The Purge: Election Year

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The Purge: Election Year

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2016

1h 51m

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Horror

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As a young woman, Sen. Charlie Roan survived the annual night of lawlessness that took the lives of her family members. As a presidential candidate, Roan is determined to end the yearly tradition of bloodlust once and for all. When her opponents hatch a deadly scheme, the senator finds herself trapped on the streets of Washington, D.C., just as the latest Purge gets underway. Now, it's up to Leo Barnes, her head of security, to keep her alive during the next 12 hours of mayhem.

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Critics Consensus

It isn't particularly subtle, but The Purge: Election Year's blend of potent jolts and timely themes still add up to a nastily effective diversion.

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

10/10/2016

3/5

More interesting than most popcorn thrillers.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

08/28/2016

2/5

The Purge: Election Year feels like a franchise that is running out of ideas.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

08/25/2016

2/5

DeMonaco serves up plenty of chases, shoot-outs and gory killings but, amid all the mayhem, he soon loses sight of the political subtext.

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

08/07/2023

Fun Horror Action but AWFUL Villain characters that annoy you through the entire runtime.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/24/2022

2/5

Whether DeMonaco is visualizing a reflection of our current condition or providing a cautionary tale, his dependency on his high-minded message ultimately drowns out the drama.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

04/11/2022

1.5/4

DeMonaco's movie provides his audience with the very thing the movie seems to condemn: mindless, uninhibited aggression.

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J H

@UpstateNYThriller Jul 22

8/10 Good purge movie Woman whose family is murdered on purge night, runs for office to try and overturn the purge. Someone on her security detail betrays her The black girls, and Frank Grillo are in it from that other purge. One of the best purges, they have to protect the senator who’s running for president and hunt down the current president. No likes yet

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Andrew A

@rt_andrew Apr 24

A solid step up from the first two.

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Seba M.

@Sebatropi Mar 15

One of my favorite movie of all time, I need another movie like this one

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Damon G

@Dmoney420 Feb 22

Super good franchise love election year

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Ville H

@movienjoyer Dec 4

All of the purge movies has been amazing so far I can't believe it, I absolutely love it!

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Jewel S

@RT55800920 Sep 24

They should have stopped at the first movie

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Synopsis

As a young woman, Sen. Charlie Roan survived the annual night of lawlessness that took the lives of her family members. As a presidential candidate, Roan is determined to end the yearly tradition of bloodlust once and for all. When her opponents hatch a deadly scheme, the senator finds herself trapped on the streets of Washington, D.C., just as the latest Purge gets underway. Now, it's up to Leo Barnes, her head of security, to keep her alive during the next 12 hours of mayhem.

Director: James DeMonaco
Producer: Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Sebastien K. Lemercier
Screenwriter: James DeMonaco
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse Productions
Rating: R (Strong Language|Disturbing Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 1, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 20, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $79.0M
Runtime: 1h 51m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)