“Rampage” (*** out of four) was a kinetic adaptation of the popular Midway video game about a primatologist (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) and a geneticist (Naomie Harris) who team up when three animails become infected with dangerous military pathogens and they have to race to stop them from destroying the city of Chicago while the military considers nuking the entire city. Filled with expected large-scale action and special effects to give fans their money’s worth but what really makes this work is The Rock’s likeability and charisma and his camaraderie with the main gorilla and also Harris. A definite step up from The Rock’s first video-game disaster “Doom” and also his last pairing with director Brad Peyton “San Andreas.”

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