‘Start the clock now. Let’s see how long I can stay still in this pose with my bike.’ — UIP Malaysia
There are no new stories, they say, only new ways to tell them. Certainly, there’s little innovative in The First Purge, the prequel to James DeMonaco’s ongoing dystopian horror series. Written by DeMonaco but directed this time by Gerard McMurray, it strains every sinew to exceed the gory sensationalism of its predecessors, creating a new chapter in the annals of barrel-scraping. This is the most walk-outable film I have seen in ages.
The low-budget saga, which has produced four outlandishly profitable chapters in five years, combines elements of high-fatality thriller and sociopolitical parable, which made its 2013 debut feel clumsy but fresh.
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