Great Storyline, Poor Execution

Rating: 6/10 (31 October 2015)

"The Purge" offers a great story line, but lost control of the story through moronic screen play. It begins nicely and the scenes were set up perfectly - nice upper class neighborhood and neighbors who seem to like each other. Then it falls to movie of the week mediocrity. I rather list the series of faux paux to give you an idea. *Spoilers*
* The Sandins were securely locked in, but the goofy-looking young son has the codes to open the gate ? LOL
* The teenage daughter's boyfriend whose main complaint was the father doesn't like him because he was too old for his daughter, looks to be same age as the the adolescent girl. LOL
* While being invaded, instead of grouping for strength, the young son was given a gun and told to hide in the basement while each of the parents, singularly strike out on their own. LOL
* The adolescent daughter chose to go to her room during The Purge. LOL
* The iron gate the keeps the bad guys out conveniently has handles to let the baddies pull off with a chain and a truck. LOL
* The high tech security system does not include a secure panic room, just an iron gate (with a handle) LOL
* The goofy,pedantic son with his robot toy looks absorbing, and possesses the intelligence to make a great father and son team, but wasted the opportunity. LOL
* The mom looks hysterical the moment the Purge begins. Got sick of her. LOL.
* The bad guys upon entry to the home, chose to make one-on-one confrontation with the defenders with one exception. LOL.
Thankfully the movie was a short one, and I hope the sequel is better.