When The Purge premiered in 2013, it was easy to dismiss it as another high-concept Blumhouse experiment — a home-invasion thriller wrapped around a gimmick. One night a year, all crime is legal.

The Purge premiered in 2013, showing a supposedly utopian America where crime rates have fallen to their lowest in decades. The problem is that the country achieves these low crime rates through “the ...

'The Purge: Anarchy'; 'The Purge: Election Year'; 'The First Purge' The Purge began as a low-budget home invasion thriller with a killer premise: What if once a year, all crime was legal for 12 ...

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