"BRILLIANT CONCEPT
POORLY EXECUTED"
POORLY EXECUTED"
The Purge is a thriller movie directed by James DeMarco.
A family is held hostage for harbouring the target of a murderous gang during the Purge, a 12 hour period in which any and all crime including murder is legalized.
Its Starring Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane, Edwin Hodge, Rhyd Wakefield, Tony Oller, Arija Bareikis, Tom Yi, Chris Mulkey, Tisha French, Dana Bunch & Peter Gvozdas.
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IN CINEMAS 31ST MAY 2013.
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THE REVIEW:
I had the pleasure of watching The Purge a few days after its release. I went into the screen excited because this one of them interesting What If storylines. A world where a specific day is chosen and for half that day all crime is legal. The Police are not coming to help, even the Hospitals are closed. During that period in time anyone in the wrong place at the wrong time will be killed. All types of Guns and Knives turn into a fashion statement because everyone's got to have one in order to survive the night. This concept certainly brought something fresh to the horror table, it has never been done before.
This is the perfect example of a director getting a good script and either not caring enough to get the best out of it or just not having the time and money to put in it. The movie is barely 80 minutes and was probably shot in under a month. What was the rush? The plot holes are plenty to discuss as they are not clarified. Why would normal rich people need to Purge? and do criminals really wait for one day a year to commit crimes?
I had high hopes for The Purge but it let me down, it wasn't as good as the trailer hyped it to be. There's just nothing here, no shocks, surprises, twists or lessons to be learned, Just a pile of dead bodies all over America. I for one was surprised to see front man Ethan Hawke give such a average performance. The rest of the cast are forgettable due to their clichéd roles. Excuse me whilst I yawn.
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IN CINEMAS 31ST MAY 2013.
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THE REVIEW:
I had the pleasure of watching The Purge a few days after its release. I went into the screen excited because this one of them interesting What If storylines. A world where a specific day is chosen and for half that day all crime is legal. The Police are not coming to help, even the Hospitals are closed. During that period in time anyone in the wrong place at the wrong time will be killed. All types of Guns and Knives turn into a fashion statement because everyone's got to have one in order to survive the night. This concept certainly brought something fresh to the horror table, it has never been done before.
As a whole this movie is a great concept, it was just executed poorly, I don't even think anyone was trying. The characters are not believable they behave too irrationally for normal people. They only want to be scared when it suits the situation. The family in the centre of this movie don't seem to care for their own lives when face to face with possible death. It's nice that there's a thought for the only black guy in the movie, but when it's a every man for himself situation, I think your own family comes first. Every scene seems put together just to keep the script moving, the killings don't even mean anything. A gunshot here, a stab wound there. We have seen it all before. And how many times can a main character be in danger before being saved by another. The way the baddies execute their performances looks too staged making their intense moments funny when it's supposed to be a serious situation. Even the catchphrases that are meant to be strike fear only came across as banter.
This is the perfect example of a director getting a good script and either not caring enough to get the best out of it or just not having the time and money to put in it. The movie is barely 80 minutes and was probably shot in under a month. What was the rush? The plot holes are plenty to discuss as they are not clarified. Why would normal rich people need to Purge? and do criminals really wait for one day a year to commit crimes?
I had high hopes for The Purge but it let me down, it wasn't as good as the trailer hyped it to be. There's just nothing here, no shocks, surprises, twists or lessons to be learned, Just a pile of dead bodies all over America. I for one was surprised to see front man Ethan Hawke give such a average performance. The rest of the cast are forgettable due to their clichéd roles. Excuse me whilst I yawn.
STAR RATINGS OUT OF 5: 2.5
FAVOURITE MOMENTS IN THE FILM:
The start of the Purge.
The start of the Purge.
(if you loved another moment in the film, please feel free to share it with ME in the comments section.)
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