The Purge: Election Year (2016)

Beautiful, moving film.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

A Masterpiece!

I didn't like this movie. i can't forgive its many technical goofs and laziness - capitalizing on the 2016 election, and stealing the mantra of Donald J. Trump . Sorry.

Am another person who didn't care at all for 'The Purge' from 2013. It wasn't completely unwatchable with a couple of reasonable performances and decent production values but was so tension and suspense-free and full of irritating characters, illogical character behaviours, a dull pace, a cheesy script and tired clichés.Had seen and heard numerous times people saying that 'The Purge: Anarchy' was a much better film. Will admit that due to disliking 'The Purge' so much, part of me was very unsure as to whether to watch 'The Purge: Anarchy' and very nearly didn't watch it. Seeing it, it was indeed a much better film. Decided too to see 'The Purge: Election Year' to see whether the series would continue to improve or whether it would wear thin. Having watched it, 'The Purge: Election Year' is far from great and has major flaws but it was not a bad watch, as far as 'The Purge' films go it is an easy second best, the best being 'Anarchy'.Visually, the slick and gritty look suits the film well and the effects and such are not as sloppy as before. It's ominously and not overbearingly scored and assured enough, while boasting enough, though with much room for more, fun, tension, eeriness and shocks. 'The Purge: Election Year' starts quite well and elaborates upon what happens before and approaches it from a different angle instead of being a re-hash.Frank Grillo is a fully committed lead, although his character was far better written in 'Anarchy'. Elizabeth Mitchell matches him with dignity and professionalism and their chemistry gives some urgency and heart. Mykelti Williamson is good fun. However, the story execution doesn't feel fresh, with tired clichés, very variable attempts at twists and too many parts that don't ring true and not always plausible. The character development is still wafer thin, with the villains being ciphers that are not threating and actually being pretty stupid and a few characters don't serve much point. None of the characters are quite as annoying as those in 'The Purge', but the questionable and illogical decision making and behaviours remain still. Dialogue continues to be rather weak, lacking tautness and being awkward and silly, complete with rather heavy-handed and over-emphasised political elements. Would have liked more tension and suspense, while they are here there is not enough of either, and tighter pacing would have helped, the middle act does drag.Overall, not much special but has its moments. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Once a year the USA suspends all laws, including murder, for 12 hours. This keeps down crime and unemployment rates. It also has a disproportionate effect on the poorer classes, and Senator Charlie Roan (who lost her entire family to The Purge when she was a child) is running for President on an anti-Purge platform. But there are those who think such decisions should not be left to the electorate, and Purge Night seems to offer an ideal solution.This third - and possibly last - film in the Purge series follows two primary plotlines. One is Senator Roan's attempts, under the guidance of her security chief Leo Barnes (back from the second film), to avoid being killed, and the other concerns Joe, the proprietor of a small neighbourhood store, who fears that petty thief teenage girls will be back on Purge Night, just when Purge insurance has been priced out of his range. These threads intertwine and tie up with a third concerning an anti-Purge resistance movement.One of the strengths of the Purge series is that it provides a robust scenario within which any number of stories can be told, from the intimate and claustrophobic (a family trying to survive a siege, as in the first film) to this film which addresses wider issues as well as providing some nifty action set pieces.It is fair to note that most of the characters are fairly cliche'd, but they are played nicely (sympathetically by Elizabeth Mitchell as Roan and Mykelti Williamson as Joe), and the story doesn't always go exactly how you expected it to, although the ultimate resolution won't surprise you much.There is a decent amount of fairly violent action and, even though the entire film takes place in the dark, it is relatively easy to follow. Put your brain into neutral, take a mouthful of popcorn on board, and it will pass a couple of hours amiably enough, following which you will forget it completely.

Like most Hollywood movies, The Purge: Hillary's Election Year makes no attempt to hide it's political leanings: Good "minorities", good White women, and a few token good White men vs the racist, horrible, racist, evil, racist, mean, racist White men.Towards the beginning of the movie, the idea of "murder tourists" (foreigners who travel to the U.S. to partake in the Purge) intrigued me. When introduced, the movie makes a point of showcasing murder tourists from South Africa. I didn't really think about it at the time, but later in the film, we find out why they were so specifically identified as South African (SPOILER ALERT!-its because they're bad, evil racism-fuled racists! Although when the South Africans are introduced early in the movie, they seem to have at least one Black man in their party)Other than the "murder tourists", the film follows standard issue Hollywood formula: Hillary is poised to defeat Donald and end the Purge, which her saintly minority followers all totally grok. Meanwhile, Donald's evil skinhead KKK Nazi followers don't want the Purge to end, so they haphazardly try to kill Hillary. They fail and Hillary is now in a position to overthrow evil Donald's regime. Or is she?!?!?