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Jul 4, 2018 · A horror film about a dystopian society that allows one night of crime per year. The review criticizes the simplistic social commentary, the poor acting and the excessive gore of the movie.
Jul 4, 2018 · The First Purge should satisfy fans of the franchise and filmgoers in the mood for violent vicarious thrills, even if its subtextual reach exceeds its grasp. Read Critics Reviews
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- Gerard Mcmurray
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- Y'lan Noel
The First Purge is a horror/thriller about a social political experiment: in Staten Island, the rule of law is lifted for a period of twelve hours. On the surface, this is to relieve tension...
- This prequel comes up empty when mining real-life tragedies as the backdrop for a summer movie.
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By Nick Romano
Updated: Jul 4, 2018 12:01 am
Posted: Jul 4, 2018 12:00 am
The Purge franchise has always served as satirical horror, even as its political elements have become more overt with The Purge: Election Year. Satire often works best when there’s a message behind it, but this is now a problem with The First Purge.
Director Gerard McMurray and screenwriter James DeMonaco have directly lifted moments from the real world, including the rise of Trump, police brutalities, the Russian collusion investigation, and mass shootings. There’s even an unmistakable joke on the “grab them by the p—y” controversy. Instead of re-contextualizing these moments or presenting a new argument, The First Purge veers so forcefully towards exploitation that its message gets lost among all the “F— you”s to the Trump administration. I’m not fully convinced there was much of a message to begin with beyond playing out a revenge fantasy on the Trump regime.
A prequel for the Purge franchise, this fourth installment bears many of the familiar markings of a Purge movie, only now we learn how it all came to be. The New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA), a clear parody of the Trump administration, rose to power through funding from the NRA and a diet of fear-mongering. When Dr. Updale (Marisa Tomei) came along with a psychological experiment on the human condition, the NFFA used it as a legal way to violently target impoverished and marginalized communities. It starts with ground zero for the experiment, Staten Island. Despite pushback, the government takes advantage of the low-income areas by offering thousands of dollars as an incentive to participate in The Purge.
The morning after catching a press screening for The First Purge, I was still trying to reconcile what I saw on screen. There was that undeniable satisfaction watching someone from a marginalized community cut through machine gun-carrying Nazis — the same kind of satisfaction you get from watching pulp slasher films or revenge thrillers. Yet, there...
- Nick Romano
Terrible prequel more about violence than social commentary. Read Common Sense Media's The First Purge review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Gerard Mcmurray
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Marisa Tomei, Lex Scott Davis, Y'lan Noel
Jul 3, 2018 · “The First Purge” is a slipshod dystopian pulp comic book rooted in gangbanger clichés. It’s a threadbare “Boyz N the Hood” meets “Lord of the Flies.”
Jul 3, 2018 · ‘The First Purge’: Film Review. Director Gerard McMurray takes over for series creator James DeMonaco in 'The First Purge,' the fourth bloody slog through an annual anything-goes national...
