Director Uwe Boll, known for his critically reviled films Alone in the Dark, Postal and BloodRayne, has delivered an expletive-ridden rant on the state of Hollywood after his recent Kickstarter campaign failed to reach its goal.
The German film-maker, who won a worst career achievement award at the 2009 Razzies, was hoping to make Rampage 3: No Mercy, following on from his two previous Rampage films, with assistance from the crowdfunding platform. But his aim to make $55,000 in a month failed when he raised just $24,500.
Boll used his YouTube channel to record two rants against the film industry and also his fans. “Basically, my message is, fuck yourself,” he begins. “That is so fucking absurd. What retarded amateur idiots collecting money on that absurd website.” He goes on to brag that he has “enough money to play golf” until he’s dead.
He also criticises a host of Hollywood stars and properties, including Matt Damon, George Clooney and Marvel’s cinematic universe. “Iron Man does not exist. Captain America does not exist,” he said. “Wake the fuck up!”
Most disturbingly, he also expresses his wish that the Hollywood elite would get “wiped out” and quotes a line from his film Rampage: “We have to fucking kill the rich.”
Boll’s films have attracted a curious mix of stars, including Ben Kingsley, Tara Reid, Jason Statham and Christian Slater, but have received toxic reviews from critics. The New York Times called Alone in the Dark “inept on every level”, while Entertainment Weekly referred to him as “the Ed Wood of this new movie century”.
