Memorable, crazy movie

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Robert Kurtzmans' "The Rage" is basically for those people who judge how successful a horror movie is by its level of violence. The gore reaches beautifully over the top levels, and some of the grisly highlights are sure to generate enthusiastic laughs of approval from the audience. As for the story, this is pretty damn derivative stuff, but then one can't imagine very many people, including the filmmakers and viewers, caring much about that. This is first and foremost a showcase for makeup effects teams.A demented research doctor, Viktor Vasilienko (Andrew Divoff, star of Kurtzmans' "Wishmaster") is hellbent on getting revenge on a world that seemed out to get him. It seems that he'd discovered the cure for cancer, but pharmaceutical interests wanted to quash his efforts. So now he works in seclusion, infecting unfortunate test subjects with a "rage mutagen" that hideously deforms them. One of these subjects escapes, and allows the infection to spread, aided by the plethora of vultures in the area. Now an inane group of youngsters who'd been attending a rave in the woods are in peril and have to run for their lives.One good thing is that Kurtzmans' pacing is pretty solid; this movie goes through its motions with efficiency. Other than Divoff, who's fun as usual, other draws in the cast include "Phantasm" series veteran Reggie Bannister as Uncle Ben, and Erin Brown, a.k.a. Misty Mundae, as one of the tormented youngsters. Most of the supporting performances are pretty abysmal, but Divoff makes up for that with his villainous portrayal. Overall "The Rage" is generic stuff, but it doesn't pretend to be anything more, and that may be enough to suit some horror fans. The ending falls short of being really satisfying, but until then the movie is good for a number of chuckles and thrills.Six out of 10.

OK so I love love love zombie/virus/apocalypse type scary movies so I decided to give this one a go. I wish I hadn't! I can't start watching a movie and not finish so unfortunately I watched this one to the end. Now I just want to save others from doing the same!! The acting was absolutely terrible! These guys can't have been paid much!! I'm not an actress but even I could have done a better job on this!! The 'special effects' (I use that term lightly!) were nothing short of horrendous!! The vultures in particular were ridiculous!! The writers/directors attempts at making this movie edgy and controversial by killing kids was unnecessary and more irritating than anything else. Completely pathetic! In conclusion, do not watch this movie, it's a cheap waste of time!!

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.

A crazed Russian doctor (Andrew Divoff of Wishmaster) experiments with a deadly new virus that turns people (and birds) into bloodthirsty mutants gets in hot water when the virus gets loose and starts infecting those in the surrounding area creating havoc for a group of teens who were out partying at an outdoor Mushroomhead concert in the nearby woods. Woodenly acted from an awfully stupefying script. The movie quite knowingly seems to be a homage to '80's cult films (mainly Evil Dead & Re-animator), but lacks the wit to pull it off as a good movie itself, despite the presence of otherwise talented Divoff, Erin Brown, and Reggie Bannister (the latter in more or less a cameo). May be perfectly acceptable fodder for 2:15 AM after a night of bar-hopping, but watching it unintoxicated is not really recommended.Eye Candy: Angela Gasparec gets topless DVD Extras: Commentary by Director/Writer Robert Kurtzman and writer John Bisson; an 80-minute Making-of featurette; photo stills gallery; 2 music videos by Mushroomhead;and Trailers for "Trailer Park Boys: the movie" & "Big bad Wolf"