Too Predictable

Rating: 6/10 (9 June 2013)

I loved the idea of the film, there has never been another film with this idea before. So the idea of 'The Purge' was brilliant. The film started off good, and I know quite a few people will agree. But as the film progressed it got more and more predictable.
*I wouldn't read this unless you have seen it or don't mind a spoiler* When the son, Charlie, is hiding in the basement and keeping a flashlight and his eyes on the door, well you can guess what is going to happen. Even though me and my friends were expecting some kind of jump scare it still made us jump when this face popped in front of the screen. Towards the end, Mary, Grace and 3 others are sat round a table with Mary guarding a gun, waiting for the end of The Purge. Grace goes to grab the gun while Mary isn't looking and Mary just hits her with it, in the face. I mean we were all expecting Mary to put a bullet through Grace's head, but she didn't, which was a little disappointing. Some of the moments in the film for very predictable and you could easily guess what was going to happen, including the jump scare in the basement, Zoey's boyfriend attempting to shoot her dad and when they didn't throw the guy out of there house and they started to fight.
There were also a few silly and stupid moments in the film which make you go, "Why the hell did they do that?" and "Why didn't they do ... instead?" One of these moments was when James Sandin (Hawke) didn't give the stranger (Hodge) out to the group that were after him. His family's safety should have been more important that someone he doesn't know and he put all their lives at risk to save the stranger. The dialogue was not fantastically written. There are a few other things wrong about this film, but you probably have to watch it to understand.
So overall the film was OK, I guess. It could of been a lot better though and I probably would watch it again, but it isn't one of those films that I would pay to go and see in the cinema more than once.