Simply A Masterpiece

hyped garbage

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

..... but after just 30 mins I had to stop watching it. I can't believe there was a $2M budget for this movie, what a waste of money. This is something you would expect to find on Syfy because zombie vultures? SERIOUSLY? SMH! I don't know how it ends and quite frankly I don't care either. It's truly laughable.I can't believe I actually hunted and hunted for this movie to check it out and I could rant on and on about how HORRIBLE this movie is/was, but it's wasted enough of my time already. If you haven't seen this movie, DON'T bother. You would be better off punching yourself in the face for entertainment!

The Rage starts as mad Russian scientist Dr. Viktor Vasilienko (Andrew Divoff) tries to perfect the antidote to the 'rage' serum he has developed, a serum that turns the infected into a raging cannibalistic zombified lunatic. Dr. Vasilienko remains unsuccessful in his attempts & during an experiment one of his infected test subjects escape into the nearby woods where it eventually dies but several Vultures then descend on the body & begin to eat the flesh which in turn infects them with the rage virus. After a midnight rave five friends decide to take a shortcut while driving home & accidentally run a man down, getting out to check the teens are attacked by the rotting corpse of the man & by the infected Vultures, while trying to fend off flesh eating zombies & infected Vultures the teen have to somehow reach safety but the woods are crawling with the infected...Directed by former special make-up effects man Robert Kurtzman this gory mad scientist zombie film feels a bit like The Night of the Living Dead (1969) mixed with Re-Animator (1985) & to be fair to it I quite liked it for what it was, sure it has it's problems & faults but it does deliver the goods. I suppose what The Rage has going for it is that it's 90 odd none stop minutes of zombies, gore & carnage that never lets up, The Rage feels like it was made by horror fans who purposely just jam packed the thing with gory set-pieces, mutilations & an outrageous plot that makes little sense. As a Russian scientist who developed a cure for cancer Vasilienko was thrown in prison, tortured & abused so he developed a serum to hold the world to ransom but unluckily for him he didn't have a proper antidote when it infected local animals including the Vultures & it's never explained how he comes back to life after being stabbed to death in the opening sequence. Then five teens are thrown into the action as they become lost & isolated in some woods & face flesh eating problems from the sky as the Vultures attack & on the ground as various zombies show up including a transvestite midget zombie. The Rage never lets up, it's full on carnage from the first minute right through to the last that won't let you catch a breath but I suppose that helps to disguise the lack of a story & the cheapness of it. If your looking for blood drenched gore & a film that doesn't take itself too seriously then The Rage is something worth checking out.Where the film really falters is the technical side of things, some of the CGI computer effects for the Vultures are really poor & the quick fire editing gets annoying too although maybe that's there to hide some of the cheap effects work. I wasn't impressed with the soundtrack either & as a whole it does look cheap & cartoonish at times which is a shame as it's got loads of gore in it. People's heads are cut open revealing their brains, people are stabbed, shot, mangled, decapitated, their eyes are ripped-out, there's intestine eating & flesh ripping, people are hung on butchers hooks, there's rotting zombies, arms are pulled off & heads sliced in half as well as even more that I probably forgot about. The Rage never lets up & the majority of the effects are thankfully practical on-set make-up ones but as I said the CGI is bad when it appears.The IMDb says The rage had a budget of about $2,000,000 which I don't believe for a second, there's no way a film this cheap & rushed looking cost that much but at least the makers decided to put every penny of the budget on screen which is more than can be said for some. The acting sucks, no seriously the acting here is really bad especially by the teen leads which again slightly hurts the film overall.The rage is a great old school blood drenched mad scientist zombie horror film that could have been a modern classic if not for some really bad CGI & really bad acting throughout. Still, if your a fan of gore then The Rage delivers in spades & the pace is so quick it barely gives you a second to think about the lack of plot. I liked it as a fun blood splattered horror film, I really did & can forgive some roughness around the edges as it tries to please the fans.

Last weekend I was at the weekend of horror convention in Germany were I saw again a copy of The Rage, signed. So it was time to watch this flick with Wishmaster Andrew Divoff. It starts of pretty well, with a lot of gore and creepy moments. For me it was the best part, when the guy disappears with the rage in his veins the movie becomes something else, it becomes one of those campy movies with the use of CGI and stop/motion. A bit too much, especially the birds, it's a bit too long of them. One time a big laugh appeared on my face, when Uncle Ben goes fishing with his children one of the kids get bored with fishing and says, i would like to go play with my Xbox, would like to play my new game, the funny part is when uncle Ben says, what about the game I bought for you, phantasm and guess what, uncle Ben is Reggie Bannister. I thought that Andrew gives a great performance but the flick isn't scary at all, that's because the killers are the birds. I also saw here that a lot of people found that the girls never were sexy, that's a fact, they always are dressed never in their nudies or underwear. Not that that is necessary but in a campy one it should have contain some more nudity. Even when Erin Brown is in it, she never get's undressed. Why her you ask, she is also known as Misty Mundae, do I need to say more...So to conclude, the movie delivers a lot of gore and blood but never is scary at all, but it never has a dull moment., It's one to watch with your friends and have a good time.

Wow. This movie had it all. From the first 10 minutes, you know this movie will be a blast. I did anyway. Of course you will probably have to be a hardcore horror/gore fan to enjoy this ride. You can't go in watching this expecting a high quality Emmy nominated horror flick. You have to have an open mind and should probably be in the mood to witness some nasty gruesome fun. I LOVED it. First off, Andrew Divoff has always been a good actor in my mind and in this movie, he ROCKED. The other actors and actresses, I can't say were good by any means. They were average if not below average. BUT who cares. This movie was fun regardless. I've seen much worse acting in my day. What made this movie shine was its abundant blood and gore. Yeah yeah, the CGI wasn't the greatest but I don't think it took away from the nastiness of it. Plus the makeup they used was excellent. The mutations looked gross and made my stomach queasy, and it takes a lot to effect me that way. The plot was pretty simple, nothing really new, but the action was non stop and exciting. The movie flew by quickly. Time flies when you are having fun. I also found this movie pretty funny in some parts. Maybe it wasn't intended to be, but I laughed quite a bit. If you enjoy a good classic horror film filled with non stop blood and gore, action packed fun, this movie is defiantly for you. True horror fans will appreciate this. I know I do.