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The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Have to start off by saying this movie proved to be a disappointment. They completely removed the horror element from the franchise and turned it into a typical roided-up action thriller. They focused a lot on a political conspiracy that made the entire plot very predictable. Not to mention there isn't much character development which leaves you caring very little about anyone. All of that combined to make a very flat & fairly unsuspensful movie. What really pissed me off the most was how all the cool lookin masked villains you see in the trailers only lasted maybe 3mins of the entire movie. Instead they focused too much attention on one group of teenaged girl villains that were about as threatening as a box of kittens. They tried hard to make those girls seem scary and it came off really lame. The main villains (swat task force & their employers) however carried some better face-value. They at least provided decent entertainment. As I said before, the plot & climax was very predictable and there weren't any twists. Overall I wouldn't recommend paying to see this. I streamed it online for free and was glad that I did.
Lost sight of what made the series so popular... 5/10
Have to start off by saying this movie proved to be a disappointment. They completely removed the horror element from the franchise and turned it into a typical roided-up action thriller. They focused a lot on a political conspiracy that made the entire plot very predictable. Not to mention there isn't much character development which leaves you caring very little about anyone. All of that combined to make a very flat & fairly unsuspensful movie. What really pissed me off the most was how all the cool lookin masked villains you see in the trailers only lasted maybe 3mins of the entire movie. Instead they focused too much attention on one group of teenaged girl villains that were about as threatening as a box of kittens. They tried hard to make those girls seem scary and it came off really lame. The main villains (swat task force & their employers) however carried some better face-value. They at least provided decent entertainment. As I said before, the plot & climax was very predictable and there weren't any twists. Overall I wouldn't recommend paying to see this. I streamed it online for free and was glad that I did.
Lost sight of what made the series so popular... 5/10