FilmRSurvival Psychological Sci-Fi Horror

The First Purge2018

Name: The First Purge
Genre: Survival, Psychological, Sci-Fi Horror
Released: 2018-07-04
Rating: 5.3

“Witness the birth of an American tradition.”

Directed by Gerard McMurray

5.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.2Rotten Tomatoes 55%Metacritic 54TMDB 6.0

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Year

2018

Runtime

97 min

Box Office

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$137,056,262

Domestic

$69,488,745

🏆 1 nomination total

The premise

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Horror Vault's take

Before the Purge became a national institution, it was a single night of government-sanctioned violence unleashed on one isolated community in Staten Island. Residents who can't afford to flee must decide whether to hide, fight, or survive as the experiment spirals beyond anyone's control. This origin story pulls back the curtain on the political machinery behind the mayhem, grounding the franchise's dystopian premise in raw, street-level terror.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gun Violence, Drug Use, Racial And Political Themes That Some Viewers May Find Distressing