Review of The Purge: Anarchy (2014) by Christopher_J — 26 Jul 2014

THIS MOVIE IS UTTERLY DISGRACEFUL and EVIL. I really think that movies like this should be BANNED. The concept undermines law and order and damages society. It implies that there are many (racially/sexually-motivated) suppressed haters in society, waiting desperately for a chance to be free to kill, which is untrue. The rich and well-educated are often very good people in society e.g. the Queen, Richard Branson etc. who would no doubt strongly condemn any such concept and behaviour. The police and law-enforcers are made to look two-faced, which is disgusting. The police devote their lives to justice and do not deserve this sort of portrayal. They should make movies that teach people to be allies in society and make people proud to be allies in society. This movie will make good people angry and may gave them a tension headache!

The movie is unrealsitic and is, therefore, not scary. The pathetic scriptwriter makes a weak attempt to make it realistic by saying it is 2023 and an annual purging law has been passed (!) How stupid and gullible do the scriptwriters think we are? It is set in the USA - a great multi-cultural country with extremely strong ethics and a strong commitment to improve laws and increase punishment for law-breakers!

I am a fan of original movies - and the only point 'in favour' of this movie is that I have not seen a movie like this before. I did not see the first movie. However, if they want to make movies like this, the ending must be total destruction of any 'government' who passed the purging 'law' in the first place. The purging should have been totally replaced by stronger law and order and much better justice when laws are broken. If the ending would have been something like that, I would have been happier. However, perhaps the producer wants to make a sequel and make lots of money?

Overall, I cannot recommend that people watch this movie.