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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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| Release Date | 2013-05-31 |
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| Runtime | 1h 26m |
| Directors | Jacques Jouffret, James DeMonaco, Louis Normandin, Gerard DiNardi |
| Producers | Bradley Fuller, Sebastien Lemercier, Jason Blum, Andrew Form, Michael Bay, P. Whitney Gearin, Kamila Baghernejad, Jeanette Volturno, Gerard DiNardi |
| Writer | James DeMonaco |
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.
— inaneswine
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 villains is on-screen you can count on them to silently tilt their head to the side, playfully skip with a weapon in hand, or giggle about killing. The main concept and Lena Headey's acting bumped the rating up a little.
— CustomerConsumer
Atrocious directing and cheesy jump scares disguised as nonsensical "social commentary."
— Charles Tatum