The Purifiers could have had a better run, but instead the movie in every detail stumbled over its own feet. The movie tries to be art-like by adding a new genre, the Scottish martial arts genre. Yet instead of art the movie tends to be a walking cliché with an original idea. I do believe that the actors tried, but like any pretty good actor with a dodgy script, trying just leads to over acting, and over acting just might as well throw a rose on the grave of any decent profits. However, being a marital arts movie there is a scene in a Chinese restaurant that was hilarious, not intentionally funny, but still. Have a couple of pints, lose the ability to add two plus two, sit back and relax, and this movie will be GREAT! Still one can only take so much of unrealistic, slow motion fight scenes. There is not enough background information on the Purifiers to give the viewer any emotional attachment to the main characters; there are too many gangs to allow any tension to build a climatic moment. Overall, a nice try, but nothing ground breaking and entertaining enough to make me watch or recommend this movie.
Review of The Purifiers
