It was okay i guess

Rating: 6/10 (27 March 2014)

The purge was a film that I thought at first would be long and scary. I was wrong. What was advertised to be a scary violent horror film turned out to be only a typical home invasion film with not enough scares to go around. The movie started out quite good, with us getting to know the family and a bit of suspense as the purge begun. But once the masked murderers came into the house it all went downhill from there. Basically it just ended up being typical and short, with crappy jump scenes and no gore deaths. And then there is that thing were a character is about to kill someone and he just stands there for like 4 seconds before getting shot from behind. The movie didn't meet my expectations at all. and the characters are all clueless. The mother wanders around the hall like she is inviting someone to sneak up behind her. The father kills everyone which makes it more boring. The daughter just hides and then doesn't suspect anything when her much older boyfriend sneaks into her house before the purge. The only intelligent and likable character is the boy. And lets not forget the bloody stranger who is actually pretty likable himself. At the end of the movie he comes to the family's rescue and then leaves in the morning. Its too bad, he is like the only cool character in the movie. Okay back to the point. If your expecting a suspense building film like the strangers or the shining or something, this is not the movie you want. I break it down for you. This is a movie with a creative futuristic plot much like the hunger games and divergent that just fails to become a good movie. It has some scary jump scenes but no suspense. It has clueless good guys and strange gay bad guys with some creepy masks. It has a weird ending and some fights. That is pretty much it.