The First Purge

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In the movie all white people are bad and black people are incapable of success unless they deal drugs and the rest need to survive on government handouts that are only paid to them if they commit crimes. Racist trash! Just about insulting to everyone. The film makers should be ashamed of themselves. Thankfully there are smart film makers who show many different diverse cast members in movies where they portray successful and inspiring characters

Pointless. useless. dumb. terrible. sucks. stinks (1 viewing)

Disked 'The Purge', apart from the reasonable two leads and a nice gritty look it was tired, poorly written, cheesy, tension and suspense free with annoying characters. Sort of liked 'The Purge: Anarchy', while finding it flawed in especially the writing Frank Grillo's presence livened things up a lot. Had mixed feelings on 'The Purge: Election Year', it had its moments (again Grillo and the committed cast) but the writing, uneven story and characters sunk it. Saw 'The First Purge' as somebody trying to see as many 2018 films as possible and as somebody who had not given up on the franchise. Seeing 'The First Purge', it was wholly indicative that a series that was already starting to flag had completely worn thin. There are no new ideas, anything interesting and even for a prequel it felt completely unrelated to the other 'Purge' films, having none of the few good things present in 'The Purge'. Also saw absolutely no reason for the film to be made or existing. By far the worst of the series and one of the year's worst (have seen a lot so feel qualified to say that). Absolutely nothing worked in 'The First Purge'. Although most of the acting was weak in 'The Purge', the two leads were reasonable. In 'The First Purge', all the acting is lousy, playing characters that are impossible to get behind in a film full of shallow and unrelatable characters that behave so stupidly and illogically, as well as being written in such a biased and not-for-the-easily-offended fashion. Not even the decent production values there is here, the film instead looks cheap and rushed-looking. No tension or suspense at any point and nothing scary or thought-provoking, got nothing enlightening. The pace dragged badly, which undermined the suspense, likewise with the excessive predictability and clichés that were tired well before the film was made, even more tired than in 'The Purge'. The scary aspect is cheap and never surprising, creative or scary, the violence being gratuitous, the situations so ridiculously dumb that it insults the audience and the villains are goofy and flat caricatures, nothing menacing about them. The direction is generally indifferent and the action far from exciting. In summary, awful with nothing redeeming about it. 1/10 Bethany Cox

I m writing this review while the movie is still on. This is by far the worst Purge movie. Acting, plot, dialogues everything is just horrible. I hope everyone dies at the end, only this would make the movie deserve more than one star :P

I finished the movie on HBO OnDemand then I pressed back and accidentally hit the restart button. I had a moment of panic. So I will give it a 2 for the skipped heart beat.

As a fan of the franchise I enjoyed this film. The movie has sufficient action but somehow the tension is missing. A horror thriller without good music is empty. Tension filled music is lacking in this installment. Nevertheless, a good one time watch for fans of the franchise. EDITED my review on (19/07/2021) after revisiting it with my family on a dvd which i own as i am on a Purge movie marathon. This is the fourth installment in the Purge franchise and a prequel showing how the United States came to the point of accepting the Purge Night. It shows how it originated as an experiment confined to Staten Island with the promise that those who stay on the island for its duration will be paid a large sum of money. This time i found it to be far fetched. A local goon taking on lottuva mercenaries and that too alone is a big meh. Also the character skeletor disappears for a longer duration n suddenly pops out of nowhere but that too for a tiny moment.

Being a fan of the Purge movies, I felt this movie fell short of my expectations. The other Purge movies had political and social commentaries without being too overly blatant. The First Purge is just too obvious and dumb. To have militias dressed up as Klan members and Nazis is just almost bordering on parody. There were mixed social messages . For example , a drug dealer , who destroys his community and purges his competition , becomes the hero? There were a few interesting scenes where participants were being psychologically evaluated. The action sequences were well shot. I actually cared about the lead female character who actually wanted to do the right thing. Unfortunately though, it wasn't enough for me. The Purge Anarchy is still my favorite one.