Rampage

Ridiculous but entertaining.

Rampage veers between exhausting action sequences and eye-glazing exposition.

The Rock has a magnetism and genuine personality that makes him perfect for the action genre.

It's not a good film; it's actually a supremely silly one. But with Dwayne Johnson once again flexing his pecs in the cause of popcorn distraction, it's not entirely bereft of amusements, either.

Hokey dialogue and a terrible villain, but the charm of the Dwayne Johnson/George relationship and the fact that the destruction scenes are truly reminiscent of the game make Rampage some solid action-heavy entertainment.

Cinema ticket prices these days are quite giant-sized, too, and this particular show isn't worth full-cost admission.

The bulk of the problems with “Rampage” lie with the script. Four writers are credited (or to blame, depending on your perspective) with putting this hodgepodge together.

Neither deliciously campy nor elevating the material, Rampage feels like it checks every box mandated by the studio's publicity department, while leaving everything onscreen achingly boring, unless you're an 8-year-old boy.

The dialogue usually follows a pattern of passable human conversation, super-clunky exposition, then a B-minus quip.

The movie serves its purpose, and it knows exactly what it wants to be: a mess of bodies and buildings with huge monsters...and the Rock.