History YMMV / Rampage2009

* SpiritualAdaptation: A great movie adaptation of either the first ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' (though the latter game actually came out ''after'' the first movie).

* WhatAnIdiot:
** In ''Film/RampageCapitalPunishment'', Bill rounds up a bunch of network executives as hostages for his message (put on a CD) to come across. He notices a female hostage of his glaring at him, and he tells her off on this.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' She look away and stay quiet like everyone else is doing.\\
'''Instead:''' She tells Bill that her sister was the Chicken Den girl from the first movie (Bill shot her in the stomach), and she wants him to die or get caught or whatever. Bill gets angry, and orders a male hostage to beat her senseless until she sustains a serious head injury.
** In ''Film/RampagePresidentDown'', Bill goes to Washington D.C. by train, shoots the United States President, Vice President and Secretary of Defense then leaves by train again to go into hiding in a forest. The FBI use SurveillanceDrone[=s=] to deduce Bill is hiding in an underground bunker in the forest somewhere in central America, and Bill catches sight of the drone spying on him. The FBI arrive at the forest for battle.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The FBI to spread out in a sparse and circular distribution so that Bill can be cornered.\\
'''You'd Also Expect:''' Since they're in a forest, they use the trees as cover, and bring their own shields.\\
'''Instead:''' They charge in like a mindless Soviet Union offensive which leads to Bill immediately gaining the upper hand from the beginning of the battle. He blows up more than half of them with explosives and an [=M136 AT4=] rocket launcher, uses an [=M60E3=] machine gun to wipe out most of whoever was fortunate to flee the explosions and ultimately finishes them off the few remaining ones with GunsAkimbo two [=M4A1=]s and a handgun.

* EightDeadlyWords: Considering that the main protagonist happens to be a mass murdering sociopath who manages to get away with his killing spree, and the fact that the PoliceAreUseless, it's really hard to care about any of the characters that the protagonist has killed.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Considering that the main protagonist happens to be a mass murdering sociopath who manages to get away with his killing spree, and the fact that the PoliceAreUseless, it's really hard to care about any of the characters that the protagonist has killed.
* DesignatedHero: Bill Williamson is treated as a hero (in-universe, by some people as well as the creator of the films) fighting against an unjust system, with all his actions contributing for that cause. This is ignoring the fact that he bombed a police station, murdered several people with fully-automatic weapons in the street, and engages in cruel acts like forcing two people to beat each other up, going after specific people whose only sins towards him were as insignificant as getting a coffee order wrong, and going as far as never talking to his parents after his killing spree, leaving them in agonizing grief, culminating in them killing themselves over his actions, among other things. His "cause" is either a bullshit excuse for his killings or part of Bill's insane mentality, as he is a total hypocrite whose actions greatly contrast with his stated views (ex: one of the things he champions for is stronger gun laws, but he is a major violator of gun laws himself). While he does care for his girlfriend and child, he's nonetheless a dangerous, deluded psychopath [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist whose actions are mainly out of selfish malice]] and should in no way be considered "heroic".

* MisaimedFandom: Williamson's ranting speech in Rampage 2 has oddly gained some popularity on the French-speaking Internet, and has become famous under a clip named ''Quand un psychopathe nous dit la vérité'' (When a psychopath tells us the truth)... forgetting that Williamson is a petty murderous hypocrite.

'''Instead:''' They charge in like a mindless Soviet Union offensive which leads to Bill immediately gaining the upper hand from the beginning of the battle. He blows up more than half of them with explosives and an [=M136 AT4=] rocket launcher, uses an [=M60E3=] machine gun to wipe out most of whoever was fortunate to flee the explosions and ultimately finishes them off the few remaining ones with GunsAkimbo two [=M4A1=]s and a handgun.

* NightmareFuel: It's a movie about a sadistic spree killer massacring the people he comes across. It's practically a given that this movie would have disturbing and nightmarish scenes.

* AssPull: Bill gaining actual redeeming qualities in the third installment has been met with this response, since he has been shown to be an utterly bloodthirsty and sadistic maniac up until this point.

* DesignatedHero: Bill Williamson is treated as a hero (in-universe, by some people as well as the creator of the films) fighting against an unjust system, with all his actions contributing for that cause. This is ignoring the fact that he bombed a police station, murdered several people with fully-automatic weapons in the street, and engages in cruel acts like forcing two people to beat each other up, going after specific people whose only sins towards him were as insignificant as getting a coffee order wrong, and going as far as never talking to his parents after his killing spree, leaving them in agonizing grief, culminating in them killing themselves over his actions, among other things. His "cause" is either a bullshit excuse for his killings or part of Bill's insane mentality, as he is a total hypocrite whose actions greatly contrast with his stated views (ex: one of the things he champions for is stronger gun laws, but he is a major violator of gun laws himself). While he does care for his girlfriend and child, he's nonetheless a dangerous, deluded psychopath whose actions are mainly out of selfish malice and should in no way be considered "heroic".

* DesignatedHero: Bill Williamson is treated as a hero (in-universe, by some people as well as the creator of the films) fighting against an unjust system, with all his actions contributing for that cause. This is ignoring the fact that he bombed a police station, murdered several people with fully-automatic weapons in the street, and engages in cruel acts like forcing two people to beat each other up, going after specific people whose only sins towards him were as insignificant as getting a coffee order wrong, and going as far as never talking to his parents after his killing spree, leaving them in agonizing grief, culminating in them killing themselves over his actions, among other things. His "cause" is either a bullshit excuse for his killings or part of Bill's insane mentality, as he is a total hypocrite whose actions greatly contrast with his stated views (ex: one of the things he champions for is stronger gun laws, but is major violator of gun laws himself). While he does care for his girlfriend and child, he's nonetheless a dangerous, deluded psychopath whose actions are mainly out of selfish malice and should in no way be considered "heroic".

* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct He Really Can Direct]]: General consensus seems to be that this may be Uwe Boll's first good movie (as in, ''genuinely'' good, not SoBadItsGood), earning [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1337057/ a 6.4 on IMDb]].

'''You'd Also Expect:''' Since they're in a forest, they use the trees as cover. Or bring their own shields.\\

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In ''President Down'', the FBI agent Vincent Jones is intended to be in the wrong for opposing Bill's agenda, in spite of him making the very valid point that Bill's goals are completely undermined by the fact that he carried them out by killing many innocent people.

* SpiritualAdaptation: A great movie adaptation of either the first ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' (though the latter game actually came out ''after'' the first movie).

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Considering that the main protagonist happens to be a mass murdering sociopath that manage to get away for his killing spree, and the fact that the PoliceAreUseless, it's really hard to care about any of the characters that the protagonist has killed.
* DesignatedHero: Bill Williamson is treated as a hero (in-universe, by some people as well as the creator of the films) fighting against an unjust system, with all his actions contributing for that cause. This is ignoring the fact that he bombed a police station, murdered several people with fully-automatic weapons in the street, and engages in cruel acts like forcing two people to beat each other up, going after specific people whose only sins towards him were as insignificant as getting a coffee order wrong, and going as far as never talking to his parents after his killing spree, leaving them in agonizing grief, culminating in them killing themselves over his actions, among other things. His "cause" is either a bullshit excuse for his killings or part of Bill's insane mentality, as he is a total hypocrite whose actions greatly contrast with his stated views (ex: one of the things he champions for is stronger gun laws, but is major violator of gun laws himself). While he does care for his girlfriend and child, he's nonetheless a dangerous, deluded psychopath whose actions are mainly out of selfish malice and should no way be consider "heroic".

* DesignatedHero: Bill Williamson is treated as a hero (in-universe, by some people as well as the creator of the films) fighting against an unjust system, with all his actions contributing for that cause. This is ignoring the fact that he bombed a police station, murdered several people with fully-automatic weapons in the street, and engages in cruel acts like forcing two people to beat each other up, going after specific people whose only sins towards him were as insignificant as getting a coffee order wrong, and going as far as never talking to his parents after his killing spree, leaving them in agonizing grief, culminating in them killing themselves over his actions, among other things. His "cause" is either a bullshit excuse for his killings or part of Bill's insane mentality, as he is a total hypocrite and StrawmanPolitical whose actions greatly contrast with his stated views (ex: one of the things he champions for is stronger gun laws, but is major violator of gun laws himself). While he does care for his girlfriend and child, he's nonetheless a dangerous, deluded psychopath whose actions are mainly out of selfish malice and should no way be consider "heroic".

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* AssPull: Bill gaining actual redeeming qualities in the third installment has been met with this response, since he has been shown to be an utter bloodthirsty and sadistic maniac up until this point.

* NightmareFuel: It's a movie about a sadistic spree killer massacring the people he comes across. This trope is practically a given.

* MagnificentBastard: Bill, perhaps to the point of Sue-dom. He keeps orchestrating murderous massacres, planning out every step of it beforehand, outsmarting police, SWAT, and FBI agents, and getting away with his crimes with not a scratch to show for it. It takes until the end of the third film before he's finally taken out by the authorities, but even in his death he manages to instigate a mass uprising and cause more chaos.

* SpiritualAdaptation: A great movie adaptation of either the first ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' (though the latter game actually came out ''after'' the first movie).
* UnfortunateImplications: Whilst the first movie skirts with this, considering the subject matter and overall message, the second movie dives head-first into it, since Bill is constantly giving speeches about his beliefs and what he wants the world to be. Discussed further in [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/vlog-reviews/reviews-life-itself-rampage-capital-punishment-cabin-fever-patient-zero-and-mercenaries this video]].