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Chicago sure makes a gorgeous backdrop for sci-fi fare ( Divergent , Jupiter Ascending ) and big action spectacles from Hollywood ( The Dark Knight , Transformers: Dark of the Moon ), so it's no wonder that (arguably) the current biggest movie star in the world Dwayne Johnson has set his next sure-to-be blockbuster in the Windy City as well. Johnson's latest special effects extravaganza Rampage is based on the 1986 arcade game of the same name from Bally Midway . The game itself has gone through revamps over the years, appearing on platforms such as Atari and Sega Master System. As I watched the first trailer for this live action adaptation, I marveled at how striking my beloved home city looked in several shots, but then I began to have a stasis of image association in my head. The flat 2D look of the original "Rampage" game struggled to surface in my conscience. So I did what I do best and I worked with the moving images in my latest video essay and rendered t...