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The Purge
The Purge is a 2013 American dystopian horror film following dedicated period where every form of crime is considered legal.
25 February 1991, Houston, Texas, USA
1 November 1997, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 January 1985, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
3 October 1973, Hamilton, Bermuda
20 November 1988, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
July 14, 2016
The Purge offers mediocre thrills wrapped in absurd rhetoric.
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.
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.
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.
June 07, 2013
The blunt instrument plot allows for a few sneaky moments of satire and social commentary lite.
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.
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.
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.
June 13, 2013
Writer-director James DeMonaco's The Purge fritters away its promise in lurid, frenzied violence.
August 24, 2015
Standard "stalk, attack, revenge" home invasion material, but it's also laced with an appreciable sense of pointed social commentary.
