Great concept, stop judging

Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2014)

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I thought this 2013 horror had everything it needed. Surprise moments, blood, gore, bad lines and a semi decent cast.
The families must survive 12 hours of "The Purge", a government mediated ( or non mediated haha) event in which every illegal thing (murder, rape, assault, torture, stealing etc) is legal. There is no help available as they plainly point out " all emergency services will be shut".
Now, i read over 100 reviews made by other people and i have to say I'm disappointed in the way people reacted. This was marketed as a scary home invasion movie and it DELIVERED!
The family is all safe and happy until, predictably, something goes terribly wrong via the families son letting a stranger into their fortress of a house. This movie certainly portrayed itself properly as an anarchy murder story about i really appreciated it for its originality and tendency to have things POP UP! A good horror movie has you on the edge of your seat with a slightly elevated heart-rate, and to me, the Purge completed those two check points.
I think people who negatively reviewed this movie were just mad it wasn't terribly scary, but again, its a home invasion movie, how much SCARE can you expect from a movie that basically takes place in a home.
This movie is underrated and it needs some positive reviewers who appreciated it for the blood, Ethan Hawke and a silly young kid who causes it all!'
WATCH THIS MOVIE- don't listen to someone elses opinion, just go watch it yourself!