RAMPAGE SYNOPSIS:

Alex is an outwardly normal man who goes on killing and mutilating sprees. When he is finally captured and brought to trial, the district attorney is torn between his own liberal ideals on guilt and the crimes the accused is being tried.

Charles Reece (Alex McArthur, Kiss the Girls) is the All-American boy. Handsome and well liked, he does charity work and dutifully cares for his mother. One day he buys a gun and goes on one of the most horrifying murder sprees ever recorded. Anthony Fraser (Michael Biehn, The Terminator, K2) is the liberal-minded district attorney assigned to prosecute Reece. Fraser’s objective: the death penalty, a punishment that goes against his personal beliefs. As Fraser plunges deeper and deeper into the case, he’s outraged by a system that would set a killer free by deeming him criminally insane. Ultimately, Fraser realizes he and the murderer share the same conviction: Sometimes a life must be taken. A hidden gem in the canon of William Friedkin (director of The French Connection, The Exorcist, To Live and Die in L.A., The Hunted and Bug), Rampage is a stark, unflinching thriller as controversial and thought-provoking as its subject. Featuring original music by Ennio Morricone (A Fistful of Dollars, The Thing). This Special Edition includes both the director’s and theatrical Cuts of the film. The director’s cut premiered in some festivals in 1987 and was shelved for five years. In 1992, Miramax acquired the film, edited the film by five minutes and gave the film its long overdue theatrical release.

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OUR FILM REVIEW

The all-new HDR/Dolby Vision Masters – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative (Original Version) and 35mm Interpositive (Recut Version) are excellent transfers and an example of the subtle work that Kino Lorber is currently doing.  Of course, the Original Version that was scanned from the OCN is the better of the two transfers.  The OCN transfer is flawless without any issues or defects.  The transfer is sharp and beautifully rendered to mimic Robert Yeoman’s 35mm photography.  The Recut Version from the Interpositive is still an excellent transfer from the sourced material, though there is a light wear and tear on this version, but that is a minor critique.  

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SPECIAL FEATURES ​

• DISC ONE - 4K UHD​

  • NEW Audio Commentaries by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson (Both Cuts)

  • Where’s the Blood: NEW Interview with Actor Alex McArthur

  • Psychotic Vampire: NEW Interview with True Crime Writer Harold Schechter

  • Theatrical Trailer (Newly Restored)