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Rampage," Director William Friedkin's new docu-thriller, shocks, oversteps and sometimes rages through its one hundred minutes of playing time. Delivering both more and less than it promises, "Rampage" is at times a nightmarish journey into the world of a serial killer, at times a philosophical exploration of the issues surrounding the death penalty, the insanity defense and violent crime...
...first half of the film is enjoyably fast-paced--and horrifying. The actors and actresses are accomplished and convincing as they are tormented in their ordeal. Friedkin proves that he can thrill and frighten, but he also has a point to make: The boundaries of law and ethics are fragile and often meaningless...
...Friedkin's subject matter is compelling. The viewer--willing or not--is challenged to develop an opinion about the death penalty...
BOTH FREIDKIN'S picture and Penn's boast elaborate set-piece car chases. Friedkin's French Connection- style wrong-way run on the L.A. freeways may be more spectualar, but Arthur Penn's chase scene, dismissed by most critics, is exciting in a precise, stripped-down way. It gets an equal measure of audience applause in the theatres, presumably because of rooting interest in the father-son duo at the heart of the film...
Penn's film is more likable than Friedkin's, but finally less interesting. Personal filmmaking, however shallow, takes the edge over Target's more formidable, corporate approach. In the great scheme of things, if there were a way to combine Friedkin's world view with Penn's compassion for his characters, the two films put together might have made a good picture...