The Purge

R 5.7
2013 1 hr 26 min Horror , Thriller , Science Fiction

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.

  • Cast:
    Ethan Hawke , Lena Headey , Max Burkholder , Adelaide Kane , Edwin Hodge , Rhys Wakefield , Tony Oller

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Reviews

Karry
2013/06/06

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Steineded
2013/06/07

How sad is this?

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Stellead
2013/06/08

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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Rio Hayward
2013/06/09

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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shanemartin-42615
2013/06/10

Great start to the series! Great set and minimal acting.

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namnhile
2013/06/11

The idea itself of the purge is very interesting but the scenario in this movie is very disatisfying. Everything seems to be very illogical. All the wealthy family just have hand guns and a shotgun. Look! living in the purge as a wealthy family and you don't even have a riffle and bulletproof vests in your arsenal is just absurd. When people are in front of your house threatening you and you don't have a way to shoot them in the face is just ridiculous. You can have a machine gun mounted on top of your house or a tower just like the ones on armor tanks, remote control and shoot one by one out of them. And even you bust into your door and you don't have a assault rifle mounted behind a steel shied and shoot the hell out of them is another disappointed point. They are rich and suppose to be smart, well prepared but their actions and thought are very simple and predictable. There are hundreds of ideas to make this movie better. If you want to make a satisfying chaos movie, put real actions and thought into it. Don't be lazy!

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Moviefreakyguy
2013/06/12

A good story line and trailer is better than the movie itself. But afraid it will create more hatred if people keep in their emotions for 364.5 days and releasing beast for 12hrs. How can they be true other time? Messages about morals - yes works wellBunch of psychopaths roaming the streets - No control, no limits on what they do on streets. We can wonder if our civilized society behaves like this for this clock ticker. Final twist gives a huge applause, this can be nail biting and nothing expected by general audience.

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White_Prophet
2013/06/13

I really struggled on deciding whether I liked this movie or not, and ultimately I just can't say that it's a good movie. However, I did enjoy it quite a bit! I think the premise was really interesting and I liked the creepy vibe and imagery in the movie. I really like Lena Dunham's performance and the main villain was very entertaining to watch... I feel like he wouldn't make a bad Joker. Ethan Hawke was also pretty good, but the kids... not so much. The movie also became pretty cliche and predictable which ultimately brought it down for me. Overall, it was an enjoyable ride with some pretty good ideas and social commentary but it could have been executed better.

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