Movie Reviews: The Forever Purge defeats its own purpose - but it works
The Forever Purge: nails its colours to the mast
The idea of (18s) seems to defeat the original purpose, which allowed for America’s citizens to purge themselves of their violent impulses once a year, and for a specific 12-hour period. There’s an inevitable logic to the fifth instalment of the Purge franchise, however, as an unholy blend of gun violence, intolerance and political chicanery results in ‘the first real Purge’, in which the ultimate objective is ethnic cleansing.
