Review of The Purge: Election Year (2016) by Dal_Revieweddat — 27 Jul 2016

UK Review:

I'm a serious Horror fan, with a constant desire for gore and being left numb from shock, however, the genre rarely delivers.

Purge Election Year has a few moments of violence on par with the previous instalments, and havingUK Review:

I'm a serious Horror fan, with a constant desire for gore and being left numb from shock, however, the genre rarely delivers.

Purge Election Year has a few moments of violence on par with the previous instalments, and having recently enjoyed "Green Room" in the same week, it felt a little off the rawness and brutality that came with that. That said, this is a return to form for Purge movies. I loved the set up in the original film, it was a dark look at what could exist and reflected an elitism that we see everywhere in society today.

After a rocky and somewhat race-based sequal, the 3rd film returns with a set-up of a presidential candidate wanting to see an end to the annual purge, and then trying to survive the night after the 'establishment' change the rules and try to have her assassinated. The characters feel like they represent the #blacklivesmatter movement, and these are portrayed well I feel, completely aware that the system is rigged against them, not in a whoa-is-me way, but literally they are stitched up. The female candidate as the lead is acted very well, and I really enjoyed her righteousness, right up until the end - no spoiler - but it hit me that this film is a pro-Hilary piece. Rebublicans are almost outright Klan members, and it works much better as a story than the second film.

All in all, it's a hoot.