Rampage (1987)
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44% of critics liked it
(9 reviews) -
49% of users liked it
(232 ratings)
Rampage delves into the subject of legal insanity, so often the default defense in modern-time gruesome crime trials. Alex McArthur plays an outwardly normal guy who goes on incredible killing and mutilating sprees until (and even after, when he escapes for a short time) he's captured. When he… More Rampage delves into the subject of legal insanity, so often the default defense in modern-time gruesome crime trials. Alex McArthur plays an outwardly normal guy who goes on incredible killing and mutilating sprees until (and even after, when he escapes for a short time) he's captured. When he comes to trial, the liberal DA (Michael Biehn) is torn between his own leftist leanings and the reality of the heinous crimes for which the accused is being tried. He must argue for the death penalty. ~ Rovi
- Directed By
- William Friedkin
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Nov 23, 1988 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is not a movie about murder so much as a movie about insanity -- as it applies to murder in modern American criminal courts. Friedkin plays with two decks and is happy to stack them both.
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
Basically, in re-editing his film to make a cruder point, Friedkin took out the shadings in his characters and the better work of his leads, and in no way whatsoever did he improve the movie. He in fact systematically made it worse.
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Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
...never gets under the skin of its protagonist or allows us to understand what he's supposed to be feeling.
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Cast
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Michael Biehn
as Anthony Fraser
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Alex McArthur
as Charles Reece
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Nicholas Campbell
as Albert Morse
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Deborah Van Valkenburgh
as Kate Fraser
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John Harkins
as Dr. Keddie
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Art La Fleur
as Mel Sanderson
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Billy Green Bush
as Judge McKinsey
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Royce D. Applegate
as Gene Tippetts
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Grace Zabriskie
as Naomi Reece
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Roy London
as Dr. Paul Rudin
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Donald Hotton
as Dr.Leon Gables
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Andy Romano
as Spencer Whalen
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Richard J. Baskin
as Attorney
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Gale Beeman
as Mrs. Hendriksen
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Robert Broyles
as Joe Kautman
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Colleen Casey-Rohde
as Emergency Room Technician
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Gaetano Comporato
as ID Technician
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Rodney Cornelius
as Guard #2
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Chelsea Crank
as Molly Fraser
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Patrick Cronin
as Harry Ballenger
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Juliette Deinum
as Wendy
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Tino R. Enebrad Jr.
as Officer
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Noreen Farley
as Waitress
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Edith Fields
as Rose Gurgan
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Mack Haywood Flanders
as Sheriff
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Paul Gaddoni
as Aaron Tippetts
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Richard S. Goldman
as Emergency Room Technician
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Robert Gonzales
as Guard #1
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Miriam Gray
as Juror
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Neal Hahn
as Mrs. Hendriksen
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Erin Hazlett-Oakes
as Technologist
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Chip Heller
as Guard #1
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Whitby Hertford
as Andrew Tippetts
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Charlie Holliday
as Narc #1
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Edward Ivory
as Juror
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Ken Jackson
as Narc #2
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Dr. Javad Jamshidi
as Dr.Jamshidi
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David Alan Johnson
as Del Cameron
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David A. Kimball
as Doctor in Flashbacks
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Robert Knudsen
as ID Technician
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Brenda Lilly
as Eileen Tippetts
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Richard Markel
as Bailiff
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Rosalyn Marshall
as Sally Ann
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Peter McKernan Jr.
as Co-Pilot
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Clifford Milton
as Evidence Technician
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Laura Moreno-Orrison
as Emergency Room Technician
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Miguel Nájera
as Cardenas
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Leonard Neuman
as Emergency Room Technician
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Roger Nolan
as Dr. Ray Blair
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Tara O'Leary
as Juror
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Margaret Rose Ott
as Mrs. Cardenas
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Carlos Palomino (II)
as Nestode
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Elizabeth J. Prager
as Technologist
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Robert Louis Raballo
as Patient
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Nancy L. Sicotte
as Technologist
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Michael Tamburro
as Helicopter Pilot
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Pamela Tarver
as Woman in Car
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Susan Thomas
as Emergency Room Technician
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Marina Valtierra
as ID Technician
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Angelo M. Vitale
as Assistant DA
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Marni Webb
as Mrs. Ellis
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Joe Whipp
as Dr. George Mahon
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Violet Yip
as Court Clerk
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Bernard Zanck
as Priest
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Steven Anthony Jones
as 2nd Guard
- Chris Mulkey
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John Petievich
as Jury Foreman
- Rick Montgomery
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George Johnson
as Juror
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Robert Wright
as Emergency Room Technician
- Art LaFleur
