Rage (1972)

Warner Bros.
Directed by George C. Scott
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Wyoming rancher George C. Scott and his son fall victim to government chemical testing one night while camping. The military is quick to cover it up, even convincing his doctor to keep the truth from him when his son dies a few days later. These events take up more than half the film with a good build up of tension. However, that tension is released in all the wrong ways. Scott escapes from the hospital and becomes a terrorist. His first victim is the house cat of one of the doctors who lied to him. Then he goes to the research laboratory that made the chemical and blows it up with dynamite, being sure to place some of it in the room with the lab animals. He eventually dies in the middle of a field at the military base, having convulsions in slow motion. Unpleasant to say the least.