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MrDoog

Synopsis:

Evil white politicians force the black community of Staten Island to partake in a controversial purge night by offering them money, as the only way to make money is to purge or become a drug dealer.
Because so few partake in the purging, the evil white politicians hire loads of evil white mercenaries (who dress up as KKK members, army and police officers) to systematically massacre the black community.
However, these highly trained mercenaries are no match for a black gang of drug dealers with a heart of gold.
As a result the evil white politicians use drones to wipe out most of the good-guy black drug dealers. Nevertheless the evil white mercenaries get their comeuppance in the end, getting methodically eliminated by the best black drug dealer of them all.

I feel like this movie may be trying to tell me something but it's a bit too subtle for me to grasp

5 years 6 months ago

Siskoid

The First Purge feels more prophetic than it did in 2018, but then, the time frame would be much closer to us as it shows the prototype for Purge Night. If you listen to the news broadcasts at the top of the movie though, the buzz words are right out of 2020's news cycle, and the images of violence on the streets will certain evoke what we've been seeing out of major American cities re: rioting cops. Brrr. So what WAS the secret origin of the Purge? Well, would you believe it's all built on a lie? Of course it is. Set on Statten Island, the first experiment isn't all that different from some of the other films in the series - a cast of characters from poor backgrounds try to survive the night and/or take action against the elite. There's even a bit of home invasion phobia that harks back to the first film (but has always been a part of the series' DNA). I continue to find interest in these things and don't ask too much finesse from them. Since we know the New Founding Fathers went ahead with their nationwide initiative, it does make some of the heroic action futile in a sense, but I find the actors involved watchable enough to care what happens to their characters.

3 years 7 months ago

sacmersault

Best movie line ever: "You pussy-grabbing mothafucker."

5 years 8 months ago

Minamu

Strange how the 4th movie, and a prequel at that, is the best of the bunch.

3 years 5 months ago

ryano1076

More of a racial propaganda message than anything to do with the first three Purge movies. No surprise though, as the Left has totally taken over Hollywood and is pretty much doing this to every movie and show nowadays..
@MrDoog I completely agree with your review.

5 years 1 month ago