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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
As I remember, this was a good one, January 7, 2010
Let me be the first to review this briefly. I remember seeing this film years ago and was quite moved by it all. One man, who's family and life is destroyed by the US government takes his gettin' even with the 'powers that be'. In a futile attempt, the main character seeks to expose and destroy the very thing that is evil. It is a story of a modern day 'Don Quixote' who tries to battle the Federal Government and fall short of his mission. George C. Scott was a great, phenomenal actor; and I remember this film to be great and phenomenal as well....similar to 'Soylent Green'....one lone American striving to end the misery of the modern world.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Way back when, April 5, 2007
This review is from: Rage [VHS] (VHS Tape)
When this was released in the theater it was mostly appreciated by the anti-war crowd, but not to well by bureaucrats. I thought it was pretty cool watching George C. Scott go ballistic against the military that were trying to cover up what they had done with a deadly gas. Kind of like the biological weapon movies "Outbreak" with Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman or "Chill Factor" with Skeet Ulrich and Cuba Gooding Jr.. Why hasn't it been remade? Some say it couldn't be done today. Why not? Gee we don't experiament with deadly biological weapons anymore? Umm sure we don't. In a pigs eye we don't. At any rate I will be glad to see some of Scott's works that aren't on DVD yet come out like this one and, "Flim Flam Man", "The List of Adrian Messenger", and "They Might Be Giants". He was truly a consumate actor and it is ashame these aren't on DVD yet. Hello studio he's dead, do you mind putting all his stuff on DVD in sets or individually?
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Flawed Gem, July 14, 2001
This review is from: Rage [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Leonard Maltin says in his review that Scott's transition from peaceful rancher to killer is unconvincing and, in part, I agree. The first violent encounter seems abrupt and jarring. But. The reasons for the transformation are convincing and the set-up is, unlike most modern movies, at least logical. The rage thus engendered is portrayed with convincing implacability. In most of his performances, George C. Scott has more than a touch of rage just under the surface; in this film, he lets it out. The primary flaw, as I see it, is that although the plot line itself is more or less plausible, somehow the supporting actor roles are not convincing, and that I would guess is due more to Scott's directing debut than the actors themselves. Nonetheless, it is a muted but powerful portrayal of a father's searing rage and the look on Scott's face as he scorches down the road on a motorcycle is one that is hard to forget. If this is one of your favorite actors, this is an important film.
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