in the right direction for Boll.
So he goes on a murderous rampage, having purchased machine guns, and put together his own makeshift suit of armor to counter gunfire. His targets are anybody and everybody, and Bill goes down city blocks(after exploding a police station, and shooting the officers who weren't blown to smithereens with the use of C4 inside a van)firing on frightened, shouting innocent bystanders. Whether it be girls in a beauty salon or employees at a savings and loan bank, anyone is fair game for this twisted psychopath.
I think this was Uwe Boll's way of exploring how America is a breeding ground for terrorism and at any moment someone with enough determination and motivation could march down public places gunning down those who get in his way, or seem meaningless to him. It's a disturbing odyssey as we follow Bill during his massacre. Boll shows us a scene where Bill'smother calls him up, warning him of the crazy lunatic on the rampage, so unaware that it's her own son behind the slaughter. This cleverly planned massacre will have specifically chosen victims such as Evan, a coffee shop server(who doesn't adhere to Bill's desire for a certain latte he wanted with extra foam), and chicken fast food restaurant employee who Bill had come across before his rampage. This movie is a punch in the face, and the rampage itself is gratuitous with Boll shooting his subject in Cinéma vérité style(in other words, the camera shakes and jerks with Boll opting for the steadicam method, and the director also juxtaposes images of the upcoming events in the opening 30 minutes as a prelude/preparation for what will happen at Bill's hands). We watch in horror as Fletcher's cold blooded shooter just annihilates all in his trajectory, bodies falling as Bill fires in all directions. Matt Frewer and Lynda Boyd are Bill's clueless parents, consumed with their jobs, not a clue that their obedient son is psychotic. Particularly haunting is the ending as Bill announces to the world that he's willing to cleanse the earth for "you". Boll, in my opinion, has finally risen out of the critical abyss, tackling some pretty potent, controversial subject matter. RAMPAGE is certain to have people talking(in a different way besides bashing Boll's "inabilities" to direct), and this is definitely a step in the right direction for Boll.