Rampage: President Down

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.

Aside from the lousy acting, the blunders of the cops and FBI, and the goofs and things that don't make sense - going after a terrorist in the woods in coat & tie - this rot is full of anarchist/communist propaganda that makes me want to puke.

Why did anyone waste time or money on this piece of trash?

The first and second one were way better. This one just wasn't as intense and too much talking going on. Not saying it was terrible but could have been better. They need to be more logical with what they're saying. No one is going to believe that Britney Spears and George Bush were killed. Too hypocritical and talking about terrorists. We didn't even see the president and his secretary's being killed so they just left that out. It seemed a little died down. There was a lot of hype about it and it didn't meet the expectations. But usually the third sequel isn't always that good. They didn't even explain how he met his wife crystal and what happened after Bill died. What's going to happen to Billy also? He's never going to see that DVD.

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.

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.