Should have been better

Rating: 6/10 (17 October 2013)

It had a really good premise. All crime is legal for 12 hours. The rich prey on the poor, which leads to a better economy and less crime. Th movie centers around a rich family who treat the purge as basically entertainment and otherwise an afterthought given their super security system. The security system in which the father actually sells for a living to other rich folks. Things go wrong and the entire family is left under attack. The ending is pretty predictable, and leaves much to be desired. There was so much more that could have been done with the movie. The ending "message" if you will is nothing new and can be seen coming a mile away. There is a whole world that could have been shown and explored but left out. Imagine the hunger games but the entire movie centers around one contestant without really any surprises, character development and little suspense. That's basically what you have here.