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*Contains Spoilers* but who cares? This was the worst movie ever made and proves how ridiculously moronic Hollywood is these days. The idea is in no way original nor interesting. It has been done several times before, most notably on Star Trek. When I saw the trailer and TV spots for this piece of generic garbage I was sick to my stomach. All I could think about is how some greedy old men in Hollywood thought people would eat up the boring premise of a night of murder. When people I know told me how excited they were to see it and how "original" the idea was, I did everything I could to restrain from laughing in their faces. When I make the effort to actually watch a "hollywood" movie (i.e. Super hero movies, sequels, franchises, and other unwatchable movies made for simple minded people) I actually go in with an open mind and give it the benefit of the doubt (For instance, I thought The Conjuring looked like crap but it was actually entertaining). Last night I broke down and downloaded a torrent of The Purge (I would never pay for movies like this and if I would have I'd be hunting down the director for a refund). Here's why it's the worst movie ever: 1. The Purge begins with terrible dialogue and is a downward spiral from start to finish. 2. Ethan Hawke is a great actor but lately he's been cast in these same kind of B-movies. 3. The actual idea of the purge is lost somewhere in the continual cliché moments of this amateur film and the explanation of it is terrible. All I had during this movie were questions. Nothing about this movie was even remotely believable. 4. Every character in this movie is a moron and had 0% like-ability. By the end I was cheering for everyone to die. When Ethan Hawke was killed I clapped. 5. The dumb cliché loner son with long ugly hair and a remote control surveillance device (basically Home Alone 3) disarms the security system and lets a homeless guy in because he begs for help. Wouldn't you think a stranger on purge night would say anything to get in? 6. The cliché bratty daughter, who for some reason never changes out of her sexy schoolgirl outfit, wanders around whining while her and her entire family are in serious danger. 7. Even though the family has been through many purges they seem like it's their first time. Quite virginal, isn't it? 8. The cliché "I'll pause before killing you so someone can sneak up and kill me" moment happens every 3 minutes. 9. The cliché "If I kill them I'm no better than the rest of the killers" moment happens every 2 minutes. 10. The neighbors' motivation for wanting the family dead is: "They made money by selling us a security system we needed. We are mad they spent that money on a small home addition." 11. The "let's all split up but not hide" cliché is used every 10 seconds. 12. The son hides in the dark while continuing to shine his flashlight to give away his location. 13. WHY DON'T THEY JUST LEAVE THE COUNTRY DURING THE PURGE?? the biggest plot hole ever in the history of movies, television, and radio. 14. This movie is a total 1hr 25min and a lot of that is the opening and ending credits. 15. Seriously, why don't they just leave the country.... ? 16. Security system is mildly defensive and not at all offensive. 17. The masked hipsters split up, skip around, piggy back, and have nothing but knives and axes. 18. Why is this only focused on murder? I would think if the purge was real robbery would be the crime of choice and people would be running to the store to steal electronics, appliances, food, money, cars, etc..... 19. Did no one really ever think of leaving the country....? really? seriously? are you kidding? 20. Just the fact that a sequel is coming... and the plot is: family car breaks down during purge night... let that sink in... yepp... it's an even worse plot than this movie. 21. There is no suspense, no scares, no thrills, very little action, and very little violence. How is this even consider an action/thriller/horror??? 22. The ending is terrible: dad dies from wounds, neighbors want to kill family, homeless man saves family, family spares neighbors' lives, the purge ends, homeless man leaves, credits roll. 23. I just can't any more... this is the worst movie ever. The only good thing that it has done is make me feel superior to the people calling this movie "art." bleh.... I'm about to purge my lunch... Go see a real movie: Under The Skin, Beyond The Black Rainbow, Closer, Wait Until Dark, Rope, We Need To Talk About Kevin, The Godfather, Alien, etc...
score 1/10
simsartblog 14 July 2014
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