Rampage - 毀滅大作戰

Rampage (毀滅大作戰) is an 2018 film. The movie stars Dwayne Johnson and Naomie Harris. The supporting cast include Malin Åkerman, Joe Manganiello, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The movie is based on a video game of the same name from the 1980s.

The Rock plays a Primatologist, Davis Okoye. Okoye is at a reserve for wild animals and is shown to be a master of interacting with animals and prefers them to humans. In space, a science experiment that mutates animals is destroyed and three canisters are flung to earth. One of them hits Okoye's best bud, George, an albino Gorilla. The canister infects George and he starts to grow bigger. The government steps in and they find that another canister infected a wolf. The third is still a mystery, but infects a croc. The three head towards Chicago and duke it out. Okoye does his best to assist George.

I rented this via Redbox recently and watched it in one night. I was tired and the movie didn't keep up. A couple of times, I snoozed and had to rewind. The movie is well made in terms of the action and the CGI. All very polished, but the story itself isn't all the griping. I really didn't feel for George. The villains of the film were also made to cartoonish.

If you're looking for a couple hours to relax and watching mindless action. This is your joint.

Skyfall - 007 空降危機

Skyfall (007 空降危機) is an 2012 film. The movie stars Daniel Craig. The supporting cast include Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe, and Albert Finney. The movie is based on James Bond by Ian Fleming. This is the 23rd installment of the film franchise. The film was an joint UK/US production.

Daniel Craig plays James Bond for the third time. The movie starts in Istanbul where Bond is in pursuit of hard drive of all MI6 agents. The chase leads to the top of an train. When the supporting MI6 agent has to take a shot. That agent misses the terrorist and hits Bond. Bond falls into the river and is presumed to be dead. Fast forward ahead a few months ahead, we see that Bond has survived and has picked up some nasty vices. While watching the TV, Bond sees that the MI6 headquarters have been bomb and the list he falled to secure is now slowly being released via the internet. The exposed agents start to show up executed. Bond decides it time to head back to MI6 and catch the person behead this. When he comes back, MI6 has gone through some scrutiny and Bond fails the agent "test". M however still puts Bond back on duty. Bond now pursues there only lead, the terrorist that first obtained the list. From their, the bad guy, played by Javier Bardem, rears its ugly head. Let the fun begin!

The movie was pretty long, clocking in at over 2 hours and 20 minutes. But I barely noticed the length. The movie was non stop in the beginning and from the middle on. Sam Mendes does a good job of keeping the essential elements of Bond, but for an audience based in 2012/2013. Movies continue to evolve and the bond series shows you very much how the trends have been for the last 50 years. The long Bond marathons on Spike show me how movies of the 1960s are so different than the decades proceed it. All the way to Skyfall.

From the box office side, Skyfall is most successful film of the franchise and it has truly captured the worldwide market as well. I have to say that I like this film just slightly more than Casino Royale.