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The Purge

  • 20132013
  • RR
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
227K
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Rhys Wakefield in The Purge (2013)
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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A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
227K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,833
56
    • James DeMonaco
    • James DeMonaco
  • Stars
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Lena Headey
    • Max Burkholder
    • James DeMonaco
    • James DeMonaco
  • Stars
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Lena Headey
    • Max Burkholder
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    • 865User reviews
    • 386Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
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    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    • James Sandin
    Lena Headey
    Lena Headey
    • Mary Sandin
    Max Burkholder
    Max Burkholder
    • Charlie Sandin
    Adelaide Kane
    Adelaide Kane
    • Zoey Sandin
    Edwin Hodge
    Edwin Hodge
    • Bloody Stranger
    Rhys Wakefield
    Rhys Wakefield
    • Polite Leader
    Tony Oller
    Tony Oller
    • Henry
    Arija Bareikis
    Arija Bareikis
    • Mrs. Grace Ferrin
    Tom Yi
    Tom Yi
    • Mr. Cali
    Chris Mulkey
    Chris Mulkey
    • Mr. Halverson
    Tisha French
    Tisha French
    • Mrs. Halverson
    Dana Bunch
    • Mr. Ferrin
    Peter Gvozdas
    • Dr. Peter Buynak
    John Weselcouch
    John Weselcouch
    • Freak Interrupting
    Alicia Vela-Bailey
    Alicia Vela-Bailey
    • Female Freak
    David Basila
    David Basila
    • George
    • (uncredited)
    Boima Blake
    • Freak #1
    • (uncredited)
    Nathan Clarkson
    Nathan Clarkson
    • Freak
    • (uncredited)
      • James DeMonaco
      • James DeMonaco
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    • Trivia
      According to director James DeMonaco, the famous road-rage incident awakening the idea for The Purge happened like this: He and his wife were driving on the freeway when a drunk driver cut them off nearly killing them. After both cars stopped, the other driver's lack of remorse enraged DeMonaco enough to engage in a fistfight and police eventually had to get involved. After the incident was over, DeMonaco's wife turned to him and commented how great it would be to have one free murder a year. He felt bad admitting this because she's normally a "sweet woman".
    • Goofs
      For a while in the middle of the movie, James has a shaped goatee and moustache, which he does not have during the rest of the movie.
    • Quotes

      Mary Sandin: We are gonna play the rest of this night out in motherfucking peace. Does anyone have a problem with that?

    • Crazy credits
      At the end Credits there are radio broadcasting about the Purge Night.
    • Connections
      Edited into Everything Wrong with...: Everything Wrong with The First Purge (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Clair de Lune
      Written by Claude Debussy
      Arranged by Alfred Reed
      Performed by Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu (as Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra)
      Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
      Published by Klams Music & Co, Inc.

    User reviews865

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    4/10
    Cute Idea - Horrible Execution
    I watched this movie against my better judgement. Most of the reviews on IMDb rate this movie somewhere between awful and horrible. I was hoping that maybe they were being too harsh, they were not. I made the mistake of thinking that Lena Headey and Ethan Hawke were both credible actors. (I love Headey as the evil queen in Game of Thrones) whoever wrote her dialog in this mess should be drawn and quartered. By the end of this movie I was actually hoping that the "good guys" would get killed just to keep them from having to suffer this script anymore.

    All in all this is a bad movie, don't waste your money or your time watching it. Trust me you'll thank me in the end.
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    • Jul 18, 2013

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    • Release date
      • June 7, 2013 (United States)
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      • Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Platinum Dunes
      • Blumhouse Productions
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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
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      • Dolby Surround 7.1

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