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Rampage

Movie 2018 107 min Action, Adventure, Science Fiction Checked by Dan S · 22 Oct 2026
Official Rating M ClearAge 14+

Why our age differs

Official is M. We say 14+ because monster mayhem is frequent and one brief gory beat lands, while the rest plays like moderate action

What we flagged

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Violence
Strong
Frightening
Moderate
Language
Moderate

Our take

The mutated animals tear through a city, and the film moves quickly from one huge fight to the next. There is a brief gory image amid mostly fantastical destruction. Animal peril may be the harder part for a child who cares about Davis's gorilla.

Uplifting themes

Loyalty to a vulnerable friend and teamwork under pressure get real screen time. The movie still celebrates punching the problem at giant scale Davis fights to save George without treating him as disposable. Corporate villains chasing profit are clearly the ones not to cheer

Story (may spoil tone)

Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.

What we flagged

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Violence
Strong
Frightening
Moderate
Language
Moderate

Details

Violence Strong Giant animals smash through cities, fight the military, and leave a tra…

Giant animals smash through cities, fight the military, and leave a trail of kills from the jungle to downtown. The action is constant, loud, and built for spectacle

Language Moderate Plenty of the s-word, hell, damn, the a-word, and b-word in the chaos.…

Plenty of the s-word, hell, damn, the a-word, and b-word in the chaos. The f-word is not the main texture, but the coarse talk keeps coming

Frightening Moderate Mutated predators, collapsing towers, and out-of-control creatures keep…

Mutated predators, collapsing towers, and out-of-control creatures keep a disaster-movie tension running. Younger kids can find the scale overwhelming even when the hero banter lightens it

Gore / death / weapons Moderate Guns, bombs, and animal attacks show blood and lethal force without dwe…

Guns, bombs, and animal attacks show blood and lethal force without dwelling on torture detail. Military hardware and creature damage are hard to miss

Grief / bereavement Mild Poachers wiped out George's family, and Davis carries that loss into ev…

Poachers wiped out George's family, and Davis carries that loss into every choice he makes for the ape. The bond is built on mourning as much as adventure

Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.

We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.

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Talk after watching

  • Davis treats George as family, not a weapon. Where is the line between loving an animal and putting people at risk to save it?
  • Scientists and soldiers argue over who caused the disaster. Who should own the cleanup when an experiment goes wrong?

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