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One of the greatest successes of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson found a new life on Amazon Prime Video almost seven years after his departure in theaters. Based on Arcade Classic video games of the same name, “Rampage” of 2018 is currently located firmly in the top ten of the most watched film paintings in the streamer. It seems that people like to look at Johnson to fight great monsters.
When writing these lines, the “crawling” of director Brad Brad Peyton is seated in the new number on the graphics of Prime Video, according to Flixpatrol. The new comedy by Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon “You cordially invited” is always firmly seated in first place, but the fact that a film that was released years ago and has no obvious reason to work better that any other action price currently the subscribers should be noted. Again, we regularly see films that were successes in theaters that are well streaming. The best interpreters in streamer also include the tastes of “The Equalizer”, “Jurassic World” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”.
For those who may need recycling, “crawling” focuses on a primatologist called Davis (Johnson) who shares an unshakable link with George, a smart girl who has been in charge since his birth. When the genetic experience of a gourmet society goes south, George and several other animals in the United States are transferred to aggressive and much larger versions of themselves. Davis must try to find an antidote not only to stop the following destruction, but also to save his friend.
The film arrived at a time when Johnson could not hurt. To come after the hit of the monster which was “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and as the films “Fast & Furious” were at the top of their popularity, it was the right film at the right time with the right star. He also recommended Johnson with Peyton, the two previously collaborating on the disaster film “San Andreas”.
Rampage helped shoot the tide for video game movies
At one point, Johnson had won the nickname “Viagra franchise” because his presence would increase the benefits of a franchise simply by being part. Although “crawling” was not a cinema franchise before 2018, it was a preexisting property. It also happened at a time when video game movies were not exactly something safe. At that time, the poorly considered “warcraft” was the adaptation of the most profitable video game to this point with $ 438.8 million worldwide, most of which came from the outside of the United States
It was a different time, and the chances were somehow stacked against this project. “Rampage”, the video game, had essentially no story to say. It was just monsters attacking a city. This allowed Peyton and the various writers to create their own story around the very basic concept provided by the game. Although it is not exactly a critical darling, the end result resonated with the public, transforming the adaptation into a important success.
“Rampage” has made $ 428 million worldwide and remains one of the biggest video game films live from all time. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” (463 million dollars and counting) is currently the largest, with the animation “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($ 1.3 billion) as the largest as a whole. But these films are much more recent. As silly as it may seem, this film played an important role in the transformation of video game adaptations on the big screen in Hollywood. Obviously, spending a decade later, people still have a weakness for that.
