I am guilty of liking this film! Suspend me if you like!

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2014)

Wow! I just heard about a new law that allows one to pun endlessly for a 12 hour period with no "punalties" involved! This way everyone can release their urges to pun away without getting a one way trip to Cheesyville. Loving it! Anyways, not to worry, that will not be the premise of my following review of the horror flick "The Purge". But I had to open my review that way because that is the premise of the movie, but not with puns but with crime. The movie is set in the not-so- distance future where the US government has made it legal to commit criminal activity once a year in a 12 hour period; this way people could release their urges to be naughty; it's called the Purge. Ethan Hawke stars as James Sandin, a security surveillance sales representative who splurges the opportunity to sell equipment to neighbors and others for Purge protection. When things go array during the year's Purge period, Sandin is in a desperate situation to save his family from a group of ruthless youth who want to kill a homeless man who made his way in the Sandin residence. Writer-Director James DeMonaco did not exactly receive filmmaker monarchy status with his orchestration of "The Purge", but he does an admirable job in keeping us guiltily entertained. The movie is no Shining, and does have an extremely short punning I mean running time. However, if you want to splurge on horror, "The Purge" should be activated. **** Good