Many film critics have agreed on one thing about "The Purge": you can't stop thinking about it after you've seen it.
"The Purge" is a film set in 2022 during an annual 12-hour event known as Purge Night. It follows James, played by Ethan Hawke, and his suburban family trying to defend themselves against a pack of creepy-masked killers who initially had no intentions of hurting "one of their own."
For one night, citizens can get away with any crime they commit such as murder because the United States Government has temporarily suspended all "law and order." The Purge night aims to allow a release of carnal desires in the belief that humans are inherently violent beings.
Critics are not too fond of the film. Many published reviews harp on the film's plot not being plausible. Mainly, the ideology that U.S. crime and unemployment rate percentages can drop to incredible lows because of one night of terror. Movie review site, Rotten Tomatoes, gave the flick 44 percent on their tomatometer.
"The Purge" has also been harshly criticized for its social commentary against republican ideology. One film critic for the Huffington Post, Jon Kim, explained just how deep the message goes.
"The [film] being marketed as a horror movie, which it technically is, though that's also the film's biggest problem," said Kim said. "To me, 'The Purge' isn't a horror movie -- it's a weird, violent cautionary suburban psychological thriller action fable about what would happen if the Tea Party took control of a desperate America and tried to fix things by creating a holiday based on their gun-loving, violent, racist, religious, jingoist, libertarian fantasies.
"There's a lot going on in 'The Purge,' way more than I expected. And while I'm a bit torn on whether to recommend it or not, I can at least say that I've definitely kept on thinking about it," he said.
