The Purge: Election Year (Trailer)

In what could easily be described as a time traveler's warning against Trump's presidency, The Purge: Election Year explores rudimentary sociopolitical rules (such as don't kill each other) with mass homicide, torture and theft.

You may think this cleverly constructed byline is merely a facetious commentary on a fictional film, but I genuinely believe it to be true. Without delving too deeply into the murky waters that is Trump's political views, it is plain to see he at least wishes to 'Make America Great Again'. (Let's for a second ignore that he intends to do this in the most racist and bigoted manner possible). What does he want once this is accomplished?

While it may be a little embarrassing that this fictional system of government is quite possibly more humane and sensible than the future Trump driven country, let's put aside our tinfoil hats for a moment here. This trailer suffers from what I like to call Saw Syndrome. Not only is a lot of the film veiled with a pale green hue (see images below), it's primary plot devices are also being stretched quite thin after 3 movies. Correlations between the films are quite simple to draw given both of their tendencies towards masks, not to mention at one point a character kicks a tripwire which in turn triggers a large blade to swing, narrowly missing their face in both films.

In terms of narrative the trailer says it all. Corrupt politicians attempt to utilise the unconventional methods of 'the purge' to remove troublesome senator, only to be foiled by American 007 body guard man. Bad guys wear masks, good guys don't. Everyone lives happily ever after...until next year.

I will refrain from giving an opinion until the film is released in it's entirety on July 4th (Independence Day you clever marketing people), so feel free to form your own opinions of the trailer in the meantime.