The Purge

NUTZZ

I though there might have been a thread on this one already.

The film will be released on June 7th, directed by James DeMonaco and Michael Bay as a producer.

In the year 2022, the United States is prospering with an unemployment rate at 1% and crime at an all-time low. To keep this prosperity the government creates an annual 12-hour period from the evening of March 21 to the morning of March 22 in which all criminal activity, including murder, becomes legal. During this time, police and hospitals suspend all assistance services and execute citizens who refuse to participate by hanging. This event, known as The Purge, is designed to serve as a catharsis for the American people, giving them a chance to vent all negative emotions however they desire, with the ultimate goal of keeping unemployment and crime at extremely low levels for the rest of the year. During this night of violence and crime, a stranger screaming for help is let into James Sandin's fortified house during their yearly lock down. The family is then forced into conflict between their beliefs of right and wrong, and a sequence of events involving the stranger's pursuers puts the family's chances of survival in danger.

I really like the premise of this film but I have a feeling it could be awful also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2bVeqhzuSs

AzN

I'm looking forward to this one, was going to go see it on the 31st but it got moved on a week. The film seems really interesting sort of reminds me of "The Strangers" definitely going to see it upon it's release in cinema.

Joe prim

Errr.Straw Dogs meets Assault on Precinct 13 meets Panic Room meets every other overloud crappy movie Michael Bay has been involved in, probably still go and see it though. ( but only at the cheap Point Odeon wednesday afternoon show for a fiver)

krudler

Interesting premise alright, but as was said looks all bit familiar.

allanb49

First thing i thought was Warriors and Battle Royale

TheDoc

Decent idea but have a feeling anything with Ethan Hawke in it, will stink

krudler

TheDoc wrote: »

Decent idea but have a feeling anything with Ethan Hawke in it, will stink

What's wrong with Ethan Hawke? solid actor imo

TheDoc

krudler wrote: »

What's wrong with Ethan Hawke? solid actor imo

Been in some rotten films the last few times I've seen him, nothing of any sort of promise that he showed years ago

Zombienosh

I think this looks good, solid idea anyway. As above though not too sure about Ethan Hawke.

JP Liz V1

Neat premise + Ethan Hawke so defo good reason to see for me :P

Banjaxed82

Great premise masking the fact that it's just a run-of-the-mill home invasion thriller.

This looks like a disappointment, which probably won't be scary and subsequently will forget it's own great premise by the 40 minute mark.

Another one bites the dust.

johnny_ultimate

It's an absurd, unbelievable premise used to justify what looks like a pretty bog standard home invasion flick.

Say what you will about the setup of Battle Royale, but at least if follows through on its crazy concept!

Bacchus

Premise sounds cool. Ethan Hawke is a decent actor.

I don't think that this will turn into a bog standard home invasion flick that forgets it's own premise after the opening 20-30 minutes. If that was the case, the only thing the writers have achieved by the premise is nullifying the typical shouts of "call the f'in police" from the audience that usually happens during that type of movie. It would be a huge waste to not do more with the premise and I doubt (hope) the writers & director would take such a lazy approach.

Decuc500

I like the idea, sounds like good escapist entertainment. As long as it doesn't have the usual predictably downbeat ending these home invasion movies have it could be fun.

Fysh

For a premise like that to work, you have to deliver a sense of scale (think Escape From New York). Otherwise it'll just be another lazy home-invasion load of nonsense.

I'm still disappointed that even The Strangers, which had some wonderful ideas about how to escalate tension, ended up being resolutely mediocre. Thus far, The Purge doesn't look like it'll even aspire to those heights.

In saying that, I saw a trailer for No One Lives the other day at the MCM Expo, which did renew my confidence in there at least being some people who want to mix things up as far as horror films are concerned...

Fysh

Fysh wrote: »

In saying that, I saw a trailer for No One Lives the other day at the MCM Expo, which did renew my confidence in there at least being some people who want to mix things up as far as horror films are concerned...

Don't let your expectations get too far away from you. No One Lives is at times a lot of fun and it does a lot right but overall it's extremely disappointing and not at all worth going out of your way to see. I did see it after staying up for over 24 hours and that may have something to do with my dislike of the film but considering how poorly received it has been I think it may simply be a case of it being a bad film.

LowKeyReturn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Archons

Someone is a Star Trek fan.

Cork boy 55

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

It's an absurd, unbelievable premise ---
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+1,000,000

Its beyond stupid, :mad: :pac:

Also DO NOT WATCH the trailer it gives away the whole movie.


:cool:

Naos

Really disappointed.

It had such potential. Waste of money & time.

Crooked Jack

Great premise with a good start, a few flashes of brilliance, a largely generic main section and a solid ending.
Meh.
Wasted opportunity.

TerrorFirmer

Terrible movie. The premise I was opened minded towards but the bored, predictable and painfully cliche execution is unforgivable however. A real and unfortunate stinker.

larchielads

great concept as a film but fcuk me what a ****e ending, was the funniest thing ever for a thriller movie

Anyone curious as to how the concept would play out on a larger scale, you know a film that actually embraces the concept rather doing simply remaking Assault on Precinct 13 should check out he 90s genre classic Judgement Night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm9qSB0RRCI

Banjaxed82

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone curious as to how the concept would play out on a larger scale, you know a film that actually embraces the concept rather doing simply remaking Assault on Precinct 13 should check out he 90s genre classic Judgement Night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm9qSB0RRCI

Yeah, I was pretty much hoping for a dystopian version of this, or at least this is the film that came to mind when I first heard the concept.

Having seen the Purge, the concept is so ridiculous, they should have just played it for laughs (Evil Dead 2) and had zombies/monsters that expire after 12 hours. May as well embrace the ridiculous premise.

Agricola

The Purge was shocking. Just glad I went in the off peak and got in cheap. So clichéd it could almost be a parody. Woeful in every way, no redeeming features. The characters were so badly written you really couldnt give a shít if every last one of them died, and I didnt.

slaneylad

I wanted to slap everyone in that Film but mostly I want to slap the director for making such garbage. I might even slap myself for watching the whole film. I think I only sat through it because Adelaide Kane was dressed as a school girl for the entire film.

Just Breathe

I thought it was rubbish! Really good concept but never went anywhere, 3/10 for me

Zero-Cool

Wow...great premise, such a good story to work with and they turn it into an extremely below par home invasion film. Hawke should have made the most of the new law to 'purge' the son and daughter!

They really should have made it that their home security system went faulty and shut down leaving them to have to escape the house and be on the run waiting for 7am to come around.

Never even thought how that sounds a lot like Judgement Night which is one of my favourite films, absolutely brilliant.

At some point in the film, everyone involved should have realised this was a piece of sh*t. Everything about it (except the premise) was poo.

Banjaxed82

sheehy83 wrote: »

Wow...great premise, such a good story to work with and they turn it into an extremely below par home invasion film. Hawke should have made the most of the new law to 'purge' the son and daughter!

They really should have made it that their home security system went faulty and shut down leaving them to have to escape the house and be on the run waiting for 7am to come around.

Never even thought how that sounds a lot like Judgement Night which is one of my favourite films, absolutely brilliant.

At some point in the film, everyone involved should have realised this was a piece of sh*t. Everything about it (except the premise) was poo.

This was the most glaringly obvious and inevitable story line that should have taken place given the premise. One location = lower budget. What's the point?

There was interesting ideas and themes in the piece. One can only hope the original script was a cracker and then they ended up making a mickey tit of the story.

NUTZZ

This was such a let down. A very interesting and fresh premise that went out the window after ten minutes and turned out to be a completely average home invasion/slasher movie. I mean the whole idea of 'the purge' was thrown to the side which is what made this film look interesting in the first place.

The son really annoyed me also, everything was his fault and even when he realized that he continued to make things worse for the family. There was no character development and no real story either. Also the neighbours reason for turning on the family at the end was pathetic.

Really disappointed with this one, a great premise that they left behind as soon as the opening credits faded.

Oh, and to add insult to injury, The Purge 2 is already in development :rolleyes:

Little Acorn

One of the worst films I've ever seen.

Fysh

NUTZZ wrote: »

Oh, and to add insult to injury, The Purge 2 is already in development :rolleyes:

Sadly, when a film costs $3M and earns $86M globally (source), a sequel is pretty much inevitable.

Banjaxed82

Fysh wrote: »

Sadly, when a film costs $3M and earns $86M globally (source), a sequel is pretty much inevitable.

I wouldn't be too annoyed with the prospect of a sequel. Assuming they have a plot more along the lines of 'Judgement Night', then a sequel has the potential to be a vast improvement I'd say.

Kirby

Awful. And I rarely say that about any movie, bit it was. Cliché can be fine if it's done well but this wasn't.

Why do actors with a bit of clout like Hawke and Headey attach themselves to garbage like this? I'll never understand it.

LuckyLloyd

Kirby wrote: »

Awful. And I rarely say that about any movie, bit it was. Cliché can be fine if it's done well but this wasn't.

Why do actors with a bit of clout like Hawke and Headey attach themselves to garbage like this? I'll never understand it.

Because it was work and the money was right? Why else?

De Niro hasn't spent the last two decades sitting out waiting for good scripts. He's kept working and earning and phoning in roles in poor movies. If he does it, I don't see why Hawke, Headey or anyone else should be different. Hawke made Before Midnight so, you know, he is doing good projects from time to time.

Rubber_Soul

Kirby wrote: »

Why do actors with a bit of clout like Hawke and Headey attach themselves to garbage like this? I'll never understand it.

Money of course. Hawke has a young family to provide for, he also does a load of unpaid theatre and writing work which he seems to be passionate about. Doing the odd film like this helps him provide for his family while allowing him to do his passion projects. Hell even someone as big as Clooney readily admits he does coffee commercials to pay the bills while he works for scale on movies.

Not The Real Scarecrow

Squandered opportunity for a potentially uber-violent deathfest.

Really wanted to see those annoying kids get killed, was kind of disappointed they survived .

Think the main baddie would make a good Patrick Bateman when ever they inevitably decide to do an American Psycho remake/re-imagining.

MisterAnarchy

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Because it was work and the money was right? Why else?

But the budget was only $3m ,so Hawke wouldnt have been paid that much for it.

Banjaxed82

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

But the budget was only $3m ,so Hawke wouldnt have been paid that much for it.

Unless Hawke had a big, dirty wedge of the producer's gross profits.

MisterAnarchy

Banjaxed82 wrote: »

Unless Hawke had a big, dirty wedge of the producer's gross profits.

True ,but he isnt listed as a producer according to IMDB but you are probably right ,he must have received some % .

dark crystal

What an absolute joke of a film. Utterly absurd from start to finish.

I could list at least 50 plot holes in this dire excuse of a movie, but suffice it to say I won't be going anywhere near the sequel.

**minor spoilers below for anyone unfortunate enough to want to see this turd**


I also don't get the great premise people are talking about. The premise doesn't make an ounce of sense! Somehow the crime levels in the future US have gone so low, the leader of future America (See Idiocracy) now gives his or her citizens a free 12 hour pass to rape, molest, abuse, rob, kill, burn, torture whomever or whatever they like. So instead of robbing and murdering the rich, white folk and actually profiting from their sudden psychopathic need to kill and stuff, citizens prefer to off the poorer members of society instead just for racist shits and giggles. How businesses manage to get insured in this great new country is a mystery... There must be a looting clause somewhere perhaps.

Also, don't go into labour, have a heart attack, stroke or get really sick, because all the emergency services and hospitals are suspended for 12 hours. Great time for a terrorist attack don't you think? Although nuking such a dumb country probably wouldn't be so important to terrorists any more, seeing as it's people are such brainwashed morons, they have essentially become dribbling amoral savages.

Suddenly, at 7am the next day (be careful you're not in the middle of decapitating or raping at the time, leaving the job half finished, risking getting arrested at 7.01), you become a fine upstanding member of society again. Don't worry that your jealous neighbours just tried to massacre your family, at 7am it's back to daily pleasantries and dinner parties.

I won't even begin to describe how mind numbingly, astoundingly stupid the main family and their foe were from start to finish. Almost as mind numbingly stupid as this script. I feel dumber having watched it.


A generous 1 out of 10. Ethan Hawke, I am so disappointed in you.

wildlifeboy

I really think this is the worst film i have ever seen... its just terrible. I really wanted to bash the crap out of the son. what a complete dope! and then the wife goes bananas at Ethan Hawke for what? trying to protect the family? i would have tied up that homeless blocks and thrown him out the upstairs window. its doesn't matter that there's spoilers in here. i am hoping nobody wastes an hour and a half of their life with this rubbish!

Heckler

StarshipPooper wrote: »

Money of course. Hawke has a young family to provide for, he also does a load of unpaid theatre and writing work which he seems to be passionate about. Doing the odd film like this helps him provide for his family while allowing him to do his passion projects. Hell even someone as big as Clooney readily admits he does coffee commercials to pay the bills while he works for scale on movies.

I dunno if i buy this. Clooney is reportedly worth 180 million, Hawke about 45 million. These guys never need work another day in their lives. And if they do these **** movies like the Purge to keep them in some kind of lavish lifestyle then its greed not so they can work on so called passion projects.

Heckler

Heckler wrote: »

I dunno if i buy this. Clooney is reportedly worth 180 million, Hawke about 45 million. These guys never need work another day in their lives. And if they do these **** movies like the Purge to keep them in some kind of lavish lifestyle then its greed not so they can work on so called passion projects.

Clooney may be worth 180 million but it's his high profile and success that makes his name so profitable. If Clooney starred in a slate of huge flops then the passion projects he loves wouldn't get off the ground based on his presence. Also remember that the huge salaries of many if the A listers is a fraction of what it once was. The studios and stars still keep up the whole charade of paying actors $20+ million but the reality is quite different. For all you know Clooney may be giving millions away. Keanu Reeves is well known for his generosity, he may get paid $20 million for a role but he contributes a huge amount to charity and is known for his habit of giving money to those cast and crew members on a fixed income. He often buys lavish gifts for the FX guys or the make up people and lives a rather modest life.

Goldstein

StarshipPooper wrote: »

Money of course. Hawke has a young family to provide for, he also does a load of unpaid theatre and writing work which he seems to be passionate about. Doing the odd film like this helps him provide for his family while allowing him to do his passion projects. Hell even someone as big as Clooney readily admits he does coffee commercials to pay the bills while he works for scale on movies.

How his poor family can survive on $75,000,000 a year I'll never know. Do you realise the average American would take 1,906 years to earn that much? Hands down the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on here. Trying to make out that he's in any way coerced or needs to do any of the movies he does is complete and utter nonsense.

DrumSteve

This film was ****.

Heckler

Goldstein wrote: »

How his poor family can survive on $75,000,000 a year I'll never know. Do you realise the average American would take 1,906 years to earn that much? Hands down the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on here. Trying to make out that he's in any way coerced or needs to do any of the movies he does is complete and utter nonsense.

Agreed. well said.

Heckler

Deleted User wrote: »

Clooney may be worth 180 million but it's his high profile and success that makes his name so profitable. If Clooney starred in a slate of huge flops then the passion projects he loves wouldn't get off the ground based on his presence. Also remember that the huge salaries of many if the A listers is a fraction of what it once was. The studios and stars still keep up the whole charade of paying actors $20+ million but the reality is quite different. For all you know Clooney may be giving millions away. Keanu Reeves is well known for his generosity, he may get paid $20 million for a role but he contributes a huge amount to charity and is known for his habit of giving money to those cast and crew members on a fixed income. He often buys lavish gifts for the FX guys or the make up people and lives a rather modest life.

I know reeves is know for his generosity and living out of a suitcase but to think A list actors are doing **** gigs for money to provide for their families and produce passion projects is a fallacy.

If Clooney didn't give a **** about his so called star potential he'd make a movie that wouldn't pander to his image. i like Clooney in most things but in fairness he hardly stretches himself. He does take on a variety of roles but you are never going to see him as the bad guy..

Banjaxed82

Ah now...this looks more like what I thought the original would be. Here's hoping.

joshua_cox

Honestly i had high hopes for this film, it was a new idea or one that i was not familiar with a few obvious flaws,eg how could crime be so low when there are so many ways to break the law, none the less i was excited. The main thing the got to me about this film wasn't the AWFUL acting but it was boring i tried getting into it but i was stopped by all the obvious plot holes confusing questions.The bad thing is i think they tried in this movie but the exaggeration was more silly, pointless and strange rather than what i presume they were going for with frightening,haunting and elegant.To sum up a real let down.