Rampage (film)



Rampage is a 2009 film directed by Uwe Boll. Despite its name and the fact that it's made by a director most famous for video game adaptations, it is unconnected to Midway's series. The plot concerns a young man named Bill Williamson (no, not that Bill Williamson) posting vlog rants about how the world is overpopulated and society's going down the drain, while building a suit of body armor and stocking up on weapons, leading up to a bloodthirsty rampage through his town. Amazingly, given the poor reputation of its director, it's actually a pretty good movie.

Not to be confused with the 1987 film of the same name. Or with the series of kaiju arcade games.

Tropes:
"Look at your thread. Look at the news about Norway. Look back at your thread. Slap yourself, because you have been owned."
 * Bank Robbery: Bill pulls one off not for the money, but to make a point; he burns the money outside in a garbage can to show that it's meaningless to him.
 * Bulletproof Vest: Bill's suit of steel-plate armor makes him effectively invincible.
 * Going Postal
 * Guns Akimbo: Done with a pair of submachine guns.
 * Hey It's That Guy: Fans of Ginger Snaps, keep your eyes open for Katharine Isabelle in a brief appearance as a beauty salon employee.
 * Karma Houdini:
 * Leave No Witnesses: The reason why Bill kills.
 * Malevolent Masked Men: Bill.
 * More Dakka: This film could be renamed 'More Dakka: The Movie' and you wouldn't have to change anything.
 * Nothing Is Scarier: The scene where Bill is in the bingo hall full of old people, none of them noticing a guy in full body armor and tactical getup walking around. The tension of the scene comes from the anticipation that Bill is just going to lay into the defenseless crowd with his machine guns.
 * Police Are Useless: Justified. Bill's first act is to take out the police station so that there's nobody to stop his rampage.
 * Reality Is Unrealistic/Harsher in Hindsight: There was a big thread on the film's IMDb message board saying how this movie was entirely unrealistic and could just never happen in real life. Cue the Utoya summer camp massacre, which played out almost exactly like Bill's killing spree (a bombing to distract the cops, followed by a run-and-gun massacre). To quote one of the posters:
 * Reality Is Unrealistic/Harsher in Hindsight: There was a big thread on the film's IMDb message board saying how this movie was entirely unrealistic and could just never happen in real life. Cue the Utoya summer camp massacre, which played out almost exactly like Bill's killing spree (a bombing to distract the cops, followed by a run-and-gun massacre). To quote one of the posters:


 * The Social Darwinist: Bill blames overpopulation for the world's ills.
 * This Is for Emphasis, Bitch: Bill