I think there is something being overlooked here.

Rating: 7/10 (26 July 2014)

I have heard terrible things about this movie, which is probably why my rating is higher than I'd probably give it if I had heard nothing about it. Now bear with me, I am not a movie watcher in that I don't casually watch movies and I only go to see what catches my attention. Furthermore, I will simply walk out of a movie theater if I don't like a movie, and I have done it before. (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Prince of Persia...)
I am not really sure why this movie isn't very liked by many, I think it captures the idea of something I like to think about: Human Nature. Now I will not get boring and speak about my ideas of it in a scientific matter, but isn't that just really f'ing scary? I mean, not many people want to accept it, but we are animals. We only are "Civilized" because of the way we are brought up, being fed a sense of morality and that there is a way we have to live in order to function in an organized matter.
No one wants to openly show their lust for violence because it is wrong in the public eye, but think about certain things that people love that ARE violent. GTA (Video Game), Manhunt(Video Game), MMA, and all the gory movies out there that people just ADORE.
Maybe people wouldn't show their wanting of violence openly, but if there was a real purge, what makes you think that you wouldn't want the opportunity to be bad without legal consequences? It's like crying behind closed doors... no one has to know.