Rampage

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Rampage

R

1987

1h 37m

Drama

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An assistant district attorney (Michael Biehn) opposes a public defender (Nicholas Campbell) pleading insanity for a killer (Alex McArthur).

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C-

Sep 7, 2011

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

This is not a movie about murder so much as a movie about insanity -- as it applies to murder in modern American criminal courts. Friedkin plays with two decks and is happy to stack them both.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 2/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Gena Radcliffe

The Spool

Rampage isn’t a hidden gem of Friedkin's filmography. But it’s an interesting movie that poses some uneasy questions without easy answers.

Sep 26, 2023

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Basically, in re-editing his film to make a cruder point, Friedkin took out the shadings in his characters and the better work of his leads, and in no way whatsoever did he improve the movie. He in fact systematically made it worse.

Rated: B+

Apr 27, 2012

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 3/5

Jul 28, 2005

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Steve D

It works ok bu there is not a lot to it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/02/23

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Audience Member

Once again master director W. Friedkin tells a story in a very unusual and disturbing way. His camera follows his characters like flies follow a piece of meat. His film is tensed thanks to an incredibly haunting soundtrack and a cast that works very well. Once again a very good piece of film making from one of the most talented film maker of the 70's & 80's era that I never get tired to revisit.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

great Michael Biehn movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

the line between sanity and insanity is very blurry.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

The film starts off strongly enough but once it becomes about Friedkin's need to present a pro-death penalty argument in the most one sided fashion imaginable, it becomes dull and occasionally repugnant.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Guilty or insane??? You decide. Very good movie ...yet one more example of some of the sick tickets out there.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Synopsis

An assistant district attorney (Michael Biehn) opposes a public defender (Nicholas Campbell) pleading insanity for a killer (Alex McArthur).

Director: William Friedkin
Production Co: Miramax
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Box Office (Gross USA): $322.5K
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround

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