The Purge is a 2013 American dystopian
action horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey,
Adelaide Kane, and Max Burkholder as members of a wealthy family who find
themselves endangered by a gang of
murderers during the annual Purge, a
night during which all crime, including murder, is temporarily legal. The Purge
premiered at the Stanley Film Festival on May 7, 2013, and Universal Pictures theatrically released it in the United
States on June 7, 2013. The film grossed $89
million against a $3 million budget.
It is the first in the Purge
franchise. A sequel, subtitled Anarchy, was released worldwide on July
18, 2014. A third film, Election Year, was released July 1,
2016, and a prequel, The First Purge, was released on July
4, 2018, and a television series, set between the second and third films, aired
for two seasons from September 4, 2018 to December 17, 2019. A fifth film, The Forever Purge, was released on July 2, 2021.
PLOT
In 2014, a totalitarian political party called the "New Founding
Fathers of America" are voted into office following an economic
collapse, and pass a law sanctioning the "Purge", an annual event
wherein all crime is legal and emergency services are temporarily suspended. By
2022, the United States is said to have become virtually crime-free, with legal
unemployment rates having dropped to 1%.
James Sandin returns to his home in an affluent Los Angeles gated
community to wait out the Purge with his wife Mary and their children, Zoey and
Charlie. The family is assured the security system manufactured by James'
company will keep them safe, while Zoey meets her boyfriend Henry. As the
year's Purge begins, James enables the security system and the family disperses
to go about their normal routines.. Meanwhile, Charlie watches the security
monitors and sees a wounded man calling for help. He temporarily disables the
system to allow the man inside, but James races to re-engage the system and
holds the man at gunpoint. Henry comes downstairs and points a pistol at James
and opens fire, but then James returns fire and mortally wounds Henry. During
the chaos, the stranger disappears.
Through the surveillance cameras, the family sees a gang of masked,
heavily armed people arriving at the front lawn. The leader demands the
homeless man, warning that failure to comply will result in an invasion. The
family find and capture the stranger to give him to the gang, only to realize
that they would not be any better if they did and choose to defend him and
themselves. After the deadline passes, the gang breaks into the house. James
fights back and kills several of them before the leader stabs him. Charlie
notices the neighbours leaving their homes on the monitors before the neighbours
enter and kill the remaining gang members. After tickling her some more, she's
about to impale Mary with her machete, but the neighbours save her. The leader
attempts to kill the family, but is killed by Zoey while James dies from his
injuries.
Mary starts to thank the neighbours for saving them, but their leader,
Grace Ferrin, reveals her group's hatred for the Sandins due to their wealth
being acquired at the neighbours’ expense. They capture the Sandins and prepare
to kill them, but the stranger returns, kills one of the neighbours, and holds
Grace Hostage to force them to free the Sandins. Mary stops him from killing
the remaining neighbours, deciding that they will all peacefully wait out the
remainder of the Purge.
The next morning, Grace attempts to seize control, but Mary wounds her
in retaliation. As sirens sound to signal the end of the Purge, she forces the neighbours
to leave and thanks the stranger for his help. He bids the Sandins luck before
leaving as well.
Television news reports state this year's Purge was the most successful
to date.
CAST
The Sandin family:
·
Ethan Hawke as James Sandin
·
Lena Headey as Mary Sandin
·
Max
Burkholder as Charlie
Sandin
·
Adelaide Kane as Zoey Sandin
The Neighbors:
·
Arija Bareikis as Grace Ferrin
·
Tom Yi as Mr. Cali
·
Chris Mulkey as Mr. Halverson
·
Tisha French as Mrs.
Halverson
·
Dana Bunch as Mr.
Ferrin
The Purgers:
·
Rhys
Wakefield as Polite
Leader
·
John Weselcouch as Interrupting Freak Purger
·
Alicia Vela-Bailey as
Blonde Female Freak Purger
·
Mickey Facchinello as Brunette Freak Purger
·
Boima Blake as Freak
Purger
·
Nathan Clarkson as
Freak Purger
·
Jesse Jacobs as Freak
Purger
·
Aaron Kuban as Freak
Purger
·
Chester
Lockhart as Freak Purger
·
Tyler Osterkamp as
Freak Purger
·
R. J. Wolfe as Freak Purger
Other characters:
·
Edwin Hodge as Bloody
Stranger
·
Tony Oller as Henry
·
Peter Bzovdas as Dr. Peter Buynak
·
Karen
Strassman as Newscaster
·
Cindy Robinson as
the Purge Emergency Broadcast System announcement voice
PERSONAL OPINION
In my honest opinion, I liked the film very much when I first saw it. I
had already seen the film several years after its release, and it was already
very famous, but I had never thought seeing this popular film. But I decided to
see it finally because my brother recommended it to me.
And when I saw it I was not
disappointed, The Purge broke all my expectations and improved them.
What I like most about the film is the futuristic setting of a dystopia
in which the leaders of the United States have to give a night in which
everything is allowed so that nothing bad happens for the rest of the year.This
makes you think about whether it is a good idea or not, because how to commit
crimes during one night without being put in prison makes you not do them any
more.
I also really like the fact that the film is generating suspense and
intrigue during the 85 minutes that it lasts, and this makes you have all your
senses on it.
For all that I have said, I think everyone has to see The Purge at least
once, because it is a very good movie and I highly recommend it. I also have to
say that the other films in this franchise are not as good as this one, so I
only recommend those if you are interested in seeing what happens next.
FILM TRAILER
https://youtu.be/K0LLaybEuzA
Adrián Rubio Ortega (2ºBB)
