Monsters have been destroying cities in movies for so long it’s hard to find a way to make all that carnage seem fresh. One way to do that is to give a giant, mutated wolf a set of bat wings, and an even bigger crocodile a pair of tusks that make it look like a dragon. On top of that, make the world’s top movie star, Dwayne Johnson, take them all on. Put that all in a delicious, big-budget gumbo and you got yourself some carnage that begs to be seen, and you can get the most epic taste of it in this new RAMPAGE trailer. You may be telling yourself, “Yeah, but it doesn’t reveal more about the story.” To that, I will tell you to shut up and watch a bunch of monsters rip shit down and listen to Johnsons quips and jokes!
Here is a mostly unnecessary plot synopsis:
Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
RAMPAGE also stars Naomi Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Joe Manganiello and Malin Akerman, and hits theaters April 20.