The Purge (2013)
Country: US/FR
Technical: col/2.35:1 85m
Director: James DeMonaco
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder
Synopsis:
A self-satisfied purveyor of security systems finds himself and his nuclear family put to an unexpected moral test during the annual Purge, a night during which crime is abolished and citizens work out their pent up frustration and hatred on each other.
Review:
Sourcing its principal horrors in the notionally safe arena of friends and neighbours, this effective thriller strains credibility at times, and is a cynical appropriation of the Funny Games and Paranormal Activity movies, but nevertheless has a chilling enough premise and execution to be worth a look. As with the Hunger Games, the implicit anti-violent stance is ultimately belied by exultant acts of violence perpetrated on (literally) faceless antagonists.
Country: US/FR
Technical: col/2.35:1 85m
Director: James DeMonaco
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder
Synopsis:
A self-satisfied purveyor of security systems finds himself and his nuclear family put to an unexpected moral test during the annual Purge, a night during which crime is abolished and citizens work out their pent up frustration and hatred on each other.
Review:
Sourcing its principal horrors in the notionally safe arena of friends and neighbours, this effective thriller strains credibility at times, and is a cynical appropriation of the Funny Games and Paranormal Activity movies, but nevertheless has a chilling enough premise and execution to be worth a look. As with the Hunger Games, the implicit anti-violent stance is ultimately belied by exultant acts of violence perpetrated on (literally) faceless antagonists.
Country: US/FR
Technical: col/2.35:1 85m
Director: James DeMonaco
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder
Synopsis:
A self-satisfied purveyor of security systems finds himself and his nuclear family put to an unexpected moral test during the annual Purge, a night during which crime is abolished and citizens work out their pent up frustration and hatred on each other.
Review:
Sourcing its principal horrors in the notionally safe arena of friends and neighbours, this effective thriller strains credibility at times, and is a cynical appropriation of the Funny Games and Paranormal Activity movies, but nevertheless has a chilling enough premise and execution to be worth a look. As with the Hunger Games, the implicit anti-violent stance is ultimately belied by exultant acts of violence perpetrated on (literally) faceless antagonists.