A huge missed opportunity here

Rating: 4/10 (24 June 2013)

Set in the near future, The New Founding Fathers have change America. The time is 2022 and unemployment is at 1% (wouldn't that be nice) and crime is at an all time low, the country is happy....or at least that's what they want you to think. Enter The Purge, one night (12 hours to be exact) to commit any and or all crimes to cleanse your soul, even murder is legal. No cops, no government (again, Nice) no one to come to your rescue. Great concept for a movie and had the potential to take over the reigns as the new face of terror, unfortunately Germy's and Jewette's this one fell flat on its face as Hollywood beat another dead horse! Starting with the script and the dialogue being worse than the Holocaust, there was no suspense and was very predictable, hell even Ethan Hawke looked weird without his goatee! The movie is centered around his well to do family, he's a home security salesman and apparently Lena Headey aka Cersei Lannister is a stay at home mother to their two children. They snuggle in their very barricaded home to watch purge videos only to be set off by the son having a moment of despair and letting a homeless man being chased by "classy" purgers. The fun starts from there as they play cat and mouse through the house and one thing leads to another, just like any other home invasion movie ala Panic Room. The only thing saving this one was a frightening performance from Rhys Wakefield whom put the F in fear for us. But the question remains, friends, what would you do with one night of freedom? Would you hide or would you purge? We can think of a few 4 letter words but then again that's why they call us purgeverts! The Germ and the Jew give this one a HAIL no and a circumcision! We strongly urge you to not see The Purge, at least not for $9.
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