Lack of common sense makes any other point irrelevant

Rating: 1/10 (1 October 2013)

I had hoped this movie would at least utilize the great tool of being "futuristic" with all of its poetic license to its advantage. Sorry guys, technology wise we apparently stagnated a year ago, or looking at the little robot the kid is "tinkering" with, we stagnated in 2007.
This also isn't a horror movie. Little bit of gore and cat and mouse, but it never makes a go of it.
What proceeds is viewers being ridiculed into believing a successful salesperson/business man has no common sense/ ability to resolve a crisis/ situation management.
Society has accepted this "night of the purge", which is really the only reason this film is set in the future. It's made America a much better place. Apparently America only has one time zone as well. But I guess really, would you choose to put your entire family at risk to protect an armed stranger who you haven't exchanged a single word with?
You don't need to set the film in 2022 for me to say no. If we have to choose somebody to die on a given night, not just "the night of the purge" it's gonna be the stranger not my family.
It's really all about the set up isn't it? You buy into the set up, maybe you'll buy into the feasibility of the horror. You might even consider the various social statements the film is trying to make. You might not be embarrassed for the actress whose big diamond ring the camera seems to fixate on in every shot. She's wealthy BTW. Not sure if you got that the last 20 times.
I suspect the ideas of a horror movie and a political statement were glued together but never actually formed a shape. But a movie was made about it anyway. Unfortunately with no convincing point to make and more holes than storyline... I frankly felt embarrassed for anybody involved.