Rampage: President Down

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Rampage: President Down
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DVD cover
Directed by Uwe Boll
Written byUwe Boll
Brendan Fletcher
Produced byUwe Boll
Natalie Boll
Starring
CinematographyMathias Neumann
Edited byK.T. Skaha
Music by
  • Pale Christian Thomas
  • Lars Anderson
Production
companies
  • Amok III Productions
  • Studio West Productions VCC
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Release date
  • September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$750,000 [1]

Rampage: President Down is a 2016 Canadian action thriller film directed by Uwe Boll. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

It is the third film in Boll's Rampage series and a sequel to Rampage (2009) and Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014), also directed by Boll. [5] It is the last film he directed before his retirement in 2016. [6] Four years later, Boll announced a comeback and, via YouTube, a fourth Rampage film that was in development. [7]

Plot

Three years after his second killing spree at WK7 TV station in Washington D.C. (following which he was presumed dead in a massive explosion), Bill Williamson returns from hiding and, using a sniper rifle, assassinates the President of the United States, as well as the Vice President and the Secretary of Defense (which happens off-camera).

While hiding in his cabin in the nearby woods, Bill taunts the authorities and prepares for a final confrontation, expecting to die as a self-proclaimed martyr for his cause. In the climax, he engages in a prolonged firefight, killing numerous police officers, SWAT units, and FBI agents before being fatally wounded. His death, however, sparks widespread unrest across the United States, as thousands of supporters act upon his earlier video messages urging violent resistance against the wealthy and elite. The film concludes with a news broadcast reporting on the nationwide shootings and chaos, which is abruptly interrupted when the homeless man from the previous film attacks the station. Facing the camera, he declares that Williamson changed his life before shooting the lens.

Cast

Production

Boll attempted to crowdfund the film, originally titled Rampage 3: No Mercy, via Indiegogo and Kickstarter. In January 2015, the Indiegogo campaign closed after raising only $6,375 of a requested $100,000. [8] In June 2015, the Kickstarter campaign raised $29,746 of a requested $55,794. Boll posted a series of two profanity-laced videos on YouTube in response, with one of the videos calling crowdfunding "absolutely dead" to him, and another wishing death upon several Hollywood celebrities. [9]

Filming took place in January 2016, in Langley and Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. The film's budget was $750,000. [10]

References

  1. Wiesner, Darren (2016-01-12). "Exclusive – Rampage 3 – Directed By Uwe Boll Part II" . Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. "Rampage 3: President Down - Kritik | Film 2016". Moviebreak.de. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  3. "Die Filmstarts-Kritik zu Rampage 3: President Down". Filmstarts.de. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  4. "Rampage 3: President Down : DVD (Sony)". Cityonfire.com. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  5. "[Review] Uwe Boll Strikes Back With 'Rampage: Capital Punishment'". Bloody Disgusting. 21 July 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  6. "'The market is dead': Schlock director Uwe Boll's Rampage of terrible films is finished". Metro News. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  7. Sand, Dennis (October 15, 2020). "Uwe Boll: Der umstrittene Regisseur plant sein Comeback". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  8. Annett, Evan (June 8, 2015). "Who is Uwe Boll and why does he hate his fans?". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  9. Williams, Mary Elizabeth (June 9, 2015). "Kickstarter's greatest triumph: Making Uwe Boll, the "world's worst director," disappear". Salon . Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  10. Weisner, Darren (January 12, 2016). "Exclusive – Rampage 3 – Directed By Uwe Boll Part II". Hollywood North Magazine. Retrieved May 7, 2021.