The trailer was good, at least

Rating: 4/10 (7 August 2013)

'The Purge' is the kind of film that makes one think: 'Damn, the plot, the idea of the film is good with potential to be a GREAT movie, but somehow it went FUBAR because it was directed by the wrong guy'. That's exactly how I felt as soon as the end credits surfaced on screen.
The dialog is beyond atrocious. The depiction of most characters wasn't bad, it was God-awful. The timing of the events was screwed up for whatever reason, and you kind of get the impression that the crew who made this film did it in a hurry cause they all had to go and throw up quickly because they knew that this was going from bad to worse.
Incredibly enough, I think that this film is just borderline watchable - just once!-. But I hope that someone, say...Sir Ribley Scott for example, will one day remake this abomination into a very good movie because the plot, I insist, is the only good thing about this...whatever it is, and deserves a decent shot by a decent director.