The First Purge (2018)

Wow... the only Purge movie I've been avoiding turns out to be the only one I liked. I figured it would be a politically motivated movie, but... of course it is. It also happens to be the only way in hell that this series' ridiculous premise could ever get off the ground. Government subsidized rioting with undercover mercenaries to take out the lower class.

I actually liked the characters. The buff hero was pretty bad-ass, and the progression was decent too. People are unsure how to react, starting off as a rather slow night until killing becomes commonplace. Participation is incentivized with more government money, so the poor black people of Staten Island are the first, which naturally paves the way for psycho junkies, nazis, KKK, and weirdos.

Making the original film set in the future allowed this movie to be slightly more contemporary, which coincides with (even predating the Floyd stuff) all this racial tension these days. The timing of this in regards to the BLM and Hollywood's own 'purge' seem oddly connected somehow, but throw all that shit out of your mind and this movie is entertaining.

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