The First Purge

2018 97 min ★ 6.0 Action, Horror, Thriller

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

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Cast

Y'lan Noel

Dmitri Cimber

Lex Scott Davis

Nya Charms

Joivan Wade

Isaiah Charms

Steve Harris

Freddy

Mugga

Dolores

Patch Darragh

Arlo Sabian / Chief of Staff

Marisa Tomei

Dr. May Updale / Architect

Luna Lauren Vélez

Luisa

Kristen Solis

Selina

Rotimi Paul

Skeletor

Details

Director

Gerard McMurray

Tagline

"Witness the birth of an American tradition."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$137,056,262

Production

Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse Productions, Universal Pictures, Man in a Tree Productions

Reviews

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Gimly

October 6, 2018

★ 6/10

_The Purge_ has come a long way since its inception. Originally used as nothing more than an excuse to explain away "Why don't they just call the cops?" in your average home-invasion movie, the original _Purge_ movie had implied classism for the meat of it, and then an actual call to class division right at the end. Since then, the classism, and racism in American society has become a focal B-stor...