One night a year, all crime is legal. Survive the night.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield |
Director |
James DeMonaco |
Screenplay | James DeMonaco |
Music | Nathan Whitehead |
Cinematography | Jacques Jouffret |
Editing | Peter Gvozdas |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
Made in | 2013 |
Produced by | Blumhouse Productions, Platinum Dunes, Universal Pictures International, Universal Pictures, Why Not Productions |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Infrequent and moderate |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Strong, realistic |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | It's 2022 in America and society has come up with a novel concept of getting rid of crime and evil doers in society. One a year every citizen has the right to purge whoever they deem worthy of being purged, that is till you get a family like the Sandins who realise that everything is not as black and white as it appears to be. |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 16 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
ScreenIt C. Fuchs I found this flick moderately intriguing. | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 33 critics | 8 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 130 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Half social allegory, half home-invasion thriller, The Purge attempts to use thriller formula to make an intelligent point -- but ultimately only ends up sinking in numbing violence and tired clichés. | 8 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 9 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 36899 Netizens The Purge, great concept....not so great film | 11 | |
Average .. 47% | 9 |