Not as bad as ratings state

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2014)

Only recently watched The Purge after the recent release of its sequel and was surprised to see such bad ratings after the buzz the sequel created. First off, I don't think this is a bad movie at all, the storyline was pretty good, and the idea was incredibly interesting and thought provoking. Problem is at times I found myself thinking about the idea of the purge rather than concentrating on the story.
The set for the film was limited as it was mainly focused on the house of the family involved. This isn't necessarily a bad thing because many films can pull off one location sets very well, however I think it would of been beneficial to have seen more perhaps.
The acting was pretty decent too, although the kids annoyed me like hell! Incredibly dim witted and useless but hey! thats story telling I guess! The film was overall well made, good cinematography, nothing outstanding but of standard and it seemed relatively believable throughout. One thing I found with this movie is that the ending was a sequence of plot twists, I was half expecting the homeless guy to turn around and say, 'no in fact you're mine!'. Either way I think its safe to say, Anarchy won't be the last we see of these films, and hopefully the following films will tell the story to its potential which is something this movie failed to do. It didn't quite live up to my expectations although I can't quite pinpoint what I did expect anyway.
It's worth watching definitely, but reviews will be mixed I believe.