The Purge (2013)
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
- James DeMonaco
- Gerard DiNardi
- Babette Stith
- James DeMonaco
Rating: 6.256/10 by 8362 users
Alternative Title:
Vigilandia - US
La Purga 1: La noche de la expiación - MX
Чистка - UA
Purga 1 La noche de las bestias - MX
American Nightmare - FR
國定殺戮日 - HK
國定殺戮日 - TW
La Purge - CA
הטיהור 1 - IL
A megtisztulás éjszakája - HU
The Purge: La noche de las bestias - ES
La Noche de la Expiación - AR
Country:
France
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 26 minutes
Budget: $3,000,000
Revenue: $89,328,627
Plot Keyword: california, dystopia, barricade, bloody fight, home invasion, blood lust, rich vs poor, constitutional convention, legalized murder, social allegory, bloody, bloody death, bloody deaths, family's house, ethan hawke
It's the basic premise that makes _The Purge_ such a chilling watch and, thought you may see the thrills and scares coming from a mile away, it's the most interesting home-invasion thriller that I've seen in a very long time.
The core idea of a "purge" is interesting, but every single moment of "horror" or "thrill" in this film is a predictable jumpscare. It takes itself way too seriously and makes some heavy-handed social commentary, while at the same time being really unconvincing and riddled with tropes. Whenever one of the masked villains is on-screen you can count on them to silently tilt their head to the side, playfully skip with a weapon in hand, or giggle about killing. The main concept and Lena Headey's acting bumped the rating up a little.
Atrocious directing and cheesy jump scares disguised as nonsensical "social commentary."
