The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
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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Best movie of this year hands down!
Sorry, this movie sucks
Simply Perfect
Great Film overall
The Purge: Anarchy Is a movie starring Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, and Zach Gilford. Three groups of people intertwine and are left stranded in the streets on Purge Night, trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs. The Purge 2 is definitely way better than the previous film and casting Frank Grillo was a pretty damn good choice to begin with. The film has more action than the original film from 2013 but also a bit more suspense and much better likable characters, the story is for sure pretty dumb to begin with and like i said it works better if you think about it rather than do it but unlike the first one this got the job done better something that the 3rd film did really killed. (7/10)
With "The Purge" in 2013, writer/director James DeMonaco introduced one of the most original and disturbingly realistic premises for a dystopian Sci-Fi/thriller flick in many years. However, for some inexplicable reason, DeMonaco took all the great potential and wasted it on making yet another mundane and run-of-the-mill slasher/vigilante thriller. Literally everyone could see that the concept of "The Purge" (all types of crime are legalized during a 12-hour period across the USA in a not-so-distant future) offers endless possibilities, and apparently DeMonaco realized it too in the meantime, since the first numberless sequel is better, more disturbing and a lot more varied in terms of purging types & participants. Whereas in the first film, only one wealthy family got targeted by a violent gang in their heavily secured house, there are various storylines in "Anarchy". Here we see how the purge is used as an excuse to extract personal vengeance, how rich families literally buy poor people to feast their murder lusts upon, how family feuds are resolved, how the government organizes a secretive sort of mass-cleansing and how street gangs (with awesome masks) chase and round up victims for pretentious snobs. That last storyline reminded me of one of the oldest cult premises in cinema history, and a personal favorite classic of mine, namely "The Most Dangerous Game". There's still a lot of efficient satire and social criticism in DeMonaco's script, notably regarding America's culture of violence and the pro-weapon attitude. Contrary to most horror films and thrillers nowadays, "The Purge: Anarchy" has a cast full of amiable and realistic characters, and the performances (Frank Grillo, Zoë Soul, Kiele Sanchez...) are more than adequate.
Anarchy does not mean chaos. We live in a constant state of chaos. Voluntary or forced order.
An interesting plot but with some generic characters - an ex-military machismo super soldier, the "profound" young adult, and a young couple whose car breaks down (not kidding). While the acting wasn't superb, it wasn't the worst, and definitely far from the worst for a sequel. The movie is mildly suspenseful but some of the character motivations and connections come across weak.What really takes away from it all is the obscene political correctness. The anti-purge heroes are all black, everyone bad is old and white, and everyone poor or struggling is black/latino. The purge is created to wipe out the poor (read Black) population to transfer wealth back to the top (?) What is a novel idea for a thriller, tries too hard to come out of the racial mess looking clean. Its OK to make some of the white characters poor, its OK to make some of the elitists black!