The Purge, directed by James DeMonaco and, starring, Ethan Hawk, is a futuristic horror film in which a family is pinned-down in their home during a 12 hour period when there are no laws.  This vulgar attempt at art has society gone wrong and brings a whole, new twist of enlightenment and reality to any fan who pays to see this film.

I had a hunch going in, days prior, that there may be something, fundamentally, wrong with this picture.  Hell, the previews looked Apocalyptic....had me feeling, Snake Plissken - looking for some Clockwork Orange, love.

But, it did nothing of the sort and, now, I'm into my third glass of wine since the movie got out because it, flat-out, sucked.  Sucked-ass ....like a boatful of Spanish donkeys being transported by sea and a viscious orca attack has punched a whole through the bottom of the vessel and the whales are sucking the donkey meat out of the bottom of the boat. One of the top five worst movies I have ever seen and I have watched reels upon reels of film.  Thank you for ruining my Friday night.

The direction, the acting(barf), the cinematography, and the writing looked, at best, like the work of 6th grade boys doing a decent job of trying to be scary but projecting their own, raw, immature and infantile fears on to the screen.  F.U., Ethan Hawk.  I liked you before this.  Your acting is pathetic!  Is this some kind of joke?

However, more than stupid which, this film is, I am, mentally, lashing myself for putting one penny towards this ridiculous and weak picture.   What wine am I recommending?  None.  I'm not going to bad mouth any wines and bring even the worst libation down to the level of this movie.  When I am done drinking this bottle I may shatter the neck and slit my own throat for, actually, watching this failure of a film and being so inept as to not go with my instinct and avoid it.  I'm embarrassed and all the human elements who contributed to it should be, as well. 

I have just read a couple of other reviews and they gave it three out of five stars.  Wow!  Are there that many idiots out there in this world such that there exists a percentage of viewers that, really, liked something, anything, about this film?  God save us from stupidity.....