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Rampage (1987)

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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

R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: William Friedkin

In Theaters: Nov 23, 1988 Wide

On DVD: Jun 23, 1993

Paramount Home Video

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Cast

Michael Biehn
Anthony Fraser
Alex McArthur
Charles Reece
Nicholas Campbell
Albert Morse
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Kate Fraser
John Harkins
Dr. Keddie
Art La Fleur
Mel Sanderson
Billy Green Bush
Judge McKinsey
Royce D. Applegate
Gene Tippetts
Grace Zabriskie
Naomi Reece
Roy London
Dr. Paul Rudin
Donald Hotton
Dr.Leon Gables
Andy Romano
Spencer Whalen
Richard J. Baskin
Attorney
Gale Beeman
Mrs. Hendriksen
Robert Broyles
Joe Kautman
Colleen Casey-Rohde
Emergency Room Technici...
Gaetano Comporato
ID Technician
Rodney Cornelius
Guard #2
Chelsea Crank
Molly Fraser
Patrick Cronin
Harry Ballenger
Juliette Deinum
Wendy
Tino R. Enebrad Jr.
Officer
Noreen Farley
Waitress
Edith Fields
Rose Gurgan
Mack Haywood Flanders
Sheriff
Paul Gaddoni
Aaron Tippetts
Richard S. Goldman
Emergency Room Technici...
Robert Gonzales
Guard #1
Miriam Gray
Juror
Neal Hahn
Mrs. Hendriksen
Erin Hazlett-Oakes
Technologist
Chip Heller
Guard #1
Whitby Hertford
Andrew Tippetts
Charlie Holliday
Narc #1
Edward Ivory
Juror
Ken Jackson
Narc #2
Dr. Javad Jamshidi
Dr.Jamshidi
David Alan Johnson
Del Cameron
David A. Kimball
Doctor in Flashbacks
Robert Knudsen
ID Technician
Brenda Lilly
Eileen Tippetts
Richard Markel
Bailiff
Rosalyn Marshall
Sally Ann
Peter McKernan Jr.
Co-Pilot
Clifford Milton
Evidence Technician
Laura Moreno-Orrison
Emergency Room Technici...
Miguel N�jera
Cardenas
Leonard Neuman
Emergency Room Technici...
Roger Nolan
Dr. Ray Blair
Tara O'Leary
Juror
Margaret Rose Ott
Mrs. Cardenas
Carlos Palomino (II)
Nestode
Elizabeth J. Prager
Technologist
Robert Louis Raballo
Patient
Nancy L. Sicotte
Technologist
Michael Tamburro
Helicopter Pilot
Pamela Tarver
Woman in Car
Susan Thomas
Emergency Room Technici...
Marina Valtierra
ID Technician
Angelo M. Vitale
Assistant DA
Marni Webb
Mrs. Ellis
Joe Whipp
Dr. George Mahon
Violet Yip
Court Clerk
Bernard Zanck
Priest
Steven Anthony Jones
2nd Guard
Chris Mulkey
John Petievich
Jury Foreman
Rick Montgomery
George Johnson
Juror
Robert Wright
Emergency Room Technici...

Critic Reviews for Rampage

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (5) | DVD (1)

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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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...never gets under the skin of its protagonist or allows us to understand what he's supposed to be feeling.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Chris Hicks

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Uneven cast,uneven story,uneven execution. Overall this was an uneven unfocused studio tampered with William Friedkin film. Was expecting so much from this because of all the reviews I read but was left very unsatisfied.

July 26, 2011

Ben Rogers

Surprisingly good movie. Friedkin toggles between a mystery thriller to court room drama. Obvious social commentary dealing with insanity and murder. Good editing and great cast

June 30, 2010

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