Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- california
- dystopia
- barricade
- bloody fight
- home invasion
- survival horror
- blood lust
- rich vs poor
- constitutional convention
- legalized murder
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Edwin Hodge — Bloody Stranger
- Rhys Wakefield — Polite Leader
- Tony Oller — Henry
- Arija Bareikis — Mrs. Grace Ferrin
- Tom Yi — Mr. Cali
- Chris Mulkey — Mr. Halverson
- Tisha French — Mrs. Halverson
- Dana Bunch — Mr. Ferrin
- Peter Gvozdas — Dr. Peter Buynak
- John Weselcouch — Freak Interrupting
- Alicia Vela-Bailey — Female Freak
- Directed
- James DeMonaco
- Written
- James DeMonaco
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 8,952 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Why Not Productions, Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2013 · You’re hereThe Purge
Where it starts.
The Purge: Anarchy
2014
The Purge: Election Year
2016
The First Purge
2018
The Forever Purge
2021
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
