Director Brad Peyton is no stranger to Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson or action movies. The duo previously collaborated on Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and San Andreas. With Rampage, Peyton has The Rock save humanity, not from a natural disaster or falling rocks, but giant mutated animals, one of them being his best friend: George the Gorilla.

If we can come to one conclusion by looking at movies starring The Rock, it's that he will always save the day from a cartoon caricature type of villain, while being ultra charismatic and poking fun at himself from time to time. The Rock excels at this and makes his films entertaining no matter how convoluted the plot and even when they lack thrilling dynamics. With movies like Rampage and Skyscraper, The Rock appears to be remaking every 80's action movie with modern effects, but still leaving out logic, which is completely fine here and there.

Very loosely based off the old arcade game where giant monsters stampeded across a big city, The Rock stars a retired special ops military guy and now park ranger who communicates openly with his albino gorilla friend named George, whom he saved from poachers. Meanwhile, a sibling duo who runs a massive science lab has created this serum that makes animals large and super aggressive. One of these animals even managed to blow up a space station, which then hurled towards Earth with three different canisters of this serum falling in different parts of the country. A crocodile eats one, a wolf comes across another, and George finds the third. These three animals start to grow and wreak havoc, while the sinister siblings try and bring them together in Chicago to weaponize them. It's up to The Rock to get through to his gorilla friend and save the day.

A movie like Rampage hinges on the quality of its actions sequences and visual effects. I'm happy to report the action is quite good and the animals look pretty good too. However, the explosions and crumbling buildings look a bit silly and the pacing is on the slow side. Even at 107 minutes, it feels long. Yet, what really works well is The Rock's willingness and charm to have fun in this role with working with motion-capture. You can tell his character is closed off to everyone but George the Gorilla, as he struggles with George's aggressive, monstrous growth. At the end of the day, Rampage still has some fun moments, as the big action sequences are quite stellar, however, much of the film falls flat, even with The Rock saving the world.

Vital Disc Stats: The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

Rampage includes a dual-layered UHD66 Disc, a Blu-ray Disc, and an insert for a Digital Copy. The discs are housed in a hard, black plastic case with a cardboard sleeve.