THE PURGE: 2013: ++: HRR: First of all, I'm going to say that I loved this movie. It's probably one of the most original movies that has been made lately and made me think of Orwell's 1984 and Wachowski's V for Vendetta. Those are some pretty big shoes to fill right? Absolutely, and this movie doesn't disappoint.
I had no idea what to expect but once I saw Lena Headey, of Game of Thrones, I was immediately drawn in. She is an excellent actress who never seems to lose a part. She is very versatile and James DeMonaco, who wrote and directed this excellent movie, made a great decision to cast her. Not only that, but Ethan Hawke, ala Gattica (I need to review that movie, stay tuned), acted just as well as he did in any one of his movies. He is one of the more underrated actors of his age. But Lena Headey takes the show. I can be a little bit fan-boy here, but she looked great. I like the short, black hair. Can she look bad?
The pacing, music, plot structure, and foreshadowing makes this movie a sleeper hit. It wasn't really received well and a certain other blog, Rotten Tomatoes, hated it. Really though, they are just a bunch of bitter, uninformed haters that love to kill movies unless every loves them and then they just jump on the band wagon. Hey, take a stance on something! Like a movie because you like it.
This movie has about 3 different periods, the beginning, the development, and the assault, kind of like a piano sonata. I really can't find an issue with this movie. Why? Because I wasn't bored and I loved the twist, as well as the dynamic elements of the enemies who become friends and vice-versa.
There are some real moral lessons here without being preachy. Stand out scenes are when they tear down the steel plates, when the preppy killers gather outside, when the neighbors try to kill Lena, and finally, when Ethan starts killing. What a great movie. Watch it now and learn something about our sometimes hypocritical society:::92%
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