A Killer Film

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‘The Purge: Anarchy’ is rated R for strong disturbing violence, and for language.

Last year’s first installment of James DeMonaco’s ‘The Purge’ film series left me quite disappointed. For a movie where all crime (including murder) is legal for 12 hours, hardly any of that crime was shown and the total body count had to have been less than five. Basically, it was another home invasion movie and provided almost nothing new to the film industry. I was excited to hear that a sequel was being produced and would take place outside in the city streets during the fictional event of the Purge.

Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Warrior) stars as an unnamed Sergeant taking advantage of the Purge’s allowance for murder to find and kill the man who had taken his son’s life one year prior in a DUI accident. While en route to the man’s house, he comes across two women being dragged out into a street from their home to be gunned down in cold blood. As he leaves his car to save the women, a couple whose vehicle had broken down just before the Purge takes refuge in the Sergeant’s backseat. Now with four lives in his hands, he must find a way to get them to safety, take vengeance on the man who murdered his son, all while being hunted by two bloodthirsty gangs.

The action in this sequel was what I had originally hoped for in the first film, and due to the nature of the twisted events it provides, you never know what could happen next.

As this movie is almost completely unrelated to the first film, except for the Purge event itself, I almost consider ‘The Purge: Anarchy’ to be a reboot of the franchise and a satisfactory one at that.

 ‘The Purge: Anarchy’ is rated R for strong disturbing violence, and for language.