While all the twists are expected, there is still something to be said for this film.
James is a businessman who made his fortune selling security systems, Mary is a housewife, Charlie is a young son, and Zoey is a rebellious daughter. The background is very absurd. The United States has set up a massacre day. Within 12 hours, everyone will avenge their grievances and avenge their revenge. If the police do not save people, it is crazy to reduce the crime rate and promote social development. On such a night, everyone is talking about a safe night.
Many of the short reviews hated the two child characters in the movie. Because Charlie put a black man who was being hunted in, the whole family suffered, and the boyfriend brought back by the daughter shot the father-in-law directly. But Charlie showed his unacceptability at the start of the night of the massacre, that an unsympathetic child is not the same as an adult who has seen the warm and cold in society. So what Charlie thought when he opened the door was: Open this door and I can save him. Pastor Martin Nimora said, "They came first to arrest the Communist Party, and I didn't say anything because I'm not a Communist Party. Then they came to arrest a Jew, and I didn't speak because I wasn't a Jew. They came to arrest a trade unionist, and I didn't speak up. Because I'm not a union member. They came to arrest Catholics, and I didn't speak because I was Protestant. They finally came to arrest me, and there was no one to speak for me." Massacre night, everyone was like this. And Charlie saved an unrelated person, but he saved a family because of it.
The intention of the massacre day itself is wrong. At first glance, it seems quite reasonable. All the characteristic anger is accumulated on this day, and it is vented in these 12 hours to kill the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. This can not only reduce the crime rate but also save money. community resource. But isn't this a simple 12-hour killing? The moment the hands are enslaved by the thrill of killing and stained with blood, they are doomed to be unable to stop, doomed to lose their minds. Not all anger and jealousy will turn into a corpse, but Killing Day has all rage and jealousy ramped up to the highest level for 12 hours. It's easier to kill the old and the sick, social Darwinism, justify all massacres. Ridiculous.
A group of young people, adhering to social Darwinism, slaughtered the bottom of the society, the neighbors wanted to kill the James family out of jealousy, and a homeless rescued the James family. Finally, Mary asked the neighbor, Do you enjoy Mrs Grace's purge party? The neighbor's true answer was It was very nice. Yes, Massacre Day was not out of jealousy, resentment or social Darwinism, but to enjoy the thrill of massacre. It's just a 12 hour purge party.
There are also shortcomings, the plot is a bit dragged, and there are some unnecessary plots and the inexplicable running of the daughter... The foreshadowing is obviously not good, and the turning points can be expected one by one. There is nothing special and new in the plot turning. A three-and-a-half star would be fine.
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