Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Plamen Kolev Just to start with, I absolutely despise this franchise. Only watched the first movie, and I couldn't even finish it, it was so bland and predictable and plain bad. But I saw the trailer for The First Purge and somehow decided that it might be a decent horror/drama, with some sociopolitical elements. The trailer turned out to be about much better than the movie.. There is no coherent plot, the acting is wooden and stereotypical, and like in all cheap trash horror movies out there, there is no common sense or logic. I don't want to focus on the negatives, as there are so many of them. It could have been good. They just needed to add a few subplots, some logic and development and to leave the gore and horror, but make it a bit more realistic and believable, so that the idea of class struggle and the politicians against the people is plausible. Instead it looks like a parody, and that is before the Dmitri starts acting like a black Rambo and the white guys are all bad and wearing Nazi uniforms. The last 20 mins of the movie me and my friends, and the majority of the movie theatre couldn't hold in the laughter, that's how ridiculous was everything. 6/10, only because I tried hard to enjoy it, otherwise it is 4-5.

shrills The First Purge was much more predictable than the previous films, yet still tremendously better likewise increasingly efficient than the first film of the entire series.The director portrayed the war on racism as genuinely as possible. The government truly couldn't care less about anyone but themselves, but much less about minorities. Not only is The First Purge a prequel but a predecessor to the actual intention of the NFFA experiment, a purge of the impoverished and minor class.The ending was beautifully executed. As a Native American, black citizen of the US I felt overwhelmed with gratification by the unapologetic behavior exerted toward white supremacists, as they have no regard for my race whatsoever.Y'Lan Noel's performance was exceptional, alongside the final cue portrayed by Rotimi Paul. The amount of black cast members was refreshing as well.

emmanuttall25 I liked the first one but thought hmm they could do more with this hated the second the third was a waste of time So I went to this with my husband not expecting a great deal but wow I blown away with how good it actually was, you don't even have to watch any of the others to watch this one. It was quite real I felt like I believed the actors and the way things were. It was quite scary in some places a bit gruesome. I felt like I really wanted everything to be ok for everyone...... as stupid as that sounds. If you haven't watched the others then go watch it this you could even watch this one first then the others. Really good film would definitely watch again and I wouldn't watch any of the other purge films again

Michael Ledo The first purge was set up as a social experiment on Staten Island. The idea was to pit "violence against violence". People were paid to participate in the experiment and we later discover (plot spoiler...sort of) gangs were shipped into the area. The initial purge was to no real surprise, designed to eliminate the lower classes. The film centers on Isaiah (Joivan Wade) who has issues with a crazed killer (Rotimi Paul). Dmitri (Y'lan Noel) is attempting to keep his gang together by boycotting the event. We already knew the politics behind the purge, so the revelation wasn't a breath taking climax. The characters were mostly lame except for Skeletor. Somehow I don't feel bad when poor people kill each other, nor am I entertained by it. I like it when the white bread crowd must defend themselves. Guide; F-word. Brief sex. no nudity