The Purge Page #6

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
8,437 Views


we'll release

the beast on him...

And on you.

And, um, we can enter

any home we want.

And we will want as wanting is

our will on this fine night.

Don't force us to hurt you.

We don't want to kill our own.

Please, just let us Purge.

Toodle-oo, Sandins.

Cut it. Cut it now.

The monitors are

working on backup.

The power's out

in the whole house.

James, they can't

get in here, right?

They can't get

into our home.

I don't know.

It's hard to say.

You don't know?

You sell these

security systems.

What do you mean,

you don't know?

We have tested the system.

It works 99 percent of the time.

It looks good. It's strong.

People stay away.

It looks good?

It's not built

for worst-case scenarios.

Is it impenetrable?

No, nothing's impenetrable.

Things like this are not supposed

to happen in our neighborhood.

Well, they are

happening, James.

They're happening right now.

Do you see this?

Okay, listen, just sit down.

Sit down, please.

We gotta calm down.

Sit down.

All right.

Sit down, sit down. Listen.

Okay, to answer your question,

yes, they could get in here.

They could tunnel

underneath us.

They could smoke us out.

They could devise

a battering ram, okay?

I'm sorry, but it's true.

So, here's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna give

them what they want.

We're gonna find that man and

we're gonna force him outside.

Now, we have guns,

and he doesn't.

But they'll kill him.

Why should he die?

It's him or us, Charlie.

Why don't you give us the homeless man?

No one will miss him when he's gone.

Pretty please.

Wait a minute.

Sh*t.

Where is he?

There he is.

Look at me.

Come on,

look over here.

Where are you?

Come on.

Dear Mr. Sandin!

Sorry to interrupt,

but I'd love to have a word.

Meet me by your front door.

I just need a moment, good sir.

There you are.

Thank you for accepting

my invitation.

Tell me, why haven't you delivered

the filthy swine to me yet?

Are you protecting him?

I surely hope not,

Mr. Sandin.

No. Of course not.

We just can't find him.

You see,

this is a misunderstanding.

My son let him in.

He's a young boy.

He doesn't know better.

But I support what occurs here

tonight 100 percent, okay?

I sell security equipment.

So, I would

never deny yours,

or anybody else's

right to Purge.

Just give us the homeless pig,

you f***!

Sorry about that.

I don't condone

that kind of behavior.

But just keep in mind,

Mr. Sandin...

He was my friend,

and you are not.

Our equipment

is arriving soon.

And we will get in.

Send out he,

or that...

Will be thee.

I'll go get him.

You should do that.

Hey, Charlie.

I don't know

what's going on.

There are people outside.

Um...

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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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