Trailer Trickery

Rating: 4/10 (27 June 2013)

Despite the trailer being immensely satisfying and convincing of a good blockbuster, the film fell short of it's own expectations. The film was filled with thrills and twists at every turn, but the created emotions always seemed to be destroyed by the clearly staged 'acting' on-screen. The suspense built upon stalking the 'Target' created a great immersion into the shocking story of - The Purge, but this however was quickly ruined by the 'fight' scenes in the film, due to their shear repetition of the same old 'smash and block' technique being used by Ethan Hawke as James Sandin. Another huge let down was the lack of location which the trailer promised viewers by showing clips of multiple crimes of varying magnitudes being shown all over the city not just the one street. The title of The Purge suggested a wide spread 'cleansing' but, viewers were instead given an extended clip of one man being hunted with splashes of fights and threats added into the already flat mixture. An overall let- down, for a promising concept.