The Purge: Thriller Spoiler Review

Its 2022. Crime in the USA is at a very minimum amount of 1% thanks to the annual Purge that takes place over 12 hours from 7pm on the 21^st March until 7am the following morning. During the purge, people are allowed to commit any crime they wish without any form of consequence against anyone except Category 10 US government officials. Throughout the annual Purge no emergency services are available, meaning no ambulance, police or fire services are available to help those who are targeted throughout the 12 hours. Critics of the purge say that it is used by the rich to target and punish the poor as they are the only people who are unable to defend themselves.

The Purge is a great example of a thriller. The specific genres of the Purge are actually Thriller, Horror, Si-Fi and Fantasy however Thriller stands out the most. You get a real feel of suspense and mystery as you never know what’s going to happen next.

It starts off with a regular family preparing themselves for tonight’s arrival of the Purge. After lock down had started the family could continue with everyday things within the house however Charlie (the young boy) spots a man screaming for help in the neighbourhood. He looked as if he was in pain and was terrified for his life. When Charlie was alone in the basement you see him tempt forwards to unarm the house. Straight away, your first instinct is to scream at the TV “DON’T DO IT!”, ”DON’T LET THE MAN IN THE HOUSE”.  The story then begins to set up various enigma codes that you are just itching to know the answers too, for example why did Charlie let the stranger into his house?

Soon after the stranger had been let into the house, the gang of people after the ‘homeless’ man appeared at the doorstep of the family. How did they know he was in that specific house? Why was they after that specific man? Many questions begin to make you wonder and want to carry on watching building up suspense as you get further in. Soon before the gang broke into the house threatening to kill not only the ‘homeless’ man but the family themselves there was power cut. This itself increased the intensity of the suspense and mystery. You see the family walking around the house in the dark trying to avoid the gang, as well as the gang trying to harm the family, but because it is dark you never know what is going to pop out. Therefore, your mind is constantly going through what could happen, keeping you intrigued and on edge at all times.

Towards the end you discover a plot twist that you would never had expected. Why did the neighbours (friends of the family) come round to their house within the Purge hours save the family, but then want to kill them themselves?

The film itself is an intense film that will keep you intrigued the whole way through, with suspense, mystery and questions throughout. It is a very successful thriller film and even leaves you at the end with an enigma code that you want to know what happens next but you will never find out.  

   

I rate this film a 4.5/5 for the thriller genre due to the high volume of suspense kept throughout.

The purge film trailer: