Post by Rob W. Case on Apr 9, 2014 21:33:37 GMT -6
Once in a while a movie comes up that is dark and edgy, but makes you think. “The Purge” is that kind of movie.
The Story:
Every year, the government allows 12 hours for a designated “purging”. What that means is every year, on a designated day, you can do whatever you want to do, or get away with what you cannot get away with normally for a period of 12 hours. In that 12 hours, there is no law enforcement, and all emergency response is suspended. That means that if you want to steal, you can steal. If you want to kill someone, you can try to kill someone. And the only thing that can prevent a person from acting out their heart’s darkest objectives is their means of security, protection, and/or how well armed a person is. In other words, for those 12 hours, it is the “law of the jungle.”
Amidst this dangerous setting is a family who is preparing for the purge. The father, James Sandin (Ethan Hawke), sells security systems, which makes him an object of jealousy from others in the neighborhood due to the income he has accumulated in light of this event. His wife Mary, and his two kids, are also trying to prepare for this event as well, and keep safe. But as everyone feels as though they are safe, acts which are done in secret by the children (some good, some not so good), cause some of the terror from the outside environment to seep in to the house causing extensive anxiety, and chaos as their safety is now in question. From there, the suspense only gets more intense as the family that rested in peace and security now struggles to survive the night.
My Take:
What interested me about this movie is that it, in many ways, does what movies like George Orwell’s 1984, and Fahrenheit 451does in that it makes you think of how dark man’s heart would get in a dystopian society. While some are restrained by their morality, others become dangerous forces due to their lack of morality, or how they deceive themselves into rationalizing their actions. In that, it is a movie that makes you think and takes you into scenarios that you can only imagine.
Out of 4 starts, I give this movie 4 stars.
This film is rated R and runs 1 Hour and 25 Minutes.
To view a trailer for this film, please click on the video below.
This film is available to rent at your local video store as well as Redbox kiosk machines.
The Story:
Every year, the government allows 12 hours for a designated “purging”. What that means is every year, on a designated day, you can do whatever you want to do, or get away with what you cannot get away with normally for a period of 12 hours. In that 12 hours, there is no law enforcement, and all emergency response is suspended. That means that if you want to steal, you can steal. If you want to kill someone, you can try to kill someone. And the only thing that can prevent a person from acting out their heart’s darkest objectives is their means of security, protection, and/or how well armed a person is. In other words, for those 12 hours, it is the “law of the jungle.”
Amidst this dangerous setting is a family who is preparing for the purge. The father, James Sandin (Ethan Hawke), sells security systems, which makes him an object of jealousy from others in the neighborhood due to the income he has accumulated in light of this event. His wife Mary, and his two kids, are also trying to prepare for this event as well, and keep safe. But as everyone feels as though they are safe, acts which are done in secret by the children (some good, some not so good), cause some of the terror from the outside environment to seep in to the house causing extensive anxiety, and chaos as their safety is now in question. From there, the suspense only gets more intense as the family that rested in peace and security now struggles to survive the night.
My Take:
What interested me about this movie is that it, in many ways, does what movies like George Orwell’s 1984, and Fahrenheit 451does in that it makes you think of how dark man’s heart would get in a dystopian society. While some are restrained by their morality, others become dangerous forces due to their lack of morality, or how they deceive themselves into rationalizing their actions. In that, it is a movie that makes you think and takes you into scenarios that you can only imagine.
Out of 4 starts, I give this movie 4 stars.
This film is rated R and runs 1 Hour and 25 Minutes.
To view a trailer for this film, please click on the video below.
This film is available to rent at your local video store as well as Redbox kiosk machines.