It was bad. Now in all fairness, when I was flying over on my gig to Korea and China last month I read an article in one of the entertainment/movie/critic magazines. Whichever one United sticks on their planes. This was before the movie was released and the audience getting the first preview of this movie said pretty much everything on this thread. It was defended by saying that this movie was the first and a part 2 follow up to this time line was being considered. It was going to detail how the the first purge was considered a failure and not to be repeated, but over the next year the blacks grew too restless and on the anniversary date held their own non sanctioned purge. Which effectively cemented the annual Purge every year from then on out.
Apparently the director must have thought twice and redid the voice over at the end of this one proclaiming it a success.