So with The Purge: Anarchy being released this weekend, I thought it would be fitting to review its predecessor The Purge. So without further ado...
If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? In The Purge, a speculative thriller that follows one family over the course of a single night, four people will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home. In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (plsyed by Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (played by Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide.
The film was really disappointing and really bad. The film has an original and very interesting plot, yet it fails to capitalize on it's potential success. It does raise the question of what would we do if crime was legal for 12 hours and it could have actually shown us how The Purge effects so many different people from different walks of life, but the attention to focus on one family was just a dumb move. I will say however that the performances in the film are pretty great and very chilling. But to add to it's lack of attention to the overall feeling of The Purge it also gives nothing new to the horror and sci-fi genres and uses the same boring cliches used throughout both genres. Overall the film had a lot of potential to be great but it fails to focus it's attention to The Purge itself and how it effects the rest of the world. I give The Purge a 2 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of The Purge, what would you rate it, are you excited for The Purge: Anarchy and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? In The Purge, a speculative thriller that follows one family over the course of a single night, four people will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home. In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (plsyed by Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (played by Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide.
The film was really disappointing and really bad. The film has an original and very interesting plot, yet it fails to capitalize on it's potential success. It does raise the question of what would we do if crime was legal for 12 hours and it could have actually shown us how The Purge effects so many different people from different walks of life, but the attention to focus on one family was just a dumb move. I will say however that the performances in the film are pretty great and very chilling. But to add to it's lack of attention to the overall feeling of The Purge it also gives nothing new to the horror and sci-fi genres and uses the same boring cliches used throughout both genres. Overall the film had a lot of potential to be great but it fails to focus it's attention to The Purge itself and how it effects the rest of the world. I give The Purge a 2 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of The Purge, what would you rate it, are you excited for The Purge: Anarchy and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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