As an ultra-low budget quasi-sci fi experimental narrative, Purge is most definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
But for me and for people I know, it's an interesting and unusual film made by a filmmaker who approaches film as an art form rather than as simple entertainment.
I won't go into the story here as other reviews have covered that. I'll just say that King is not afraid to use techniques that directly contravene the idea of sucking an audience into a story and pulling them along for the ride.
He even uses titles and text to deliberately jolt the audience out of passive viewing mode just as Jean-Luc Godard did with his political films in the 1970's.
This is one of the many things that makes Purge an interesting film to the people who like it – a profound knowledge of cinema and sense of daring to go beyond the conventional entertainment experience.
It's interesting that Lloyd Kaufamn himself liked Purge and personally picked it up for distribution.
Purge was made for less money than many Hollywood films would spend on makeup alone. But that didn't bother King – it drove him to seek new and different ways of doing things and thus create a film unlike any other.
As Mr Kaufman himself said – a true original....where most films today aren't.
Purge, I believe, is pitched at people who see film as an art form rather than as mere entertainment.
I hope this helps people to decide whether or not it is the kind of film they would like to see – for those who have voted it down haven't helped anyone understand anything at all about the film.
