So close to being a good movie!

Rating: 4/10 (29 June 2013)

I really liked the idea, for me I could actually imagine it being a possible reality too. This gave me even more of an interest in wanting see the movie.
However now that I have seen it, I am very disappointed. Even the ending I was able to predict as soon as the cookies were given.
One obvious issue was the fact that people can just go on holiday during the purge, if they do not want to be a part of it.
That is just one of the many obvious problems I found in the movie.
To fix the holiday issue; they could have just made the whole world ruled by one government/leader who makes the purge a global reality.
The scope of my version would have been in the league of Hannible/ben-hur. However, instead of being a mega blockbuster: the real movie ends up being at a "B" movie standard by the end.
Some of the performances are worth seeing and will make the actors seem more suitable for different role types in the future.
The first 20mins were really good and so thats what my "4/10" rating is for. Worth seeing a bit of it to understand the idea. Although not worth spending the entire length of the film to watch it all.