Storyline
One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a vigilante mission of revenge during the mayhem. However, instead of a death-dealing avenger, he becomes the unexpected protector of four innocent strangers who desperately need his help if they are to survive the night.
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Carla Jimenez, Lily Knight, Justina Machado, Noel Gugliemi, Frank Grillo, Dale Dye, Cortney Palm, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jack Conley, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Edwin Hodge, Brandon Keener, Zach Gilford, Amy Paffrath, Николас Гонзалез, Kiele Sanchez, Carmen Ejogo, Chris Gann, Chad Morgan, Jasper Cole, Amy Price-Francis, Roger Schueller, Castulo Guerra, Zoë Borde, Lakeith Stanfield, John Beasley, Roberta Valderrama, Niko Nicotera, Judith McConnell, Bel Hernandez, Wiley B. Oscar, Vick Sabitjian, Adrian Sparks, Matt Lasky, Rowan Alexander, Brad Drake, Rick Chambers, Branton Box, Brennan Feonix, Tammie Baird, Alina Andrei
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Reviews
78
The story has a welcome sense of continuous momentum, and what’s more, DeMonaco has a better handle on both his skewering of the entitled upper class (not as pointed as Paul Verhoeven’s ultraviolent satire, but a start) and the righteous anger of the targeted lower class (personified by Michael K. Williams’ resistance leader, Carmelo).
75
The movie's potential blossoms whenever it toys with the allegorical ingredients head-on. DeMonaco's script plays like a devious Brothers Grimm tale told through the filter of Occupy Wall Street.
67
Retains the original’s premise and politics, but actually puts them to use.
63
Slant Magazine
DeMonaco may doubly, sometimes triply, underline the story's governing theme of social power and how it's exchanged, but the rage and lucidity of these ideas resonate.
50
The Dissolve
It needs to be emphasized again for the record that The Purge: Anarchy is a tremendously stupid film... But there’s an almost-camp quality to how DeMonaco takes this stupidity to greater heights, building a complex mythology around the plot like a giant moat around a pillow fort.
