Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) and San Andreas (2015).
Rampage
Theatrical release poster Directed by
Brad Peyton Produced by
Brad Peyton
Beau Flynn
John Rickard
Hiram Garcia Screenplay by
Ryan Engle
Carlton Cuse
Ryan J. Condal
Adam Sztykiel Story by
Ryan Engle Based on
Rampage
by Midway Games Starring
Dwayne Johnson
Naomie Harris
Malin Åkerman
Jake Lacy
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Joe Manganiello Music by
Andrew Lockington Cinematography
Jaron Presant Edited by
Jim May
Bob Ducsay
[1] Production
company
New Line Cinema
Flynn Picture Company
Wrigley Pictures
ASAP Entertainment
Seven Bucks Productions Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures Release date
April 4, 2018 ( Microsoft Theater )
April 13, 2018 (United States) Running time
107 minutes [2] Country
United States Language
English Budget
$120–140 million [3][4] Box office
$425.7 million [5]
Principal photography began in April 2017 in Chicago. The film was released in the United States on April 13, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema, in 2D, RealD 3D and IMAX . It has grossed over $425 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Johnson and Morgan's performances and the visual effects, but criticism of the screenplay and storyline. It is the all-time best reviewed film based on a video game, currently sitting at 52% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes . [6][7][8]
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Athena-1, a research space station owned by gene manipulation company Energyne, is destroyed after a
laboratory rat mutates and wreaks havoc. Dr. Kerry Atkins, the lone surviving crew member, is ordered by CEO Claire Wyden to retrieve research canisters containing a pathogen. Atkins is able to flee in the escape pod when the station implodes, but it disintegrates upon re-entry, killing her. The falling pieces leave a trail of debris across the United States, including the Everglades , where a canister is consumed by an
American crocodile, and a forest in Wyoming, where a
gray wolf is exposed to the pathogen.
Primatologist Davis Okoye, a former US Army Special Forces soldier and member of an anti-poaching unit, works at the San Diego Wildlife Sanctuary, a wildlife preserve. He befriends a rare albino gorilla named George, whom he saved from poachers. Davis communicates with George using sign language and gestures, and George shows Davis that he has a sense of humor. At night, one of the canisters crash-lands in George's habitat and George is also exposed to the pathogen.
George grows considerably larger and more aggressive over time. Davis is contacted by Dr. Kate Caldwell, a genetic engineer, who explains that the pathogen was developed by Energyne to rewrite genes on a massive scale. She had hoped to advance CRISPR research as a potential cure for diseases but discovered that Energyne planned to use it as a biological weapon. The company fired her and got her sent to prison for attempting to expose them. George escapes from captivity and goes on a rampage at the preserve. Davis calms him down, but George is captured by a government team led by Agent Harvey Russell and put on an airplane. Meanwhile, Claire and her brother, Brett, send a squad of mercenaries to capture the mutated wolf, Ralph, but they are all killed.
Claire, hoping to capture Ralph and use George to kill Kate so they can cover up their plans, uses a massive transmitter atop the Willis Tower to lure all three of the animals—who have been engineered to respond aggressively to a certain sound frequency—to Chicago. George reacts violently to the sound, and his subsequent rampage causes the plane to crash, though Davis, Kate, and Russell parachute to safety. George, who also survives the crash, joins Ralph as they make their way to Chicago. Davis and Kate convince Russell to help them steal a military helicopter, so they can get ahead of
