The Purge

2013 · 85 min · EN · R · 6.2 (9,067 votes)

Dir. James DeMonaco · Starring Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield · Music Nathan Whitehead · The Purge Collection

“One night a year, all crime is legal.”

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Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.

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A relentless, anxiety-inducing descent into a night of sanctioned chaos. It's a brutal, cynical exploration of human nature under extreme duress, wrapped in a home invasion nightmare that feels both visceral and unsettlingly plausible. The tension is palpable, the stakes are immediate, and the societal commentary bites hard.

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