The Purge
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| German title | The Purge |
| Original title | The Purge |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | James DeMonaco |
| script | James DeMonaco |
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Michael Bay , Jason Blum , Andrew Form , Bradley Fuller , Sébastien Kurt Lemercier |
| music | Nathan Whitehead |
| camera | Jacques Jouffret |
| cut | Peter Gvozdas |
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The Purge - The Cleansing is a 2013 published dystopian thriller and horror movie with socially critical undertones. Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey play the leading roles. The film's director, James DeMonaco , is also the script writer . The film opened in Germany on June 13, 2013.
action
In the year 2022, the "New Founding Fathers of America " will rule the United States . In order to keep crime rates and unemployment down, the government - successfully in this regard - organizes an annual “purge night” in which all crimes, including murder , are legal . From 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. the following day, the emergency call systems of the police, fire brigade and hospitals cannot be reached. The only rules are that senior government officials from "level 10" are not affected and only weapons up to "level 4" may be used.
James Sandin is employed in sales for a security technology company and made his fortune selling security systems for “purge night”. He lives in a large estate with his wife, Mary, and their two children, Zoey and Charlie. Exactly at 7:00 p.m. on March 21, Sandin secured his house and locked all doors and windows with protective shields. Zoey is surprised in her room by her friend Henry, who sneaked into the house shortly before the security devices were activated. Henry is not accepted by Zoey's father, who considers him too old for Zoey. He convinces Zoey that her father will not throw him out of the house that night and that the two men can have a clarifying conversation with Zoey's father.
James and his family are watching what is going on around the house through multi- screen surveillance cameras . When Charlie is alone in the room, he watches a badly bleeding stranger who calls for help because he is being followed. Charlie then deactivates the security system and lets the stranger into the house. After James reactivated the system, he threatens the stranger with a gun and wants to push him out of the house as soon as possible. At that moment, Henry appears and, contrary to his announcement, shoots James in order to get rid of his girlfriend's father with impunity. James shoots back and hits Henry in the chest. Zoey disappears after Henry succumbs to his injuries in her room. In the turmoil, the stranger can escape and hide in the spacious house. James brings Mary and Charlie back to the surveillance room and goes in search of the stranger and his daughter.
Shortly afterwards, the stranger's persecutors, who have chosen him as this year's victim, appear in front of the house and use the security cameras to give the family an ultimatum : Either the Sandins hand over the target before reinforcements arrive, or they are into the house with heavy equipment enter and kill everyone in it. Charlie finally discovers the stranger and leads him to a secret hiding place with the help of a self-constructed toy robot . When Zoey also wants to hide there, she is taken hostage by the stranger . James and Mary manage to overpower the stranger, but they don't have the heart to hand him over to his pursuers.
After the given deadline, the masked mob breaks into the house and has a bloody fight with the Sandins. Many of the intruders are killed. Nevertheless, the ringleader manages to stab James with a combat knife , but he is later shot by Zoey. The rest of the intruders are killed by the Sandins' neighbors who appear to be rushing to their aid. It turns out, however, that they only came to take revenge on the family out of envy of their wealth. As they are about to tie up the defenseless woman and her children, the strange man who is still hiding in her house comes to their aid and kills one of the neighbors. Mary gets the chance to kill the rest of the neighbors, but she wants to stop the killing. The surviving neighbors and the stranger spend the rest of the night at the Sandins' house.
When the "purge night" officially ends at seven in the morning, Mary throws the neighbors out of the house. She thanks the stranger, who then leaves. The three surviving Sandins also leave the house, while the arrival of the first emergency services in the settlement can be heard off- screen .
The credits are underlaid with news reports, which classify this year's “Purge Night” with its highest death and “purge numbers” to date as extremely successful and indicate that the next “purge” will follow in exactly one year. However, critical voices can also be heard.
publication
In Great Britain , the film opened in theaters on May 31, 2013, before the theatrical release in the USA on June 7, and grossed $ 34 million by June 11, which was ten times its budget. The film opened in German cinemas on June 13th. By June 20, the film grossed over $ 61 million worldwide.
criticism
"Clairvoyant future parables whose profound radicalism is deeply disturbing."
“The basic idea of THE PURGE - DIE CÄUBERUNG offers a lot of cinematic potential, which has only been exploited to a limited extent. The main characters of the film lack theatrical color and recognition value and after a successful start, logic errors and jumps in action are the annoying agenda. The message of the film, on the other hand, is hard to miss ... "
“One can forgive a genuine genre work that one tends to save on subtleties. But what else does the film have to offer? Unfortunately not much. It soon becomes clear that DeMonaco relies a little too much on his basic idea. Furthermore, he is only trying to amalgamate the horror cinema of the more recent times. The director shows a particular weakness for the gimmicks of the media horror that has been popular for years. "
Sequels
Four days after it opened in theaters in the US, Universal announced a sequel to the film. Jason Blum acted again as producer. Frank Grillo was hired for the leading role . Michael K. Williams , Zach Gilford , Carmen Ejogo and Kiele Sanchez can also be seen in other roles . James DeMonaco again directed the film.
In January 2014, the title The Purge: Anarchy was announced. The official trailer for the film was released on February 12, 2014. The Purge: Anarchy was originally scheduled to open in US cinemas on June 20, 2014, but the film release was postponed to July 18. The film opened in German cinemas on July 31, 2014.
The German theatrical release of the second sequel entitled The Purge: Election Year was originally announced for June 30, 2016. The first trailer was released on February 10, 2016. The German theatrical release took place on September 15, 2016. This part was also staged by James DeMonaco.
A fourth part entitled The First Purge was released on July 4, 2018. The television series of the same name has been available in German on Amazon Prime since September 21 .
The fifth and final part of The Purge is due to hit US cinemas on July 10, 2020 .
Web links
- The Purge - The Purge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Certificate of Release for The Purge . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2013 (PDF; test number: 139 119 K).
- ↑ Weekend Box Office Results for June 7–9, 2013 . Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ^ 'The Purge' shocks with $ 36.4 million opening at box office . In: Fox News . FOX News Network, LLC, June 9, 2013, accessed March 4, 2016 .
- ^ The Purge at Cinema.de, accessed on June 14, 2013
- ^ The Purge ( Memento from June 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at Kino7.de, accessed on June 14, 2013
- ^ Film review at Critic.de, accessed on June 14, 2013
- ↑ "The Purge 2": Continuation of the sci-fi horror "The Purge" announced at Filmstarts.de, accessed on June 20, 2013
- ↑ The Purge 2 - Further victims for the second round of the purge known , blairwitch.de, accessed on December 20, 2013
- ↑ The Purge: Anarchy - Universal Pictures gave the sequel a new name , blairwitch.de, accessed on January 31, 2014
- ↑ Dates at deadline.com , accessed on March 7, 2014
- ↑ Dates at Filmstarts.de , accessed on March 7, 2014
- ↑ The Purge: Election Year Trailer. In: youtube.com. February 10, 2016, accessed February 12, 2016 .
- ^ The Purge: Election Year (2016) ; kino.de, accessed on September 9, 2016
- ^ The First Purge Official Movie Site. Universal Studios, accessed April 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Amazon Prime Original "The Purge" available in German from September 21st . In: Caschy's blog . September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ The Purge 5 is the last part of the horror series: This is the cinema release. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .