The Purge franchise is one I've had very little interest (and even less investment) in at any point in its existence. Perhaps I was most intrigued by the series when the first film was announced. The trailer for the original Purge film in 2013 didn't exactly convince me the movie would be good, but the premise—however ridiculous—struck me as unique; in a world where crime has overtaken the American public, the government has sanctioned an annual "Purge" event in which citizens have 12 hours to commit any crime they can imagine without risk of legal consequence, in an attempt to relieve people's alleged need to be violent all in one sitting. Despite the premise's traces of originality and feigned philosophical musings, however, it admittedly just sounded like a pretentious excuse to makes movies with a lot of senseless killing... which is exactly what Blumhouse Productions has done so far with the series. The original
The First Purge
The First Purge
The First Purge
The Purge franchise is one I've had very little interest (and even less investment) in at any point in its existence. Perhaps I was most intrigued by the series when the first film was announced. The trailer for the original Purge film in 2013 didn't exactly convince me the movie would be good, but the premise—however ridiculous—struck me as unique; in a world where crime has overtaken the American public, the government has sanctioned an annual "Purge" event in which citizens have 12 hours to commit any crime they can imagine without risk of legal consequence, in an attempt to relieve people's alleged need to be violent all in one sitting. Despite the premise's traces of originality and feigned philosophical musings, however, it admittedly just sounded like a pretentious excuse to makes movies with a lot of senseless killing... which is exactly what Blumhouse Productions has done so far with the series. The original