Rampage movie (staring The Rock) based on the 1980's arcade game

The Rock is going to be in a movie called Rampage based on the 1980's video game!



This looks like a whole lot of brainless fun!

Here's footage of the arcade game if you've never played it or need a reminder:

MAME: Rampage (Original Arcade game)

 

Just what the world needs, another clueless action film loosely based on some arcade game.

 

Yeah, but this one seems to not take itself seriously which is a good thing.

 

I'll have to take your word for it.

 

The trailer is right up there...

 

I loved playing "Rampage" in the arcade back in the day!
I hope the movie maintains my two favorite parts of the game:

When your monster punched through the wall of a building, sometimes it would reveal someone in the bath... who would scream, and the monster would look embarrassed, like "Oops, sorry."

...if your monster picked up and ate the soldier carrying a flame thrower, he would then burp and a little jet of fire would come out of his mouth.

 

Yeah, I loved the little funny touches they added to that game!

 

I was just saying, the next thing after comic book movies is going to be video game movies.

 

Well, video game movies are nothing new.

List of films based on video games - Wikipedia

 

And they've never made a good one.

 

Mortal Kombat is pretty well regarded.

 

I'd rather see movies based on NARC or Rolling Thunder or Operation Wolf.

 

Where is my Contra movie? And do I get in for free if I tell them the Konami code?

 

Still waiting for a Pong movie.

 

Would you settle for a 3-D version of Pong?

 

Wonder if they'll make the gorilla fart a rocket for comic relief?

 

Q-bert dam it Starring.. David Spade laughing......
This movie will the Dwayane......... Rock will bomb and flop..
Trying to pull the 80's nostalgia on us gen x is lost prospect..

 

It looks like the movie goes completely against the point of the game: becoming a monster and causing general mayhem.

That's why the game created such a stir. The goal was to kill people and destroy property (albeit in a comical way).

The big problem with the movie can be distilled thusly:

Game: monsters=heroes
Movie: monsters=villains

Hollywood movie execs are overpaid. The film industry would be better served if all action movie ideas came from Mr. Kevin O'Donnell, age 10, a paperboy from Alton, Illinois.

 

Wow, this looks terrible. They could've taken it in a less serious direction, but decided to Dark Knight-ify it, pretty much.

 

How much less serious could they possibly make it?!

 

Wow. Just...wow. I loved the game growing up, but this is like some sick joke. Who gave this the greenlight?

 

Someone who knows that Big Dumb Action Movies staring The Rock always make a nice profit. It might not end up being a good movie, but he has the charisma to carry it.

 

Probably something along the lines of "Pixels"

 

I said "less serious" not "terrible".