The Purge
The purge takes place in future world in 2022 when American govermental has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. James Sandin is a successful salesman that sells security systems for the houses. During the purge, James seals his house and plans to watch a movie with his family. However, Charlie-son of James sees a stranger fleeing from a group that is hunting him down and he disarms the security device and lets the man in. But the leader of the group gives an ultimatum to James: if he does not deliver the man to the group, they would kill the whole family. Now James has to find where the man is hidden and decide his fate.
3 May 1948, Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA
21 July 1966, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
6 April 1968, USA
October 23, 1981 in California, USA
9 August 1990, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia
25 February 1991, Houston, Texas, USA
26 January 1985, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
3 October 1973, Hamilton, Bermuda
5 June 1966, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
1 November 1997, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 November 1988, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
6 November 1970, Austin, Texas, USA
8 July 1982, Alameda County, California, USA
August 24, 2015
Standard "stalk, attack, revenge" home invasion material, but it's also laced with an appreciable sense of pointed social commentary.
July 15, 2015
There might be true satire here, but it would take a far less bored reviewer than me to pick away at the flab surrounding the satire.
January 08, 2015
An effective balance of mood and style, not overburdened by grotesque displays of violence but suggestive enough to create a space of believable bleakness that warrants our continued interest until the very last frame.
April 16, 2016
There are some jump scares, one highly predictable twist, and a fair amount of violence, but "The Purge" pretty much begins and ends with its concept.
June 07, 2013
That old horror-movie standard, a homestead besieged by psychos, gets remixed with a bit of Occupy-era class-conflict satire in the disappointing future-set thriller The Purge.
July 14, 2016
The Purge offers mediocre thrills wrapped in absurd rhetoric.
June 07, 2013
Gimmicky chiller lacks the robustness and distinction needed to support its social-commentary ambitions.
June 12, 2013
DeMonaco clearly hopes to make a significant moral statement on the level of Shirley Jackson's literary masterpiece The Lottery. Alas, his aim at political conservatives who support the gun lobby falls flat before he can pull the trigger.
March 21, 2016
Nauseating.
June 10, 2013
If The Purge is as far-sighted as Network proved to be, we are in for very ugly times.
June 07, 2013
The blunt instrument plot allows for a few sneaky moments of satire and social commentary lite.
June 13, 2013
Writer-director James DeMonaco's The Purge fritters away its promise in lurid, frenzied violence.
