Rampage 2018

 

Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brad Peyton
Screenplay by	Ryan Engle Carlton Cuse Ryan J. Condal Adam Sztykiel
Story by	Ryan Engle
Based on	Rampage by Midway Games
Produced by	Dwayne Johnson Brad Peyton Beau Flynn John Rickard Hiram Garcia
Starring	Dwayne Johnson Naomie Harris Malin Åkerman Joe Manganiello Jake Lacy Marley Shelton Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Cinematography	Jaron Presant
Edited by	Jim May Bob Ducsay[1]
Music by	Andrew Lockington
Production companies	New Line Cinema Access Entertainment[2] (uncredited) Dune Entertainment[2] (uncredited) 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[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$120–140 million[4][5]
Box office	$428 million[6]

Rampage is a 2018 American science fiction monster film directed by Brad Peyton and loosely based on the video game series of the same name by Midway Games. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It follows a primatologist who must team up with George, an albino western lowland gorilla who turns into a raging creature of enormous size as a result of a rogue experiment, to stop two other mutated animals from destroying Chicago.

The film is the third collaboration between Peyton and Johnson, following Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) and San Andreas (2015). It also marked the final released Warner Bros. film to be financed by Access Entertainment/RatPac-Dune Entertainment as the studio had ended their partnership with the company due to sexual harassment allegations against RatPac-Dune owner Brett Ratner (which resulted in the company going uncredited);^[2] the company subsequently dissolved later that year.

Principal photography began in April 2017 in Chicago. The film was released in the United States on April 13, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures, in 2D, RealD 3D and IMAX. The film had grossed over $428 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its performances (particularly Johnson and Morgan), action sequences and visual effects, but criticism of its screenplay, pacing and storyline.^[7][8][9]