LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Purge" is a standard issue home-invasion movie drizzled with a thin glaze of sensationalism thanks to a provocative setup. The movie's front cover may be enticing, but the contents prove all too familiar. The horrorWe're just one week away from the arrival of the likely box-office behemoth Man of Steel, and studios aren't releasing any real tentpoles this weekend for fear that they'll be cannibalized by Superman in their sophomoreThis weekend Universal's The Purge opens in theaters, and the film's central premise - the idea that once a year people are allowed to commit any crimes they want for 12 hours - may be familiar to fans of Star Trek. After all"The Purge" opens with about 30 minutes of enjoyable suspense. And then it makes us pay for that enjoyment."Man of Steel" and Paramount's "World War Z" are the next budget-busters — and it costs almost $100 million more to market such films. All of which makes Universal Pictures' "The Purge," a dystopian thriller costing a little more than $3 million
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