Film Review – The Purge: Anarchy

One year ago, “The Purge” arrived in theaters with a deliciously sinister premise. After pulling in a sizable opening weekend audience based on the marketing of this big screen idea, “The Purge” was greeted with a largely underwhelmed response, with viewers complaining that for a movie that promised citywide mayhem, the feature was actually a home invasion thriller. Couple in crummy performances and shabby filmmaking, and “The Purge” was nothing more than a fluke hit, with grosses tumbling when word of mouth spread. However, profit is profit, and now we have “The Purge: Anarchy,” a sequel that attempts to match expectations missed by the original picture, while creating a whole new batch of mistakes that continue to take this inspection of lawlessness in disappointing directions. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com