We are back with another entry in The Purge film. The first movie was a great little film. There wasn't a big overly dramatic plot to it, yes we get a bit of substance here and there, but it was mostly a family trying to survive the Purge. Spoilers, some of the people don't. That's the thing that has to be one of the better parts to the original movie. The main characters are in danger and lack immortality. Dying is simply a part of the culture and when our main character dies with the Purge still in play we grieve only a moment before returning to the task of surviving.
The second Purge film was a little bit more loose with its narative. We begin to really see some of the things taking place in the world. The Purge is an event used for the rich and powerful to keep the poor and undermined in check. There's a couple of really fun moments (Sister in law getting her purge on is one of the, I'm looking at you baby! Keep on purging!) but the story is a little here and there. Essentially there's three to four subplots sewed together and while its not an awful movie, it lacks in the same value that the first movie had.
This new trailer seems to point to the entire political community gunning after one person who is about to become president and wants the Purge to be ended. The first part of the trailer feels like an exact reflection to our current political climate and another wild haired senator from Vermont on his path to cleanse the government. I digress, this isn't a political blog. However, I see what they are doing there.
Anyway, we finally get to it. We have a setup. We have a purpose, protect the Senator, and we have a threat. All those rich people who love to keep on purging, don't really want to stop purging. We finally get to it. There's a betrayal! What! No! I sat here watching this trailer for the first time thinking someone is going to betray someone. Of course there is!
People start dying and then we get to it. The Purge constantly has to out do itself with its violence, its adranaline popping moments and by adding more bizarre rituals to the night of the Purge. Whether its Purge Games, or the celebration of people hanging in trees, or the prayers they make to America for such a wonderful moment. This might be what starts to kill this series the most.
The original was a simple "We have to survive" night. There were call outs to the political climage sure, but not too bad. The second movie had to up the first movie which over all wasn't hard to do. We had more action sequences, but over all the villains weren't so scary. Here we're seeing a lot of bizarre things and probably an attempt to be scary in some way again.
I don't really know if its going to work, but something to keep on the radar. Don't forget to check out the Rick and Morty episode about the Purge as well!
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