I am a horror film fan, but over the last few years I am repeatedly let down time and time again, only for a few fleeting gems to give me hope once more. Each time Igo to watch a "Purge" film I am instantly reminded as soon as the Micheal Bay "Platinum Dunes" logo appears on screen, these films are terrible.
Each year, the Purge is a 12 hour period in which all crime, including murder is permitted. There are no repercussions for your actions and no police interference. The rich hide behind fortresses and the poor are left to either defend what is theirs or claim something on this fateful night. This year may be the last as a new candidate up for election hopes to end the Purge as she once was a victim to it's malevolence. Thankfully, and coincidentally, her chief bodyguard is a previous purger who was stuck out all night a few years ago (in the previous film).
This is a run of the mill, nothing new, nothing interesting, mishmash of a film. With a running-manesque cyber terrorism group hoping to stop the poor being obliterated, unlikely gang of heroes for hire and Frank Grillo being gruff and butch throughout.
This is also a film that gave away pretty much everything in the trailer, so what little surprises it thought it had were already hinted at in the 2:27 version of the film (more entertaining than the full length version)
Hopefully, this franchise is now done and dusted, but more than likely we will be continuing to be disappointed each year
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