'80s arcade game 'Rampage' being turned into action flick starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

by Bill Pearis

In Hollywood’s never-ending quest to resuscitate familiar properties and turn them into blockbuster franchises, Dwayne Johnson (you know, The Rock) and the team behind this summer’s disaster flick San Andreas are adapting ’80s videogame Rampage into a big-budget action flick (via Deadline). As you may remember, the game let you play as giant monsters (a gorilla, lizard and wolf) who try to destroy buildings while being attacked by the military. The 1986 game, made by Midway, is still a lot of fun (Barcade in Brooklyn has it). The film, presumably, will flip the perspective to Johnson who will try to stop them. That doesn’t sound like as much fun, to me at least. Stay tuned.