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DVD
REVIEW: RAMPAGE (1986) AKA TURKISH RAMBO
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Director: Çetin Inanç
Writer: Çetin Inanç
Starring:Serdar Kebabçilar
Hüseyin Peyda
Distributor: Dark Maze
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I guess out of default
Rampage (1986) aka Turkish Rambo
is the unrelated sequel to
Vahsi Kan (1983) aka Turkish First Blood.
Unlike
Vashi Kan, Rampage
isn’t a direct remake of
Rambo: First Blood Part 2 (1985). First Blood Part 2
involves John Rambo being released from prison in order to
save pow soldiers trapped deep within Vietnam. While Rampage
is about a Commando (Serdar Kebabçilar) infiltrating and
destroy a remote terrorist group.
I won’t go into the plot as there really isn’t one. Rampage
is an hour and a half excuse to get Serdar Kebabçilar into a
series of fights. The film ends with an infamous rocket
launcher sequence in which the rocket gets propelled by a
wire. Like all of ‘Turkish Rip-Off’ cinema it needs to seen
to be believed. If you’re a fan of these movies you will be
glad to know that Hüseyin Peyda (aka the Turkish Vincent
Price) plays Ziya the villain.
I didn’t like
Rampage
as much as other “rip off” titles for a few reasons. Firstly
the Serdar Kebabçilar is no Cüneyt Arkin (aka George Arkins
aka the Turkish Charles Bronson or if you want to get more
obscure the Turkish Alain Delon). Arkin is a genuinely good
actor, while Serdar Kebabçilar is just a condom full of
walnuts… umm… I mean he just a body not an actor. Arkin
provided the good to the “good/bad” equation. Also
Filiz
Taçbas (the nameless female lead) is just
annoying as not nearly as attractive as the other female eye
candy that features in these movies. The female leads in
these movies serve no purpose but to look good, be weak, and
fall in love with the hero. In fact I don’t think the female
leads in
Vahsi Kan
or,
Dünyayi kurtaran adam (1982)
aka Turkish Star Wars
even talk to the hero (which in both cases is Cüneyt Arkin)
they just smile and fawn at him.
 
Rampage
was directed by Çetin Inanç. Inanç directed other “classics”
such as
Çöl (1983)
aka Turkish Jaws, Dünyayi kurtaran adam (1982)
aka Turkish Star Wars, Idamlik (1983)
aka Turkish Punisher and Kelepçe (1982)
aka Turkish Dirty Harry.
And while I can’t prove it I have a feeling he was involved
in that amazing
ET porn
(not to be confused with the
Turkish ET).
Çetin Inanç is a good director action films comprised of a
lot of kinetic energy, but his lacks the proper budget to
really make anything polished. They may be bad, but they
aren’t boring. In fact the end battle in the
Turkish Star Wars
is so intense it will melt your brain! His films are the
most pure form of cinema in the sense it’s pure visual. You
can sit down and watch any of his films and understand
what’s going on.
 
I’m reviewing the new American version released by Dark Maze
Studios. The version features a new soundtrack and it’s been
redubbed. Sadly this has taken a lot of the fun out of the
movie. The real joy of these films is trying to work out
what the fuck is going on. You get thrown into a strange
world of cheap production values, no subtitles, strange
editing and a soundtrack comprising entirely of those from
big budget Hollywood movies (and in the case of Turkish Star
War actual footage in incorrect format ratio). On top of
that I found most of the redubbed actor annoying. The sounds
of the voices didn’t quite match up the characters in the
film. The only two voice actors I like where the ones that
played the hero Serdar (which was done with a touch of
Stallone) and the villain Ziya.
They also felt the need to replace the opening title
sequence. I can work out why they replaced, it seems like
they have removed it for the sake of removing it. Oh well at
least it on the disc as an extra feature.
The extra features are a little lackluster. The making of
provides some great information about the production of
Rampage and Turkish Rip Off cinema, sadly too much time is
spend on the redubbing process. The latter is boring as
comes across as egocentric dribble. The audio commentary is
much the same, in provides minimum information about the
actors and production. Rampage is worth checking out for the
ending alone!
LESLIE MORRIS 11/05/09
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