Review of The Purge: Election Year (2016) by Tirdad Derakhshani for Philadelphia Inquirer — 30 Jun 2016
The Purge: Election Year tries to show that what counts isn't firepower but compassion, not egoism but community. But frankly, it can't help but shoot itself in the foot: The violence is too tantalizing, too stylized, too fetishistic - the film features killers dressed in fanciful Halloween costumes who dance and sing as they dismember people.
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This review of The Purge: Election Year (2016) was written by Tirdad Derakhshani and published by Philadelphia Inquirer on 30 Jun 2016.
The Purge: Election Year has generally received mixed reviews.
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