About The Movie:
If on one night every year, you could
commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? In The
Purge, a 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 (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 (Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning
into the monsters from whom they hide.
What Is Good/Bad About The Movie:
The absurd ethnic-cleansing
rationales behind The Purge sound
revolutionary enough because I thought Hollywood came up with a ‘new’ idea for
a movie but I can’t get pass such a stupid idea for a movie. Now I know that
said I was going to see Will Smith’s After Earth, but it was sold out and I had
to settle for The Purge. After getting pass the ridiculousness of this movie, this
movie actually makes you ask yourself could I kill someone if it were legal.
This question came into play after Sandin’s
son Charlie (Max Burkholder) – unquestionably the dumbest character I’ve seen
on screen in years – spies a helpless black man wandering down the family’s
suburban street after lockdown on Purge Night. Despite the fact that this has
been determined as the most lethal evening on our nation’s calendar, Charlie
disarms his family’s high-tech security code and lets the stranger in. Lunacy.
Then, in a scrum, the Sandins lose this homeless man in their massive abode. Of
course. And finally, a masked crew of murderous maniacs begin banging on the
Sandin’s front door, proclaiming their right to purge their anger on this
“lowly” human and threaten to come in if the Sandin family doesn’t force the
innocent man out.
Why oh why was After Earth sold out? This
question I asked myself only got worst as I watched characters behave
idiotically, with Charlie making numerous hair-brained decisions that put his
family in danger. Intelligent analysis of the repercussions of this unique
society is shuttled for grisly abuses that are rote and ineffective. If The
Purge spawns sequels, as cheaply-produced horror
movies often do, producers would be wise to figure out how to a movie that
actually makes sense.
The original Star Trek did this in it's first year. It was during Festival and they had to stop Landru.
ReplyDeleteGiven that your 1st choice was After Earth, I think you night was doomed from the start. :)
so After Earth is much worst? Okay then
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