Brain Dead and Loving it!

    As a teenager in the eighties, I spent countless hours feeding quarters into video game machines at the local arcades. I remember losing fortunes in games such as FIREFOX , DISCS OF TRON , STAR WARS and of course RAMPAGE. The idea of playing a giant monster destroying a city and gobbling up people after grabbing them out of their humble abode both fitted perfectly my love of monster movies like KING KONG and GODZILLA , and my obvious antisocial tendencies. So it's no surprise I ran to Brad Peyton's new adaptation of the classic Bally-Midway's video game. It may seem odd to see a 30 year old franchise been adapted as a  $120 million blockbuster, but then again, for decades, long vanished properties have been brought back to life by producers who grew up on them, whether they are old TV shows, long cancelled cartoons, or, as it is the case here, a forgotten arcade game. However, recently renewed interest in giant monsters (thanks to Peter Jackson's un