BlueSquid
Regular Member
A while back I was searching through the action section of Netflix and the title Rampage popped up. Given the subject matter (guy feels like an outcast, thinks he has something important to say, goes on shooting spree), I gave it a watch to see what kind of spin they put on the situation. It was alright, though I'll admit I'm glad I didn't spend time and money seeing it in a theater. Well, tonight I was doing the same thing, and the title Rampage: Capital Punishment comes up. Cover art is similar to what I remembered from a few years back from watching the first one, find out it is indeed a sequel, so I decide to see where this one goes. Now, looking at it as just a movie, again it's not horrible, but again glad to be watching it on Netflix just to pass time rather than subjecting my wife to a night out that ended in this.
Anyway, the reason I decided to post about it was not to give any sort of review, as you can see I haven't done a very good job of that haha. I'm about 2/3's through the movie right now. It's at that point that the main character, an "anti-hero" if you want to call him that (I'd choose a bit harsher of a label, personally), by the name of Bill Williamson is airing on national TV his manifesto. In it, he goes on about the government, nsa, oil, etc. Standard fare in those types of things. Then he starts talking about gun control and the Constitution. Within a matter of two minutes in this speech he first calls for stricter gun control (going so far as to say we currently have none and that there aren't even background checks to filter out those with criminal records), then follows it up with saying how we're being stripped of our Constitutional Rights. Has director Uwe Boll never heard of the 2nd Amendment? I know I'm not alone in saying it really grinds my gears when people cherry pick their facts and what rights they're ok with being violated. The director actually acts a small part in the movie, including a line for his character "The guy's totally right" in regards to the speech. The movie has been paused at this point since I began this post, because honestly I was taken aback enough that I almost didn't care to finish it. At this point I'm glad I'm not directly supporting Uwe Boll, and in the future will make the conscious decision not to.
Sorry for the rant, just needed to get it off my chest. If anybody is interested in the movie and has a netflix account, it's not entirely a waste of your time, I guess. If you're interested in the speech, it starts around the 57 minute mark.
-BlueSquid
Anyway, the reason I decided to post about it was not to give any sort of review, as you can see I haven't done a very good job of that haha. I'm about 2/3's through the movie right now. It's at that point that the main character, an "anti-hero" if you want to call him that (I'd choose a bit harsher of a label, personally), by the name of Bill Williamson is airing on national TV his manifesto. In it, he goes on about the government, nsa, oil, etc. Standard fare in those types of things. Then he starts talking about gun control and the Constitution. Within a matter of two minutes in this speech he first calls for stricter gun control (going so far as to say we currently have none and that there aren't even background checks to filter out those with criminal records), then follows it up with saying how we're being stripped of our Constitutional Rights. Has director Uwe Boll never heard of the 2nd Amendment? I know I'm not alone in saying it really grinds my gears when people cherry pick their facts and what rights they're ok with being violated. The director actually acts a small part in the movie, including a line for his character "The guy's totally right" in regards to the speech. The movie has been paused at this point since I began this post, because honestly I was taken aback enough that I almost didn't care to finish it. At this point I'm glad I'm not directly supporting Uwe Boll, and in the future will make the conscious decision not to.
Sorry for the rant, just needed to get it off my chest. If anybody is interested in the movie and has a netflix account, it's not entirely a waste of your time, I guess. If you're interested in the speech, it starts around the 57 minute mark.
-BlueSquid
