Whilst on Youtube, I came across a movie trailer for an upcoming horror flick titled "The Purge". The first time I watched the trailer, I thought it looked pretty neat. However, the second time I watched the same trailer, it became less enticing.
The premise for the film is that in the future, the US government allows all crime for 12 hours on a day they call the Purge. Somehow this 12 hour do-what-you-want time solves the country's unemployment and crime rate. This is probably the first flaw that I saw in the trailer. The idea of this 12 hour period fixing a country's issues is novel, but it is in no way logical or practical. The second flaw I saw in the trailer is that the 'disarm' button on the control panel for this security system in the main character's home is completely unguarded. If you watched the trailer, you can see that this preteen/teen boy effortlessly disarms the only thing keeping his entire family safe from peril. Once again the director failed in trying to work any sort of logic into the movie. The third flaw I see in this trailer is that the family's security system is easily breached by this group of psychopaths. In the beginning of the trailer, the dad explains to his son that the purge lets people release pent up rage. So it's implied that the purge has happened before. So what makes this time different from the previous purges? Has no one ever tried to break into this house before hand or what?
The only way I see this movie being interesting is if there is some extraordinary backstory for the stranger that the boy let into their home.
The premise for the film is that in the future, the US government allows all crime for 12 hours on a day they call the Purge. Somehow this 12 hour do-what-you-want time solves the country's unemployment and crime rate. This is probably the first flaw that I saw in the trailer. The idea of this 12 hour period fixing a country's issues is novel, but it is in no way logical or practical. The second flaw I saw in the trailer is that the 'disarm' button on the control panel for this security system in the main character's home is completely unguarded. If you watched the trailer, you can see that this preteen/teen boy effortlessly disarms the only thing keeping his entire family safe from peril. Once again the director failed in trying to work any sort of logic into the movie. The third flaw I see in this trailer is that the family's security system is easily breached by this group of psychopaths. In the beginning of the trailer, the dad explains to his son that the purge lets people release pent up rage. So it's implied that the purge has happened before. So what makes this time different from the previous purges? Has no one ever tried to break into this house before hand or what?
The only way I see this movie being interesting is if there is some extraordinary backstory for the stranger that the boy let into their home.
