One night a year, all crime - including murder - is legal for 12 hours. A man heads out into the chaos, intent on killing thugs as revenge for his son's death, but ends up rescuing a stranded couple.
The Cast:
A mother and daughter who find themselves targets
A husband and wife who are driving back home to tell people about their split
A lone wolf with an agenda
The Situation:
Three different stories, become one as five people are forced to band together to try and survive purge night.
Purge Night or "Commencement" as they call it in the film, is really just a night where the rich and the government set out to rid the world of the poor as a means of population control. What it does though, is allow chaos to reign supreme for about 12 hrs as people give in to their baser instincts. Faces are licked, fires are lit and everybody's shot!
Supposedly, Anarchy takes place during the same purge as the first. While the first one was a home invasion story, this one is more survival horror. Although it's a relatively different take (with completely different actors), the story is pretty coherent and straightforward enough to where there should be no problem following along: Bad guys are given permission to kill, while innocents must survive the night.
The people who are dragged out of their house are in a shitty situation, can't argue that, but for everyone else that is caught outside on Purge Night, why the fuck are you outside on Purge Night? Why the fuck are you even traveling on Purge Day? That's the type of illogical decison that turns me away from films like this. But then we wouldn't have films like this w/o characters who make illogical decisions. Anyway, besides that nonsense, The Purge: Anarchy was actually a pretty good film. While not the same genre, it is and was an improvement over the first. The cast is full of "where do I knew them from" talent and I'd be lying to you if I didn't say that there is some drama, but it is not hammy and actually handled well within the context of the film. There's also a surprise casting near the end who you'll be happy to see with a gun.
The people who are dragged out of their house are in a shitty situation, can't argue that, but for everyone else that is caught outside on Purge Night, why the fuck are you outside on Purge Night? Why the fuck are you even traveling on Purge Day? That's the type of illogical decison that turns me away from films like this. But then we wouldn't have films like this w/o characters who make illogical decisions. Anyway, besides that nonsense, The Purge: Anarchy was actually a pretty good film. While not the same genre, it is and was an improvement over the first. The cast is full of "where do I knew them from" talent and I'd be lying to you if I didn't say that there is some drama, but it is not hammy and actually handled well within the context of the film. There's also a surprise casting near the end who you'll be happy to see with a gun.
Side note: The most interesting thing about the Purge series is that there are no female hunters, just victims. It's like saying that women can't be bloodthirsty killers. I'm sure that will be addressed in a future sequel, but for now this'll do.
Violence? Yes
Explosions? Yes
Nudity? Surprisingly, nudity is the only thing that's illegal on Purge night.
K wants to see this. He'll be seeing it from the couch alone as I never watched the 1st one for lack of interest. What are your thoughts on the new movie Annabelle....
ReplyDeleteAnnabelle is a movie I may actually pay to see. I'm a huge fan of The Conjuring (where Annabelle was introduced) and I think it's going to be a very fun film.
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