Typical futuristic movie of the Invasion Home sub-genre with a lot of trills, chills, fights, slaughter, and violence. This moving picture turns out to a futuristic tale with plenty of kinetic energy, noisy action, struggles, shootouts, though extremely claustrophobic. It displays a strong social critical against dictatorship and use of violence , including a weird atmosphere and a surprising ending. As there governs a dictatorial government though elected by democratic means : The New Founding Fathers of America that imposes a revolutionary rules of citizen conduct . The known premise is the following one : The idea behind this whole peculiar America is that crime is up and economy is down, as government put a lot of emphasis on killing being legal, that's why they think of murders would get better common problems. It is just universally accepted that the cause of all these problems results to be built up agression within population. In order to correct this, the rulers decides that it would be a good idea to give the people a day to release the agresssion. Because if people get out all that anger in one day, they will not feel the need to commit any more crimes for the rest of the year.There a wealthy family formed by father James Sandrin : Ethan Hawke, mummy named Mary Sandrin : Lena Headey, and children Zoey and Charlie live at a luxurious mansion when The Purge Day takes place. Then a bloody stranger : Edwin Hodge, asks for help, and he gets inside the impregnable home thanks to the youngest son. But things getting worst. As all of them must survive and stay alive until dawn, or both be sacrified for their sins against the state. For one night only, America invites you to its annual tradition. I purged. Keep America great. Purge for the people. Purge for the nation. Purge for your freedom. Purge for the glory. Witness the birth of an American tradition. Citizens join the purge. A nation reborn. It changed our country. It challenged our beliefs. Now witness how it all began.
This movie is well set in a dystopian and nearly future society in which violence predominates when at night the criminal instincts are freed, leaving population carry out all kinds of mayhem, destruction, murders and grisly massacre. This first picture of the big boxoffice franchise contains thriller, extreme violence, crossfire, fighting , surprise-filled entertainment and high body-count. Being a strange mix of dystopian Sci-fi, thriller, drama and Invasion Home. As it is nicely set in a pseudo-apocalyptic future in which a family attempting to survive on a night where it is all-out war on the streets and in home . The nail-biting action scenes, mostly shot at home, are uniformly well made, and suspense, tension and intrigue are enough to keep interested throughout the movie runtime, even in the low parts of the picture.
This The Purge 2013 turns out to be the first installment, being followed by various sequels : The Purge Anarchy 2014, The Purge Election year 2016, The First Purge 2018 and a TV series The Purge 2018. All of them are set in different locations, The first Purge set at a lush mansion, Purge Anarchy is set in the streets, Purge Election is set in official location and D. C., while the recent First Purge 2018 takes place in Staten Island. Rating 6/10. Decent action film and it is well worth seeing. Being really recommed to anyone who appeals apocalyptic thrillers.
