The Bearded Trio

Reviewed by Patrick & Paul Gibbs  Out of Four It's already a big year for us for for sheepish guilty pleasure, with Tomb Raider and Pacific Rim: Uprising, and now, the one and only video game that really holds a special (even sacred) place in our hearts is adapted into a big budget film. When we were teens in the 'early 90's, hanging out at the arcade at the mall playing Rampage was a favorite pastime. The thing we loved most about it was that it was done from the monster's point of view. It's a lot more fun to smash building and eat people than it is to shoot at creatures. The movie faced a big obstacle on this level: Rampage was never about the humans, and nobody wants to root against George, Ralph and Lizzie. How do you get around this?  Director Brad Peyton ( San Andreas ) and the team of screenwriters struggle with the issue, but come close enough to succeeding through enough of the film to make it satisfying to fans. George the gorilla and...