HorrorOverEverything

Purge: Election Year in my opinion was one of the worst movies I have ever sat through in theaters, it was so bad that I completely gave up on the franchise after that and didn't bother seeing The First Purge. But after seeing the trailer for this film it looked more along the lines with Purge: Anarchy, which I thought was an entertaining Action movie, and really that's what this movie is.

The plot line is fairly simple and doesn't really bring anything new to the table outside of The Purge lasting more than one day, but I felt like that one new element did make the film feel fresh and different from the others in the franchise. I also really liked our group of characters, no one is too overly cheesy (which has been a problem with these films in the past) and I found myself really rooting for them and not wanting anything to happen to them.

Five years ago when I wrote a review for Purge: Election Year, my main focal point was that even with all the political messages aside it was just a really lousy movie. I felt the opposite with this film, while it does constantly try to push beliefs down your throat, it also offers a lot of exciting scenes, high gore level, and some fun characters.

If you enjoyed Purge: Anarchy I think you will enjoy this one as well. Not the best, but was a pleasant surprise for me and a nice way to spend an hour and forty minutes.

6.5/10.

Me and my fiancé decided on a whim the other night to watch this, we are both fans of the original and had recently watched it a week prior. We didn't read any reviews or anything, just went into it with a open mind and some time to kill.

Right away I was impressed by the cast, for a goofy kids movie this really had a lot of stand out performances, Octavia Spencer did a great job as the loveable grandma. Anne Hathaway plays a fun vilain, and Jahzir Bruno is a very likeable main character.

There are a lot of changes to the original storyline but I was fine with that, if you want to see the exact same story from the original you can simply watch the original. I liked that they changed some things up, it made this more of a fresh experience rather than a generic Rehash.

I've seen a lot of complaints about the CGI, which I understand since I will personally always prefer practical effects, however I was pretty impressed with the majority of the CGI in this film. A lot of the CGI heavy scenes are actually really creative and fun to watch.

Overall I had a lot of fun watching this movie, I think instead of judging it for not being as good as the original you'd be better off just looking at it as it's own movie. On it's own its a fun, goofy, kid's movie that I am happy I watched,

7/10

When you read the plot line for this movie it is really hard to go into it expecting much, I went in expecting little and still came out disappointed. I'll start off by saying this is not a bad movie, I was entertained for the most part and did not regret watching it at all, it's just that the movie spends so much time veering away from what makes it good and makes you have to suffer through some really poorly done scenes in order to get to the fun stuff.

"Downrange" is at it's best when it's delivering over the top gory kills and some fun thrills, however in between those kills & thrills is a lot of forced drama and boring character development. I understand why the movie included these aspects, they want you to care about the characters which in turn will make the movie more thrilling to watch. However these actors just aren't talented enough to convey realistic drama, so these scenes mostly just come off as cringey and odd.

Like I said, I don't regret watching this, there was a lot of well done gore scenes and some really fun moments. But this movie does come packed with some flaws that I'm sure a lot of people will have trouble overlooking. Not a bad movie, but definitely could have been better.

5/10