The Purge Page #2

Synopsis: In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): James DeMonaco
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
R
Year:
2013
85 min
$64,400,000
Website
8,392 Views


Well, I'd like to hear

about everybody's day.

Zoey,

you want to go first?

Charlie,

what are you doing?

Sorry, I forgot

to take my vitals earlier.

Honey...

By the way, there's a slight

deviation in my heart rate,

but other than that,

nothing to worry about.

Okay, thank you.

Zoey, your day.

I don't want to do

this anymore.

It's stupid.

Okay, fine.

Calc test, piano. Normal day.

Mmm-hmm.

Who cares?

I do.

I care, very much.

And what about practice?

You ready for your recital?

James.

Of course you are,

because you're always ready.

Just make sure your left hand

cooperates in that third movement.

When I'm listening,

that's what I hear.

All right, can I...

Does anybody mind?

Can I do my day?

- I have some news. Um...

- Go ahead.

I did it. I did it.

All sales are final...

And I'm on top.

My division sold the most

upgraded security systems.

Congratulations, Dad.

Thank you.

Congratulations, baby.

Thanks. It's a team

effort, you know?

All right, Charlie,

you're next.

Well, we studied the history

of tonight in History.

And in English,

I wrote a story

about a man whose love is so powerful,

that it can kill people.

So, he cuts out

his own heart.

That is so sweet.

You know,

he should have cut off his own penis.

Zoey, Zoey...

Eating dinner,

no penises!

Charlie, don't encourage her.

Don't fist-bump that!

We're not

in the dormitorium, okay?

"Dormitorium?"

Is that even a word?

Get with the times.

God.

Guys,

look what time it is.

Oh, wow,

it's later than I thought.

All right, it's time

for lockdown. Let's go.

Don't even

think about it.

Hey, give that back.

Are we in the zoo?

Fine,

I want this.

Hey, look at this.

Mr. Sabian and Mr. Barbero

are going hunting.

That's daring.

I didn't know they were

going to Purge together.

Are they friends?

Hmm. The Ferrins

are having a party.

Grace said she wasn't

having a party this year.

Just thank God

we weren't invited.

She's nice. But, wow,

she's annoying.

All right, let's get

ready for tonight.

As always,

just a precaution.

All right,

Mr. Cali is starting his lockdown.

Okay.

Are we ready?

All right,

let's hit it.

Okay, Charlie, it's

almost time. Hit it.

Release the beast

and Purge in our American streets.

Your New Founding Fathers

encourage your participation.

This is not a test.

This is your

Emergency Broadcast System

announcing the commencement

of the Annual Purge

sanctioned by

the U.S. Government.

Weapons of

Class Four and lower

have been authorized

for use during the Purge.

All other weapons

are restricted.

Government officials

of ranking 10

have been granted

immunity from the Purge

and shall not be harmed.

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James DeMonaco

James DeMonaco (born 1969) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating the Purge franchise, writing and directing The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), and The Purge: Election Year (2016).DeMonaco's first produced screenplay was the Robin Williams comedy Jack (1996), directed by Academy Award-winner Francis Ford Coppola. more…

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