I usually like films that everyone seems to dislike, but no. Really annoying to watch. Great idea, awful execution.

Interesting new concept - had me interested for the whole movie. I can see how it's gotten so much dislike here, but I enjoyed it.

These people have a super fancy security system, yet the boyfriend of the daughter can sneak inside?

I loves the sounddesign in this one, cristal clear crisp sound. The story was a lil bit to cheesy, but the insanity was very well played. My Gilrfriend was creeped out by those insane guys. Even is though the story has some loop holes, like if they spend so much cash on a defense systen and the guy who sells them knows that it has flaws, why the hell did he not build a panic room ? All in all the movie was ok, I had fun but I knew when shit was about to happen and when there were jumpscares comming.

This movie had a great concept and started out promisingly, but it quickly degenerated into nothing more than a silly home invasion story. It's a real shame since it could have worked so well if it had stayed on the path of dark social satire.

I've never wanted to beat a child in a movie more than I wanted to beat the son, and oh boy is the daughter just as dumb.

I'm very disappointed that there was less of a plot than the previews made it out to be. If you're into ~torture porn~ then you'll probably enjoy it.

There's no doubt that it's a very good premise, but is not very well executed. A shame for a movie with so potencial.

3 Thoughts After Re-Watching ‘The Purge’:

1. I really like this film because it’s such an intriguing and horrifying concept. It’s a quick watch, but it’s super original. It birthed a whole franchise _(albeit somewhat underwhelming)_ and eerie visuals that inspired a slew of Halloween masks I now see every single year.

2. There were missed opportunities here. And that’s always frustrating when an idea is so great. During this rewatch, I realized that much of this movie is spent walking through a dark house with a flashlight. With such a short runtime, we should’ve spent more moments getting to know these characters, especially the über-creepy leader dude who died way too quickly/easily. Very anticlimactic.

3. I could watch that scene where Lena Headey bashes her neighbor’s head into the table a hundred times lol. Immensely satisfying.

I'm really curious about how they will react the next morning when they meet in the middle of the street... Will they just be like "Oh, good morning Mrs. Sandin. Haven't seen you since I tried to kill your whole family!"

Possibly the most ridiculous and unjustified story idea ever which is taken seriously. Totally flat cliché character especially the kids. Awful script that reveals everything that will happen way before it does. Repeating dialogue to drill plot points into the viewer like they're total idiots. Logically don't even start thinking about this movie because it makes no sense.
This movie is an insult.

I had no expectations when watching this film. I didn't even know that the majority disliked the film until I came on here to log my viewing. I definitely didn't hate the film. It isn't my favorite movie of all time but as far as the horror genre goes I could see myself re-watching this later down the road. The movie did have it's irritating bits. Mostly that irritating little kid. Come on now! That kid is directly responsible for almost all of the tragedy. I hope he lives out his life with PTSD and eventually dies in the purge himself.

Quite obvious and boring, forgettable.