 What's going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overlord here So this would be my spoiler-free review for the forever purge the forever purge is the fifth entry in the ever Ongoing purge franchise, which it's fitting that this is called the forever purge at this point This is intended to be the last one, but I don't think that would be the case if the box office Performs the box office performs as well Yeah, I'll expect this forever purge title to be very literal when we get more more entries Especially considering how things wrap up in this film But this film is directed by a varado valerio and it's written by James de Monaco Who you know has played a part in the other incarnations of these of this franchise at this point? It stars Anna de la reguera Josh Lucas leaving rain Rambin to not correct the will Patton Cassidy Freeman and Veronica Falcon now the film is centered on the characters of Adela and Juan this Mexican couple Who have escaped the Mexican cartel and they go to this Texas ranch where they are working for the Tucker family because it jumps 10 Months later after we see them escape. They're working with the Tucker family on this Texas ranch You have Josh Lucas who plays Dylan Tucker and Then we have his whole family at the ranch with them This is consist of will Patton's character and others the characters again of cast or Immacate Tucker who's played by Cassidy Freeman will Patton plays Caleb Tucker and then leaving Rambin plays Harper Tucker now winds up happening is This movie is following the events of the purge election years several years have passed since then because It's made very clear early on that the senator who was voted in the office that abolished the purge When her when her presidency was still intact She got voted out during the next presidency run I guess presidential election and the new founding fathers will put back into power I'm assuming the economy did not go as go as she was hoping because she thought there were other ways than the purge But the new founding fathers got their way back in with another election She was voted out they reinstated the purge and that's how we're here again Probably one of those laziest ways to get us another purge sequel because they I thought they were gonna go full hand with Prequels at this point given that the purge election year abolished of abolished the event But breaking the cycle of the 12-hour event not not breaking it I'll say that the American people in this film break that There's a 12-hour interview for where all crime is is legal. We know that we've known that since its inception However, there is apparently too much hate and there is a lot of unhappy American citizens this time around that They decide that 12 hours isn't enough and there is a nationwide crisis. Now. This is probably Gonna hit home a lot more So then the other films given the climate that we're in and many people would feel that we're even moving in the direction of These films in ways, but honestly these films have always been political There's talk about the border immigration the racial tensions that exist all of that stuff is touched on in this film my Issues really come with how there's very little development for the characters of Adela and Juan our Mexican couple that we're following We're giving reasons to find them likable since they are in a position where they are a married couple that have been struggling And now they have an opportunity to make something out of themselves and I get started family in America While working under this presumably white wealthy family based off of the events that trench or that unfold as the film progresses We're not given enough to really care about what happens to them But this film does offer you some likable characters While you're watching the action-packed craziness that unfolds along the way Would I say this is one of my favorite entries in the franchise not necessarily my favorite My favorite entry was the purge anarchy. It was the purge anarchy. This film might be a Close second and that's not I'm not saying that's not saying much these films They're not that great if we're being quite honest. They're not that great, but I never found them boring They weren't boring the direction in this one might be some of the best direction this franchise has ever had I'll say because the energy of it is just felt from start to finish It's it's not like a single dull moment. It's just that the the writing here For these characters, you're not really given a reason to care about what happens to them They're one-dimensional in ways and I think I would say that most of the characters in these films are one-dimensional You don't really care what happens to them I think the closest person who might have been given a chance to be someone the Audience might care what happens to would be the character played by Frank Grillo since he was in two purge films Well, otherwise all these films they don't offer really many characters You necessarily would care what happens to them as far as like how they develop them and everything but The other things that's wrong with the writing here is the way the scares are done. It's nothing but jump scares Even within the first ten minutes We have a jump scare before we even get to see Aunt Adela and one get to the Texas ranch before we even get that small time jump There's a jump scare with a flashlight. It involves a flashlight. That's all I'll say. It's just very ridiculous how all the Emotions of fear are trying to be evoked from these cheap half-baked Formulate jump scares that follow the same cues. You know, you have you have that moment of silence There's a character walking around camera pans to something loud noise Same thing pan camera pans to something while it's silent briefly loud noise It's not it's not gonna scare anyone anyone who's a conscious viewer that's been conditioned to how these things are set up And how they play out this won't scare you The these are honestly have become action-based horror films at this point. They're not they're not very terrified There's nothing that I would say is very terrifying in this other than of course how close to home This may hit given the stuff that's been going on in within the past year and the stuff That is kind of bleeding into this year for a lot of people in ways and just how unhappy a lot of American citizens are with How certain things are being handled within the country it's kind of like this film is a representation of What would happen if we hit that boiling point because the purge in this one? It's not just for 12 hours again. It continues after that 12-hour cycle where a Della and one and the Tucker family are in the mix of this trying to survive this chaos that's going day and night because there's just so much Unhappiness as far as like the American life from American citizens it's they're calling it the ever-after purge and This might just hit home to people given the things that are going on. There's even a Mention of the American citizens being granted access for six hours to go to the borders of other places of Like Mexico and Canada even so in a way while the film is fun to watch. It's not written the best It's probably got some of the best direction, but it's just not written the best There's no real rhyme or reason to care about what happens in any of these characters The jump scares are completely unnecessary There's no real moments where you are made to feel terrified other than from those jump scares Honestly, we give this a 5 out of 10 Let me know what you guys think about this down in the comment section below if you haven't already make sure you subscribe turn on Postification and miss a video in description at links on my social media accounts about Facebook tour in Instagram You can message me there of course There's any movies news or reviews I'm gonna cover in the future without it in mind guys I will see you in the next video