The First Purge is a 2018 American dystopian action horror film directed by Gerard McMurray and starring Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, and Steve Harris. It is the fourth installment in the Purge franchise, the film is a prequel depicting the origins of the annual \”Purge\”, a 12-hour span once a year in which all crime in America, including murder, rape and arson, is legal. In an alternate 2014, the New Founding Fathers of America are now the most powerful party in the United States, including the current President, Bracken.
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The First Purge is a 2018 American dystopian action horror film directed by Gerard McMurray and starring Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, and Steve Harris. It is the fourth installment in the Purge franchise, the film is a prequel depicting the origins of the annual \”Purge\”, a 12-hour span once a year in which all crime in America, including murder, rape and arson, is legal. In an alternate 2014, the New Founding Fathers of America are now the most powerful party in the United States, including the current President, Bracken. The film was released on July 4, 2018, by Universal Pictures. It has grossed over USD 137 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing entry in the franchise, but received mixed reviews from critics like its predecessors. It marks the first film of the series not to be directed by James DeMonaco, it is the third film in the series to be co-written and co-produced by James deMonaco and the first to be released on the same day as The Purge: Anarchy, which was released the same week.
The movie was released to mixed reviews, but is expected to be a box-office hit when it is released on November 14. The first Purge was held on Staten Island in 2014. It was an experiment confined to Staten Island with the promise that those who stay on the island for its duration will be paid a large sum of money. The NFFA offers residents USD 5,000 to stay during the experiment, with additional compensation if they join the purge and survive. They also outfit the participants with contact lens cameras so that they can monitor all activity and put tracking devices in them so they will know if they try to leave the island. Deranged drug addict Skeletor discusses his dark thoughts, including his desire to unleash his hatred on other people. The video of the first-ever Purge murder goes viral.
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