The First Purge

I really liked this one! It’s a better combination of suspense and action, taking place on Staten Island New York, the film is about the very first experiment that would end up being known as the purge.  Though Staten Island is far more culturally diverse, the movie concentrates on the idea about the Purge being a good excuse to get rid of the lower social class.

I felt that the other movies were more equal on the concepts of who gets purged, and who does the purging. Then again, this movie more so falls in line with the original film rather than it’s two sequels, but keeps the action of the two sequels instead of the horror thriller that was the original purge.

I also like that while all the movies are set in the future, this one is the only one using futuristic technology, or rather using technology totally available right now, and it makes it look more futuristic than the others.

Anyway, the movie starts out slow explaining the story, but picks up really quickly. It’s so much fun to watch, especially the guy playing King D, a drug dealer who cares more about his community than the so called government  and becomes a clone of Wesley Snipes when he has to save his ex-lady from Purgers. It seems a little over the top than what Frank Grillo was doing in the last two sequels, but it does make for an awesome movie to see.

To me that makes it a good movie but not the best sequel.