Rampage: President Down

I have a tremendous amount to say about Rampage 3 so bear with me.

Rampage: President down is the third and hopefully final movie in a Uwe Boll created franchise that is very uncomfortable viewing. Written by him and lead star Brendan Fletcher the story of all three movies is essentially an angry young man who dons body armour and automatic weapons and goes on rampages killing countless innocents. And he's the lead, therefore it's very hard to care about the protagonist or rather the films don't have one. Throughout the films he spews his reasons which are a combination of left and right wing politics.

Now to be clear much of what he says makes perfect sense and I agree with him, but they are in no way reasons to kill innocent people let alone bring about the finale of this film.

This is the movie creator Uwe Boll went on a rant about online. Because he couldn't get in funded on Kickstarter he attacked the public verbally claiming they were stupid for watching Hollywood films and being sheep. Boll was already hated, this didn't help his case.

Now I don't mind him, I think the man is an idiot but as a film maker he's fine. Yes he's made some stinkers, some really bad films in fact and I think this franchise is the crown jewel of crap.

Next something has to be noted. As I mentioned our leads rants are a combination of political stances, and for that reason it was inevitable you'd have people make the whole film politically motivated (Which it clearly isn't). The highlighted review on the IMDB page is a gentleman claiming the entire film is "Leftist" propaganda. This demonstrates to me that he doesn't understand left stances and certainly doesn't have a clue what propaganda is. A movie involving a character talking about subjects that you disagree with is no more propaganda than Black Panther was for African American succession.

Have you ever noticed how people treat left/right like football teams, vigorously defending them to the point of hostility? Have you noticed how all the derogative terms come from one side? Leftist, Libtard, Snowflake all aimed at the Left from the Right. The side that supports guns, has a history of bigotry, homophobia, racism and theocratic views is the hostile one? Does this surprise anyone?

This movie isn't propaganda for either political stance, to claim so is pitiful and screams agenda. The person in question who made such a ridiculous claim has a profile made up of the VAST majority of films getting a 1/10. Hateful individual which again isn't much of a surprise. Get a grip.

This final movie is well written and certainly has talking points but as a form of entertainment it is very much lacking. I fail to see the point of 90 minutes of a man killing innocent people.

The Good:

Matt Frewer

Well written for the most part

A great movie for "Talking points"

The Bad:

Uncomfortable viewing

Who am I supposed to be rooting for?

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

White people CAN be referred to as terrorists

Claiming real living celebrities are dead in a movie is really rather unpleasant

Not destined to wide audiences, as you may guess if you already know Uwe Boll's filmography and style, way of filming. The most nihilistic film maker of the modern movie industry. This director should have existed in the late sixties and early seventies...The directing and acting are as usual ankward, I would say lousy, but I have always followed Uwe Boll's films, with more or less pleasure, I admit. But no director is flawless, don't forget this. However, I will always prefer this to any Hollywoodian action film, already monitored by the true studios owners, the Wall Street, stock exchange lawyers and bankers only interested in gross, nothing but the gross. In this story, you may have in front of your eyes, anything you could have expected before. No filter, no director's cut, Uwe Boll is on the loose, on rampage. Be prepared.

That's what I would describe the latest (and hopefully last) entry of the Rampage series from director Uwe Boll. This recent film is a huge disappointment given previous films like Postal, the first Rampage, Assault on Wall Street, and Tunnel Rats 1968 seemed to signal a maturation as a filmmaker.

This film focuses on Bill Williamson solidifying his legacy as a voice for the oppressed, but ends up coming off as a Che Guevara by way of Osama Bin Laden. He's a terrorist who somehow successfully assassinated the President and others in the Federal Govt. And we're also supposed to believe that Williamson's followers would have infiltrated the federal agencies trying to track him down, essentially nerfing them. This is a fantasy movie with little to no basis in reality.

The film mostly covers Williamson proselytizing to his followers and the FBI trying to find him. The screenplay was written by Boll and actor Brendan Fletcher, who plays Williamson. This is basically Boll stroking his own ego, trying to show the world he knows what needs to be done to make our planet a better place. He tries to make Williamson a sympathetic figure with moments showing him as a father and husband. Makes sense. Some women have wanted to be the wife of Charles Manson or Richard Ramirez.

As a viewer, I was more sympathetic to the FBI agents, Molokai and Jones. They were given depth. We knew about them, they became more relatable. They were real compared to the cartoonish Williamson.

What struck me the most was the fixation of explosions and violence done to police. Yeah, some cops are dirty and corrupt, just like anyone of any race, creed, what have you. We see so many shots of them flying through the air and being blasted with gunfire. This is anarchy cop murder porn.

The first Rampage film was an interesting look at a nihilist becoming a mass murderer, and how ideology can lead to extremism. And that's where the series should have ended, by not becoming a series.

I would rate this two stars because Steve Baran and Ryan McDonell as the two FBI leads are the stand outs and deserve to be in a better film.

I've enjoyed the first two movies in this series incredibly.

However this particular film ends in utter nonsense.

It is a movie about an extreme left-wing radical and yet, they make a bold claim in the final scenes regarding right-wing terrorists which completely negates the entire premise of the film. Right when I was about to finish watching, satisfied with the content, they throw this statement into the film which completely destroys the continuity of the story.

That being said, if you would like to see a movie about a terrorist democrat, it's a good watch. Far from the quality of the previous two however.

From IMDB: "Bill Williamson returns to bring down the president of the United States and his Secret Service detail. "

Director: Uwe Boll Writers: Uwe Boll, Brendan Fletcher Stars: Brendan Fletcher, Bruce Blain, Loretta Walsh.

I have to admit that when I saw the 'Director' was Uwe Boll, my heart sank.

Why? Because (let's just say) his movies over the last two decades have lacked a few things: Decent plot, good actors, Direction and Cinematography.

However, IF the weather is bad, or (like me) you've kinda watched much that is good on Streaming - you may give this a go - with reservations.

Candidly after our main Protagonist recited his 'manifesto', I fast forwarded to the action - and there was some. Basically a 'Cat and Mouse' with The Federales, and how his Army training helped him to avoid same; with loud results.

To say much more would give away the plot (there is a bit of one, yes), so grab the popcorn, curl up and take your chances, this may/not be for you.