Rampage review – Dwayne Johnson tackles giant animals run amok

When shady gene experiments in space go wrong, there’s only one man standing who can sign language in great apeHere’s a film to remind you that while most guys of 45 have paunch-bulges on their tummy that balloon outwards as they bend forward, Dwayne Johnson gets two or three on the back of his big shaven head when he looks up.

The nape of the man-mountain’s neck ripples with mini spare tyres.

And he’s doing a lot of gym-built rubbernecking at the ginormous creatures crashing around overhead in this enjoyably preposterous summer actioner, based on the 80s video game of the same name.

It’s directed by Brad Peyton, who was also in charge of San Andreas, Dwayne’s last movie featuring a lot of helicopters.Dwayne feels awe, fear, anger and a certain type of embattled kinship with these mega-animals.

He sort of feels their pain,

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