This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Blistering performances.

Robert Kurtzmans' "The Rage" is basically for those people who judge how successful a horror movie is by its level of violence. The gore reaches beautifully over the top levels, and some of the grisly highlights are sure to generate enthusiastic laughs of approval from the audience. As for the story, this is pretty damn derivative stuff, but then one can't imagine very many people, including the filmmakers and viewers, caring much about that. This is first and foremost a showcase for makeup effects teams.A demented research doctor, Viktor Vasilienko (Andrew Divoff, star of Kurtzmans' "Wishmaster") is hellbent on getting revenge on a world that seemed out to get him. It seems that he'd discovered the cure for cancer, but pharmaceutical interests wanted to quash his efforts. So now he works in seclusion, infecting unfortunate test subjects with a "rage mutagen" that hideously deforms them. One of these subjects escapes, and allows the infection to spread, aided by the plethora of vultures in the area. Now an inane group of youngsters who'd been attending a rave in the woods are in peril and have to run for their lives.One good thing is that Kurtzmans' pacing is pretty solid; this movie goes through its motions with efficiency. Other than Divoff, who's fun as usual, other draws in the cast include "Phantasm" series veteran Reggie Bannister as Uncle Ben, and Erin Brown, a.k.a. Misty Mundae, as one of the tormented youngsters. Most of the supporting performances are pretty abysmal, but Divoff makes up for that with his villainous portrayal. Overall "The Rage" is generic stuff, but it doesn't pretend to be anything more, and that may be enough to suit some horror fans. The ending falls short of being really satisfying, but until then the movie is good for a number of chuckles and thrills.Six out of 10.

Goofy semi spoof, semi serious offshoot of films like "28 Days Later," with plenty of " Re-animator" overtones.A scientist invents a "Rage" virus that turn humans in to blood thirsty mutated Zombie like creatures. Not only does it work wonders of mass meaty mutilation from it's human infected, but infects giant vultures who (somewhat hilariously) swoop down from the sky & attack an RV filled with twenty something's. What ensues is a funny fearful fight for survival, as they become infected their self's, one by one.For you blood thirsty gory gore hounds out there, this is your main course of red rare meat by the piled plateful, quivering, shivering, glossy globs of gluttony gore . For the rest of you, just sit back & be bemused, & amused by the whole bloody spectacle!

(Acknowledgement to the immortal Joe Bob Briggs) eM's Grindhouse:Robert Kurtzman's no-budget, grade Z splatterfest, which I've subtitled, "Blood-sucking Zombie Buzzards from Beyond the Grave." Pure drive-in exploitation featuring wonderful old-school in-camera effects, including puppetry, rear-screen projection, and something I haven't seen in a while--stop-motion animation.Zombie-fu. Mad scientist-fu. Bone-saw fu. Ax-fu. No firearms, but a surprisingly unending supply of baseball bats. Topless aardvarking in a convertible. Nubile dancing girls, a throwback to the fabulous Russ Meyer films of the 60s.Notable quote: KAT: "Why is this happening? Is God punishing us?" No, Kat. He's punishing US.And we love it.eM sez: check it out.

Fans of trashy horror rejoice, for Robert Kurtzman, the 'K' from awesome effects team KNB, has given us The Rage: a demented, dumb gore-soaked film that manages to go from simply mad in the first half, to completely insane towards the end.Featuring terrible acting, dodgy CGI effects, and bucket-loads of cheesy gore, this film sure isn't going to be to everyone's taste, but those who dig crazy schlock horror will have a blast: Kurtzman throws in everything but the kitchen sink to guarantee an enjoyable ride for gore-hounds.Andrew Divoff (who also starred in Kurtzman's The Wishmaster) stars as Dr. Viktor Vasilienko, a Russian scientist who decides to punish capitalist society after a money-hungry drugs conglomerate steals his cure for cancer (because their 'preventative' medicine is far more profitable than a cure), discredits him, and sends him to an insane asylum. Vasilienko eventually escapes and plots revenge, creating a virus called The Rage, which turns victims into uncontrollable bloodthirsty maniacs; only when his cancer cure is publicly acknowledged will he release the antidote.Things go awry, however, when one of the mad scientist's test subjects escapes into the woods, dies and become vulture fodder: the birds also contract The Rage, and become airborne killers, which is not good news for a bunch of 'twenty-somethings' (including Erin Brown AKA Misty Mundae, star of many a soft-core sex flick) who are travelling through the area in their RV.With shonky vomiting mad-vulture puppets, a death-during-sex scene (always a winner), a killer hunchback dwarf wearing the face and hair of a little girl (and grunting silly phrases such as 'kiss the monkey'!), giant leech attacks, and CGI feces (seen as a pole is rammed into the ass of a bald, blind 'zombie' called Gor!), The Rage is sheer low-budget lunacy from a film-maker who is obviously having loads of fun entertaining us.