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The Purge is a 2013 American dystopian action horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco.The film stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, and Max Burkholder as members of a wealthy family who find themselves endangered by a gang of murderers during the annual Purge, a night during which all crime, including murder, is temporarily legal.
In the movie, Staten Island is chosen as a “testing ground” for a new concept — the purge — by the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA). For 12 hours, all crime on the island will be legal.
The Purge is an American anthology media franchise centered on a series of dystopian action horror films distributed by Universal Pictures and produced by Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes, which are written and in some cases also directed by James DeMonaco, who was inspired by a Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Return of the Archons".
Tony Dakota (born 1982) is an American actor known for his roles as Clavo on the television series 21 Jump Street and Georgie Denbrough in the 1990 television mini-series version of Stephen King's epic horror novel It. [1]
Over five low-budget box office hits and a two-season TV series, “The Purge” saga — which portrays a not-too-distant-future America where all crimes, including murder, are legal for one ...
The First Purge is a 2018 American dystopian action horror film directed by Gerard McMurray and starring Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, and Steve Harris. Written and co-executive produced by James DeMonaco , it is the first film of The Purge series not to be directed by him.
Social media users were quick to point out that a world in which people are free to act without impunity for a short amount of time is the exact plot of The Purge. One user on X posted a reminder ...
With the top three films at the box office, F9, Family Business, and The Forever Purge, all having been released by Universal, it marked the first time a single studio had done so since February 2005. [52] The film fell 43.1% in its sophomore weekend to $7.1 million, finishing fourth, then made $4.2 million in its third weekend, finishing in sixth.