The Purge

THE PURGE 

SYNOPSIS:

America, year 2022. Crime is in at all time low because one night a year, all crime is legal. The government have established "the purge" where the rest of America can purify their souls through 12 hours of mayhem, murder and anarchy. James Sandin and his family has this big home security business but this year, the purge hits their own home literally. And for 12 hours no police can help them because every hospital, fire department, and authorities will shut down.

REVIEW:

When I saw the trailer of this film, I said to myself that I gotta see it. Basically, it's all about how the rich slaughter the poor once a year in order to end the so called crime and poverty. The way the film was staged was very subtle. I mean, I can sense the sarcasm when it comes to the neighbors of the Sandins but not to the extent that they themselves are capable of joining "the purge."  I confirmed how sick this film was when the purge started, and the "fun" begins. Mr. Sandin started the lock down of their house not

knowing the boyfriend of her daughter is inside their home. By the way there's something with the youngest child that makes me hate him so much, I don't know but maybe because of his stupidity. So after the lock down, Charlie (son) noticed through the live feed of the cctv, that there's this black man (homeless purge to-be victim) asking for help. And in an instance he lets this man inside the house. When this was happening, Henry (the boyfriend of the daughter Zoey) was looking for Mr. Sandin just to talk to him about Zoey. But instead of just talking, he fires at him but missed him, and when Mr. Sandin fires back he shot Henry and the lovers ran back into Zoey's room. Meanwhile the homeless man was nowhere to be found. And then, there's this gang who was after the homeless man. And no, they are not pleased to know that their purge victim is taking shelter inside the Sandin's mansion. This wealthy but deranged purgers is led by Rhys Wakefield who was a total creepy psycho. He told Mr. Sandin to give their purge victim back alive or they will also harm his family. The problem is, they could not locate the man and their stupid son is helping him to take shelter in his hiding spot. By this time I was already pissed, I mean, yeah what about humanity, but would you sacrifice your family for a man who you don't even know. So after all the commotion, they caught the man and tied him in a chair, finally decided to give him back. But here's another Oh, No for me, the change their minds and decided to fight back. Erratically, they armed themselves willing to kill to protect the children, as the creepy gang tries to enter their house. Once inside the house the more bad things started to happen. Mr. Sandin shot some of the intruders but he was also hurt badly by the creepy leader. And this is the part that I gave up and said to myself, they are all gonna die. But then I was aroused when I saw some of the neighbors shooting some of the intruders. I think to myself, okay everything's gonna be alright. But hell no, this is the part where you won't expect "heroes" will turn dark. So Mr. Sandin did not make it and the environment is getting sad but as Mrs. Sandin thanked the neighbor for helping them, I realized that they are planning more evil than the gang they just killed. They are also taking part of the purge and their target.... the Sandin Family. Because according to them, the Sandins took a lot of money from them (through to the security blah blah business). And they tie all of the 3 remaining members and encircle them as they get ready to stab them to death. They manage to recite some chant and as they continue with their wicked plan, the homeless black man re appeared and he was armed and shot one of the purger, protecting the family. And then they made the rest of the purger seat while waiting for the end of the purge which is at 7:00 am. As Ms. Sandin said "No more killing tonight" 

I have to say that "The Purge' is one of the good movies because it's not typically staged. I can't consider this as pure horror but maybe a combination of thriller,slasher,home invasion film. Bravo for the gang members for they look really disturbing. And the leader, who reminded me of the Joker, really crept me a lot - ruthless. One night entertainment that really do not care about anything but harming the poor. But effectively it brings something deep down inside of us that we would never think we are capable of. And although i know from the start that something bad is going to happen soon, I did not predicted especially the end part where neighbors turned purgers themselves. By the way, i loved the creepy masks of the gang and their get ups, really creepy.