The premise for this movie was actually pretty good, but the execution was just piss-poor. It turned out to be the most boring thriller I've ever seen. There are so many contrived scenes and the characters are just stone dumb. Skip this one.

I'm torn over this high concept movie. The Purge does not lack in creating edge-of-your-seat tension. There are 4 or 5 high impact scenes and the movie incorporates a nice twist. So what's the problem? The journey to the good bits can be summarized as "painful." The Purge is supposed to distill human nature down to its purest, most primal form. What's actually depicted couldn't be further from reality. None of the actions of the characters are believable. You will loathe the characters you're supposed sympathize with. Even a sub one hour and thirty minute run time seemed too long to get to the meat of the movie. The nameless, disposable purge victim being cast as a black man seems like a gadget to ensure the audience doesn't care about his outcome versus the family's. I won't give this a no, but watch at your own risk. There is news commentary during the start of the credits regarding the purge If you like my reviews, add me as a fan. I'll add you back!

I never felt the need to write a review about any movie, and believe you me, I've seen my share of movies. This movie is by far the biggest waste of time. Great setting, but absolutely no plot, no sense of direction. I assume monkeys were holding the camera during the fight scenes; the only parts of the movie that were remotely interesting! From irrational, hyper-emotional characters who kept talking over each other to 1984-like brainwashed self-righteous punks (mind you, the lead villain was The Joker without make-up), this movie was just plain awful. Do yourself a favor and save your money. The only good thing about this movie was that it wasn't long.

I have never written a movie review for Fandango but decided to do so with The Purge because I want to warn everyone that if you have seen the ads on TV then you have seen the best part of the movie. The movie is very slow and in some parts dull and very uninteresting. As I watched this movie I couldn't believe that this was the same movie I had been waiting to see for a long time...REALLY. This is the best they could do....The plot was weird and very predictable and it was just downright horrible...YUCK

I was excited to see this movie, but was pretty much let down. Thank goodness it wasn't very long and that I had great company. I posted on my FB that folks should wait until it came out on Netflix or Redbox. A friend of mine replied that he'd heard an interview with Ethan Hawke on an XM station, and he didn't sound thrilled about it. When your main character can't sell it, that should be a definite "no see". I did get to see a preview for another movie that I'm excited about: "The Conjuring"...just hope that one isn't a let down, either.