The trailer for Rampage has landed, and it looks deliciously absurd. Based on the 1986 arcade game, Rampage follows Davis Okoye, a primatologist played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, as he deals with an outbreak of Kong-sized monsters.
Players familiar with the original game will be happy to see that all three monsters – Lizzie the croc, George the gorilla, and Ralph the wolf – appear in the trailer, though only George gets a name so far. And although the original game travels across North America and Canada, hitting 40-something U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, this looks like most of the action will center on Chicago, Illinois, though we also get shots in a Western forest and the Florida Everglades.
This is one of those trailers that seems to give the whole plot away in two and a half minutes, but I suspect that’s because the appeal of this film won’t be its twists and turns. There is a clear question here for potential audiences: You want to watch the Rock befriend a massive gorilla while waging war with a helicopter-snatching wolf and a croc that swims up the Chicago River?
My answer is “OF COURSE,” but I recognize your mileage may vary on this one.
Directed by Brad Peyton (San Andreas), Rampage storms into theaters on April 20, 2018.
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