I saw "The Purge:Election Year", starring Frank Grillo-The Captain America movies, The Grey; Elizabeth Mitchell-Lost_tv, Frequency; Mykelti Williamson-Justified_tv, Con Air and Kyle Secor-Veronica Mars_tv, City Slickers.
This is one of those love it or hate it movies. I love them. In case you missed the other 2-or are unfamiliar with the action/horror franchise-it takes place in the not-too-distant future of 2025, where the NFFA-New Founding Fathers of America-have instituted a yearly 'purge'. On this one day, any crime is legal for 12 hours-sunset to sunrise-with most people preferring murder. The only exception is government officials. You can't just walk up to, say, the President, and shoot him. All 3 movies are written & directed by the same man, James DeMonaco, the first in 2013 and the second in 2014. Basically, the government uses the purge to keep crime and the population under control-pretty much taking out the poor, lower class since the richer people can afford fortresses to hide in or bigger guns to hunt with. Frank plays a secret service agent that is assigned to protect senator Elizabeth, who is running to become President on a platform that she will eliminate the purge. Kyle is her opposite; he is a proud NFFA member and wants to continue the tradition of purging, so he too wants to be President. It seems that the NFFA do not want Elizabeth to win so they plot to take her out of the equation, during the purge. And to do that, they suspend the amendment to the purge about government officials being exempt. Open season on everybody! Frank must spend the night trying to keep Elizabeth alive so that she can win the election and get rid of the purge. Mykelti is a sympathetic shop owner that helps Frank on his obstacle course of death while they are evading Neo-Nazis mercenaries hired by NFFA plus the regular purge participants. If you liked the others, you should enjoy this one, too. It is rated "R" for bloody violence and strong language and has a running time of 1 hour & 45 minutes. I really liked it and I think it's the best of the 3. I would buy it on DVD.
This is one of those love it or hate it movies. I love them. In case you missed the other 2-or are unfamiliar with the action/horror franchise-it takes place in the not-too-distant future of 2025, where the NFFA-New Founding Fathers of America-have instituted a yearly 'purge'. On this one day, any crime is legal for 12 hours-sunset to sunrise-with most people preferring murder. The only exception is government officials. You can't just walk up to, say, the President, and shoot him. All 3 movies are written & directed by the same man, James DeMonaco, the first in 2013 and the second in 2014. Basically, the government uses the purge to keep crime and the population under control-pretty much taking out the poor, lower class since the richer people can afford fortresses to hide in or bigger guns to hunt with. Frank plays a secret service agent that is assigned to protect senator Elizabeth, who is running to become President on a platform that she will eliminate the purge. Kyle is her opposite; he is a proud NFFA member and wants to continue the tradition of purging, so he too wants to be President. It seems that the NFFA do not want Elizabeth to win so they plot to take her out of the equation, during the purge. And to do that, they suspend the amendment to the purge about government officials being exempt. Open season on everybody! Frank must spend the night trying to keep Elizabeth alive so that she can win the election and get rid of the purge. Mykelti is a sympathetic shop owner that helps Frank on his obstacle course of death while they are evading Neo-Nazis mercenaries hired by NFFA plus the regular purge participants. If you liked the others, you should enjoy this one, too. It is rated "R" for bloody violence and strong language and has a running time of 1 hour & 45 minutes. I really liked it and I think it's the best of the 3. I would buy it on DVD.