Not all that bad but....

Rating: 5/10 (13 April 2014)

Spoilers. . The premise was very interesting, and the movie isn't that bad, but the stupidity of the characters ruins the movie. Granted if they were too smart you wouldn't have a movie at all, but these people, wow. First, Just Five minutes before the purge starts the daughters boyfriend is able to sneak into the house. Two minutes before it starts, they lock up the house. Wouldn't you be all prepared and ready well before the purge starts?. Then the son disarms the alarm and lets in the first bloody screaming stranger he sees...what? then the stranger runs and hides in the house. But does the family stay together and bunker down? Nope. They leave their daughter all alone in her room. and this is all in the first 30 minutes of the movie. When the "bad guys" make entry in the home, does the family stay together a nd bunker down then? Nope. They all separate and walk around the dark house alone. Way too many "why would they do that" moments in the movie. And lets not forget at the end their neighbors/friends going insane either. All because they bought their alarms systems from the family and the family spent the money on remodeling their home. Hopefully the sequel family has at least a little common sense.