The First Purge

2018 • 97 minutes
3.6
61 reviews
55%
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About this movie

Blumhouse Productions welcomes you to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge. To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Ratings and reviews

3.6
61 reviews
A Google user
November 19, 2018
Started out ok then imho became a bit lost in the unnecessary racial undertones and division, along with glorifying characters who were arguably unworthy of being classed as film heroes in any sense of the word .... Disappointed, having liked the other Purge movies and felt their message was one not overwhelmingly based on race, but of issues facing everyone, this one I wish I had avoided. Really doesn't do the franchise any favours. If there is another, would take a lot for me to not wait until it was free..... Just glad I rented rather than cinema :-)
4 people found this review helpful
Chris Plowman
October 24, 2018
Worst of the 4 in my opinion. It never really gets going. The main problem is we have seen it all before. The idea is great, but I think it needs refreshing now...
26 people found this review helpful
Richard Sylvester
April 5, 2019
I liked this.. A Big Mac of a movie . ..yes its a bit cliché .but there is some fun characters . The subject matter is up for debate , conspiracy theory ,big brother..etc.. I won't spoil it .