The Purge
“One night a year, all crime is legal.”
Director: James DeMonaco
Producer: Sébastien K. Lemercier, Jason Blum, Andrew Form
Overview
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
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- I7.0
inaneswine
November 20, 2017
It's the basic premise that makes _The Purge_ such a chilling watch and, thought you may see the thrills and scares coming from a mile away, it's the most interesting home-invasion thriller that I've seen in a very long time.
- C3.0
CustomerConsumer
July 10, 2018
The core idea of a "purge" is interesting, but every single moment of "horror" or "thrill" in this film is a predictable jumpscare. It takes itself way too seriously and makes some heavy-handed social commentary, while at the same time being really unconvincing and riddled with tropes. Whenever one of the masked villai…
- T2.0
tmdb76622195
December 21, 2023
Atrocious directing and cheesy jump scares disguised as nonsensical "social commentary."