ON THE RAMPAGE

Whilst on Covid care duty in the Moonbase Sick Bay I've been watching monster movies during downtime, usually late at night, when the Missus is tucked up dreaming of going out. Monsters calm me before hitting the sack myself.

So far I've seen Sputnik, Rampage and have just started The Meg.

Sputnik I've spoken about - one to watch! - so I'll make a few field notes about the creatures in Rampage.

As a lover of massive monsters Rampage does have a huge plus, it has three colossal beasts and despite The Rock's best efforts to steal the show, the real stars are the Kaiju [can I say that when the film isn't Japanese?]

Rampage's monsters are a huge albino Gorilla called George - the King Kong/ Mighty Joe Young element of the picture; a giant timber wolf, which can fly over short distances and flick huge spikes from its tail and last but not least, the biggest of the trio, a magnificently gigantic crocodile, which is truly impressive.

As is traditional for large critters, they first choose a city to completely flatten. In this case its Chicago, which will need a whole team of town planners afterwards.

For me the standout scene is when the three beasts climb a skyscraper - yes, a sort of Empire State Building sort of moment - destroying large parts of it as they go. The footage of the giant croc tearing through entire floors and re-emerging to clamber up the sheer walls is stunning and I loved it.

OK, it was never going to win any oscars for its acting but for a big creature fan like me Rampage really does deliver.

I'd seen Rampage before but I'm pleased to say there's enough carnage to make it worthwhile again.

I'm off to meet the Meg. Tonight.

Have you been Rampaged?