The Purge

                Platinum Dunes Studios has been criticized greatly, ever since it got started. For those who don’t know, Platinum Dunes is the studio that Michael Bay created by back at the turn of the century, with the intention of remaking horror films for a new generation. So far, it’s ranged itself from mediocre to downright awful with its movie, and with it producing the new Ninja Turtles movie, it’s likely to stay that way. However, despite this I actually showed some interest in their newest film, “The Purge,” which isn’t a remake of any horror film from the past.

                So how was it? Well, it was boring.

                In a future not too far from our own, crime is at its lowest, unemployment is at 1%, and the economy is stable, all because of the purge. The purge allows citizens to commit whatever crime they so wish, even to flat-out murder people. When a family allows a victim inside, they are soon in a struggle of whether they should let him out, or all die at the hands of these maniacs as they try to break in.

This does seem like an interesting concept, but the problem is in the execution of it all. To talk about this film is difficult, since that’s all that this film has going for it. I’m not saying everything else is bad in it; I’m saying with how that’s all the film was and hardly anything else, it could have been cut down easily and shown as an episode of “American Horror Story.” While I do feel that the cast did a good job with what they were given…that’s all that I can say, really. The scares weren’t all that eventful, and the suspense and atmosphere really had nothing going for it.

I’m sorry if I’m not giving enough, but I can’t give that much, since there’s hardly a thing to say. Out of all of the films Platinum Dunes…this one may as well be its worst. I mean, yeah their remakes are bad, but whether it was a reaction to the kills in “Friday the 13^th,” or just criticizing Freddy’s look in the new “Nightmare on Elm Street,” I at least got something out of it. And frankly, I’d rather be mad at a movie than to have no reaction to it whatsoever. This was just…a nothing movie. That’s all there is.

Rating: 4/10 (only for the acting, sets, and it being short.)