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The First Purge
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2018 film directed by Gerard McMurray
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The First Purge is a 2018 American thriller, horror, and action film written by James DeMonaco and directed by Gerard McMurray. Produced by Michael Bay and companies including Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse Productions, and Universal Pictures, the movie stars Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Lauren Vélez, and Marisa Tomei. It follows The Purge: Election Year and is set in Los Angeles. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix in video on demand format.
The movie has a runtime of 97 minutes and carries an R rating. It was released on July 4, 2018, with a budget of 13,000,000 and generated revenue of 137,056,262. Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. Review scores include 56% and 5.5/10, as well as 54/100. The film received one nomination total. It is part of The Purge Collection and is followed by The Forever Purge.
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Film · TMDB
6.0To 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 others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
Cast
- Y'lan Noel as Dmitri Cimber
- Lex Scott Davis as Nya Charms
- Joivan Wade as Isaiah Charms
- Steve Harris as Freddy
- Mugga as Dolores
- Patch Darragh as Arlo Sabian / Chief of Staff
Themes
- new york city
- new jersey
- dystopia
- sequel
- prequel
- murder
- church
- survival horror
- social media
- staten island, new york city
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Ratings
IMDb
5.2/10
77,826 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Metacritic
54/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gerard McMurray
- Written by
- James DeMonaco
- Produced by
- Jason Blum Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller Sébastien K. Lemercier
- Starring
- Y'lan Noel Lex Scott Davis Joivan Wade Steve Harris
- Cinematography
- Anastas Michos
- Edited by
- Jim Page
- Music by
- Kevin Lax
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures Platinum Dunes Blumhouse Productions Man in a Tree Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- July 4, 2018 ( 2018-07-04 )
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $13 million
- Box office
- $137.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- The Forever Purge
- Follows
- The Purge: Election Year
- Screenwriter
- James DeMonaco
- Cast member
- Steve Harris
- Producer
- Michael Bay
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 188962
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thefirstpurge.com
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- title
- The First Purge
- publication date
- 2018-07-05
- distributed by
- Netflix
- social media followers
- 86185
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 54/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The First Purge is a 2018 American dystopian action horror film serving as a prequel to The Purge film series and the fourth installment overall. Written by James DeMonaco and directed by Gerard McMurray, it is the first film in the franchise not directed by DeMonaco. It stars Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, and Steve Harris.
The film depicts the origins of the annual "Purge": a 12-hour period in which all crime in America is decriminalized as a means to reduce crime for the rest of the year. The event originates as an experiment conceived by a political party called the New Founding Fathers of America and 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, but the NFFA are determined to get the results they want by any means necessary.
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