Nice to see Brad Peyton didn't forget to add some humor to the mix this time. His last Dwayne Johnson vehicle San Andreas had the same amount of glorious destruction, but ended up being no fun thanks to a humdrum tone. Rampage doesn't repeat that mistake. It's giant monster action is backed up by the humorous one-liners being fired off from it's charismatic leading man. This basically puts it at roughly the same level of quality as your average big blockbuster action-adventure film, but I won't be too critical on it for that as I still think that American cinema could use more Kaiju-like movies. At least until that Pacific Rim cinematic universe gets started and most likely ruins everything for everybody. Now these video game beasts don't hold a candle to the likes of Godzilla and Kong, who have just kicked off what is currently the only good non-MCU cinematic universe (sorry Batman and Tom Cruise), but they're solid enough to hold us over until those two OGs get their sequels. The albino gorilla "George" actually has some personality and the giant crocodile is straight up FIERCE. It's design is grotesque and incredible. The wolf is more than a little out there. Why is it the only one with weird, non-species appropriate abilities? Did I miss the part where it was injected with porcupine and flying squirrel DNA? I realize that it most likely comes from the game(s) that I haven't played, but it's still odd and probably should have been justified to the audience in some way rather than just being pulled right from the source material with no context given to those unfamiliar with it. The cast supporting Johnson is pretty solid. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is the obvious standout brandishing his typical swagger. The only one I really had a problem with was Jake Lacy. He was overacting the entire time and I think he was actually meant to be a funny character, but every comedic bit with him just feel flat on it's face. At least until something fell flat on his face. Now obviously this is kind of a dumb movie. You come to watch stuff get destroyed, not for deep writing. That being said the villains have an unbelievably moronic plot to cover their tracks that is just laughable in all the wrong ways. A totally idiotic excuse to get all the monsters in one place to throw down. It works though. They got there and smashed some stuff. So while I can't consider it a win for the script, I might not call it a total loss either. Rampage doesn't exactly save video game adaptations, but it is another example of how they're getting better. It's got more wide-reaching appeal than any other to date and is a solid, if dumb popcorn flick. There were some laughs, stuff went boom, and really big animals punched each other. All stuff that lead to me walking away both satisfied and entertained. Really all one could ask for from a movie like this.