Incredibly Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (25 February 2019)

I went into this film, knowing the amazing and original concept, expecting to see a creative action packed thriller which I would enjoy very much. Instead I got a boring story line, and a film that I just couldn't wait to end. With a concept like The Purge, they could have done so much but instead they just created a terrible story line with dumb and irrelevant moments. The actor who played the son also really frustrated me as the main plot which put the family in danger was all his fault, which he seemed completely unaware of, and yet when the family tried escaping the danger all he did was shout and complain to them to stop. Also, kind of off topic, but it took me a while to even realise he was a boy. I legitimately thought he was a girl for like the first 10 minutes or so of him being on screen lol. But seriously, considering he wasn't meant to be a dislikable character, or at least that's what it seemed, they did a terrible job casting him as all he did was annoy me (obviously this is just my opinion, but I wouldn't be surprised if I wasn't the only viewer he pissed off). As well, there are multiple scenes where one of the villains are supposedly going to kill one of the family members but then 'surprisingly' another family member attacks them before they can shoot. This would be ok if it only happened once or twice but it literally happened like four or 5 times, completely ruining the surprise and relief it was intended to give the viewer. Overall, I don't recommend you watch this film, unless you want to see a boring and meaningless story line, and an incredibly annoying boy with long hair pissing you off the whole time. Although the concept is cool, the movie is most definitely not. I am aware that there are other Purge movies, which I haven't seen and could possibly be much better than this, but from what I've heard this is the best movie in the series and trust me, that says alot! I'm genuinely being nice by giving it a 3/10. The only reason it isn't a 1 or 2 is because of the concept and the ending, which admittedly I thought was ok, but still not great.