The interesting premise is undermined at every turn
by idiotic characters and overwhelming contrivance.
Not exact matches
I'm trying to like it but the dumb writing and the graphic novel
character development and the
idiotic moves made
by the
characters reminds me of Revolution (w / Zombies).
The Final Girls
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The sense of wonder is long gone, replaced
by a generic monster movie populated with dull,
idiotic characters.
Australian director Craig Gillespie, who made the cricket - cum - baseball drama Million Dollar Arm in 2014, sets out his provocative stall from the start, adopting a faux - documentary style that allows principal
characters such as Harding (Margot Robbie), her terrifyingly aggressive mother (Allison Janney) and her good - looking but
idiotic and abusive future husband Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan) to address the camera directly while an amusing set of captions tell us that what follows has been inspired
by an often «wildly contradictory» set of interviews.
But then get stifled
by a series of
idiotic contrivances as the writers try to shoehorn their one note
characters into unrealistic situations in order to get a laugh.
The first «Purge» movie was an incredibly stupid horror - thriller dragged down
by its comically far - fetched concept, cardboard villains and
idiotic characters, but it also made a lot of money on a micro-sized budget, so it was hardly a surprise when Universal greenlit another installment.
In trying to mine humor out of a messy situation, the show just feels sad and misanthropic instead, especially in the way that it sides with Parker's
character by making everyone else that much more
idiotic and horrible.
WHY: The first «Purge» movie was an incredibly stupid horror - thriller dragged down
by its comically far - fetched concept and
idiotic characters, and although the inevitable sequel is slightly better, «The Purge: Anarchy» is plagued
by many of those same issues.