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The First Purge

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6.0/10 • 4K

2018-07-041h 37m

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Witness the birth of an American tradition.

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Directors
Gerard McMurray
Writters
James DeMonaco
Characters
James DeMonaco
Editors
James DeMonaco, Jim Page

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  1. Y'lan Noel

    Y'lan Noel

    Dmitri Cimber

  2. Lex Scott Davis

    Lex Scott Davis

    Nya Charms

  3. Joivan Wade

    Joivan Wade

    Isaiah Charms

  4. Steve Harris

    Steve Harris

    Freddy

  5. Mugga

    Mugga

    Dolores

  6. Patch Darragh

    Patch Darragh

    Arlo Sabian / Chief of Staff

  7. Marisa Tomei

    Marisa Tomei

    Dr. May Updale / Architect

  8. Luna Lauren Velez

    Luna Lauren Velez

    Luisa

  9. Kristen Solis

    Kristen Solis

    Selina

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Gimly

Oct 6, 2018

6/10

The Purge has come a long way since its inception. Originally used as nothing more than an excuse to explain away "Why don't they just call the cops?" in your average home-invasion movie, the original Purge movie had implied classism for the meat of it, and then an actual call to class division right at the end. Since then, the classism, and racism in American society has become a focal B-story to the Purge movies, and now we're in 2018 for the prequel - The First Purge - and those issues are now the whole point of the movie. Some might say that it's because the movies have lost any sense of subtlety, personally I think it's more that the creatives are sick of people missing the point. The First Purge can't have been an easy thing to give the go-ahead in the current political climate over in the US, but it's important, and moreover, not a bad little film, socio-economic politics aside. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$13,000,000.00
Revenue
$137,056,262.00
Keywords
new york citynew jerseysequelprequelmurderchurchsocial mediastaten island, new york citypurgeabuse of powerapartment buildings