Rampage is a 2018 American sci-fi monster movie directed by Brad Peyton and loosely based on the Midway Games video game series of the same name. The film follows a primatologist who must work with George, an albino western lowland gorilla who has been transformed into a huge, rampaging creature as a result of a rogue experiment, to stop two other mutated animals from destroying Chicago. The movie has 652 shots made by Weta Digital effects company, most of which are creature shots.

I think the best part of the whole movie is the design of three mutated animals. A mutant lizard, a wolf and a giant albino gorilla. weta digital is very good at making creature effects.

In terms of special effects, the albino orangutan is produced using a motion capture approach. George the gorilla is played by Jason Liles. the eyes of George are also used Jason Liles’ eyes. And the show’s special effects are also borrowed from the model of Red in War in that year’s Rise of the Planet.

In contrast to George, Ralph and Lizzie have no motion capture; they were created entirely with keyframe animation by Weta character animators. The evolved monsters are complex, and not just due to their size. Considering the film’s premise that they are genetically modified, the animators had to animate not only a giant wolf with porcupine spines and wings.

The whole movie shows the creature effects to the fullest. It was one of my favorite movies at the time. It was also the reason why he influenced me to want to learn vfx in the future.