Gimmicky 'Purge' void of distinction What should be a clammy exercise in claustrophobic, queasy tension becomes an underpowered compendium of over-familiar scare tactics and sledgehammer-subtle social satire.
June 7, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
'The Purge' is gimmicky, void of distinction (film review) Characters are frequently urged to “release the beast” in “The Purge,” a high-concept home-invasion shocker set in a future where one night a year, all crime is legal. But what should be a clammy exercise in claustrophobic, queasy tension becomes, in the hands of writer/director James DeMonaco, an underpowered compendium of over-familiar scare tactics and sledgehammer-subtle social satire. The ...
June 7, 2013 - Kingston Daily Freeman
Epatha Merkerson in PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) There are times when people look at you and before you utter a sound they know what you're thinking,says S. Epatha Merkerson. "You get goose bumps when you're excited, you're clammy when you're nervous, and you're warm when you blush; your...