Could of been a good film if had a bigger budget

Rating: 5/10 (1 June 2013)

The film is in the year 2022 the U.S Government has came up with a solution to resolve crime by holding an event (Purge) once a year for 12 hours where civilians are able to commit crimes and all public services will be terminated for this time. A family living in a gated community come faced to face with purgers as they allow a stranger who seems to be hurt into there house. This attracts the purgers to there house as they want to kill this man and they are willing to do anything to do so. The purgers seeking this man vow to the family they will kill everyone unless he is brought alive to the gang. As times passes the family are faced with a dilemma do they fight the purgers or sacrifice the man to save the family.
*SPOILER* As the family decide to keep the man alive and stand there ground the gang enters the house with the promise to kill everyone inside after a long battle with the gang the farther suffers a knife wound and dies however the rest of the family survive due to the help of the neighbours who take out the rest of the gang nonetheless as they think the neighbours are helping the family survive they are actually not they saved them as they wanted to kill for themselves. In the final scene we see the stranger they saved come back to save them and keep the neighbour hostage until the purge ends.
The film had tones of potential to be a great hit with a unique storyline this defiantly grabbed my attention however fail to deliver for several reasons for me. The lack of purge action we actually got to see made the film lack realism as i believe if this would happen in are country today no matter what community we live in purgers would be out in mass however in this film we see only one gang targeting one family. Another reason is that the film was to predictable with the stalling of killings leading to the main characters to survive once again this was repeated several times in the film which really made me loose the feeling that family won't die which is something the audience need in order for them to enjoy the film.
The acting in film was not the best as the main purger gang member i thought tried to duplicate the joker by doing actions like sniffling his nose, dramatic head turns and slick back hair. This film needed a bigger budget so they could of used a bigger names which could of pulled of the more menacing act out with out making it feel cheesy.
Overall i didn't enjoy this film and wouldn't recommend you to watch this film as the storyline isn't as exciting as the trailer makes out to be lacks the action it claims and is predictable at times.