The Purge Page #5

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
8,417 Views


Okay.

Here's the plan.

You two stay put here,

and I'll just...

I'll go out there

and I'm gonna find Zoey

and I'm gonna

bring her back here.

Henry tried to kill you.

James...

I know. Mary, I got

to make sure she's okay.

Okay? I have to.

He didn't shoot at me.

I'll find her,

I can go. I'll be fine.

No, no, no...

I can't let you go

with that man out there.

Okay?

I can't let you do that.

Baby, I...

Let me go get her.

You just stay here

with Charlie. Okay?

You be careful, okay?

I will.

Zoey? Zoey?

Zoey? It's me.

You okay,

sweetheart?

Yeah, Mom.

Okay.

Mom?

Charlie? Mom?

Charlie, you wait here.

I'm gonna be right outside the door.

Okay.

Zoey.

Zoey?

Mom?

Zoey, sweetheart.

Are you okay?

Is Charlie okay?

Where's Dad? Is he all right?

Everyone's fine.

Mom, I didn't know Henry

was going to do that.

I didn't know he was going to...

Why would he do that?

Mom?

Charlie, just give me a second, okay?

Mom, he died.

Keep the door closed.

- He's dead. Henry's dead.

- Mom?

Mom!

Charlie,

just give me a second.

Zoey, let's see

what Charlie wants.

Mom, now!

What is it, baby?

You need to see this.

Tell Dad I'm sorry.

Zoey, please!

Zoey!

Zoey?

Zoey.

Hey,

Mr. Sandin, are you home?

Wait, James,

I have to talk to you.

Henry is dead.

I killed him.

I know. I saw Zoey.

Is she okay? Is she hurt?

Is she in there?

She's not hurt.

I couldn't get her

to come with me.

What are we gonna do?

I have to show

you something.

Oh, God, I know.

That one is saying

something.

...and Mrs. Sandin.

Your home tells me you're good folk,

just like us.

One of the "haves."

And your blue flowers tell me

that you support the Purge.

We want to treat you fairly,

so listen closely.

Let me introduce us.

We are some fine, young,

very educated guys and gals.

We have gotten gussied up

in our most terrifying guises,

as we do every year,

ready to violate, annihilate,

and cleanse our souls.

But things took a turn.

Our target escaped us, and...

Several of your dear neighbors

informed us that you, the Sandins,

have inexplicably

given him sanctuary.

Mr. and Mrs., the man

you're sheltering is nothing

but a dirty, homeless pig.

A grotesque menace

to our just society,

who had the audacity

to fight back,

killing one of us when we

attempted to execute him tonight.

The pig doesn't

know his place,

and now he needs

to be taught a lesson.

You need to return him to us.

Alive.

So that we may Purge

as we are entitled.

Here's the plan, Sandins.

You have until our

provisions arrive,

provisions which will help us

break into your elegant home.

If you don't...

If you don't deliver him

by the aforementioned time,

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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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