Review of The First Purge (2018) by Matt B — 08 Jul 2018
This wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen, but its definitely below average. Me and my date almost left early because it was so predictable and boring. The horror was over-the-top with commercial "haunted house" like effects.
It wasn't scary, or intense, like the 2nd and 3rd movies in the Purge franchise, those were excellent. The 4th definitely couldn't follow suit. I feel like this movie's main goal was to make an extremely unrealistic political statement.
.. stories like these are just driving white and black people further apart. They're essentially creating two teams. Almost every white actor was a villian, whereas almost every "hero" was black.
The 2nd and 3rd installment did a great job in grouping good people against bad, rather than race against race. Aside from the politics involved, this movie just simply sucked. You can definitely tell that this movie was written and produced by a new individual and they executed poorly.
Would not recommend purely for the subpar storyline.
This review of The First Purge (2018) was written by Matt B on 08 Jul 2018.
The First Purge has generally received mixed reviews.
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