America a nation reborn.

Unemployment is at 1%.

Crime is at a all time low.

Because one night out of the year, all crime is legal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0LLaybEuzA

I love the premise of this movie. Finally something original.

That sounds scary.

Meh sounds a bit familiar.

I bet the twist is that the family living in the house are actually all insane and murder everyone.

Interesting concept, hopefully it's executed well.

Given that the people are breaking into their house to kill them and the guy they let in I'm sure the family will kill everyone, but not out of insanity.

But how else do they http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtxDJCZ2Rr8?

Premise had potential, but the actual trailer didn't seem to live up to it to me

lol, I see what you did there.

I know what you mean, I'm hoping that there will be just a little bit more to the story to keep me hooked.

If the entire movie plays out in that one house then the premise is wasted quite a bit. There are so many things that could happen and so many bits and pieces to cover with that premise but if they just turn it into a glorified reason for there to be random murderers at a random house, then I will be sorely disappointed.

Moreso than that, it's being played off as if everyone wants to go around killing to the point that the family which doesn't care to go killing needs to friggen armorize their house to keep the entire population of killers out.

Yeah, I'm kinda worried about that too. I'm hoping that there will be just a little bit more than the house.

Eh, I didnt really see it as that, but I guess you could look at it that way. I'm sure there are other families that are the same way. Whether or not the movie admits to that though is another story.

I'm not saying that there aren't, but rather that the number of violent murderers is so great that armorizing your house needs to be done to stay safe for the 12 hour period is what I'm getting at.

Premise that people would break the law when given the chance and enjoy it, I'm fine with that.

The premise that the vast majority of people would enjoy going around killing people to the point they look forward and prepare for the night, sharpening machetes and forming "murdering groups"... that I'm not ok with.

It turned a good premise into just an excuse for a violent gorefest.

Seems like that movie where they have a city for all the criminals in the USA to live, I think it had Kurt Russel in it?

From the trailer it looks literally like the exact same film as Hostage with Bruce Willis in it.

Escape from New York was a prison city

Not sure if Escpae from LA was a prison city as well or not.

I see your point, but I could also imagine a twisted world like that... Maybe there is this guy that just bugs the hell out of you.. so much so that you decide to make him your mark. I could see something like that happening.

Yeah, but that would be the exception rather than the rule. MOST people don't want to kill someone, and wouldn't pre-meditate it (it would just be a heat of the moment thing), so it would just be organised crime and professional hits happening on the day (which would happen anyway, only now they would happen on that one day, giving the illusion of a reduced crime rate).

I think if you see bob your neighbor and his pretty property and nice house, then wouldn't on that one night you could go take it from him and have no repercussions? That seems valid for the whole "murder parties".

Beyond that and a few others like it, I see no reason why people would go on a one night butcher feat because they can.

Why murder them? You can just steal the stuff without murdering them, as theft would normally be a crime, but not on that night. Just knock them out and steal their stuff. Or rather, why steal from someone you know at all? Go steal from a jewlery store.

I was talking about just taking over the house which would be hard to do if they were alive. although if ms.bob saw a nice vase at ms.barrowmans house then knocking them out would be perfectly fine.

Also if I shoot kill someone just as 11:59pm turns to 12:00am would that be a crime?

I don't see how that would work, as as soon as the purge finished, you would be illegally squatting on someone elses property (whoever he left it too in his will).

But don't murders have no statues of limitation.. must be bizzaro law world.

The above point was the one I was going to make. Adverse possession wouldn't kick in fast enough, so the house would go to the one named in the will after the purge ends, or to the bank

That makes no sense*. *confusing counter argument decoy. I see logical flaw in plan to take over bobs house *runs away*

The premise sounds ridiculous, frankly. It seems to be a world grounded in reality, but this one difference just doesn't fit or make any sense. I don't think the idea fundamentally functions well, and therefore it doesn't appeal to me. I'll be skipping it.