I remember seeing the trailers for this film when it first came out and I was absolutely terrified. Terrified. Fast forward nine years and I'm maybe 5% less terrified, so I finally decided to give it a go. I've seen five minute cold opens to police procedurals that are scarier than this entire movie. While the acting was solid, I was just so incredibly bored throughout the whole thing. Even when disregarding how I hyped the film up in my head to be some kind of grand horrorfest, the initial concept of the film was so, so intriguing but the execution? Just your basic home invasion movie, and not even a good one at that. Pretty disappointing. I guess it was partly my fault for expecting this movie to make some kind of commentary on the human psyche and/or to delve more into the premise and intricacies of The Purge itself, but still. There was so much potential, but ultimately, the movie fell flat.
Shout by MomoBlockedParent2022-01-05T06:53:10Z
I remember seeing the trailers for this film when it first came out and I was absolutely terrified. Terrified. Fast forward nine years and I'm maybe 5% less terrified, so I finally decided to give it a go. I've seen five minute cold opens to police procedurals that are scarier than this entire movie. While the acting was solid, I was just so incredibly bored throughout the whole thing. Even when disregarding how I hyped the film up in my head to be some kind of grand horrorfest, the initial concept of the film was so, so intriguing but the execution? Just your basic home invasion movie, and not even a good one at that. Pretty disappointing. I guess it was partly my fault for expecting this movie to make some kind of commentary on the human psyche and/or to delve more into the premise and intricacies of The Purge itself, but still. There was so much potential, but ultimately, the movie fell flat.