The First Purge (2018)

Directed by

Gerard McMurray

Genre

horror film, action film, thriller film, dystopian film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4,253 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is set in the near future where the government tests a 12-hour period of legalized crime on Staten Island. Residents are paid to stay but soon face threats from armed gangs and government agents who want the experiment to succeed.

tenseviolentgrittyurgentbleaksuspensefulchaoticunsettling

What happens

The First Purge is a 2018 American dystopian action horror film serving as a prequel to The Purge film series and the fourth installment overall. Written by James DeMonaco and directed by Gerard McMurray, it is the first film in the franchise not directed by DeMonaco. It stars Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, and Steve Harris. The film depicts the origins of the annual "Purge": a 12-hour period in which all crime in America is decriminalized as a means to reduce crime for the rest of the year. The event originates as an experiment conceived by a political party called the New Founding Fathers of America and confined to Staten Island with the promise that those who stay on the island for its duration will be paid a large sum of money, but the NFFA are determined to get the results they want by any means necessary. The First Purge was released on July 4, 2018, by Universal Pictures. It grossed over $137 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing entry in the franchise, but received mixed reviews from critics like its predecessors. The fifth installment, The Forever Purge, was released on July 2, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Fresh Kills (2023)
• The Darkest Minds (2018)
• The Thinning: New World Order (2018)
• Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
• Hotel Artemis (2018)
• Overlord (2018)
• Empathy, Inc. (2018)
• Continuance (2021)