Product Information
A family living in a gated community fights to defend their home against vicious attackers during the one night each year when all crime is legal, in this high-concept thriller from writer\director James DeMonaco.Product Identifiers
ProducerMichael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Sebastian Lemercier
EAN5050582953596
eBay Product ID (ePID)171446508
Product Key Features
ActorMax Burkholder, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Ethan Hawke
Film/TV TitleThe Purge
DirectorJames Demonaco
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Danish\Dutch\Finnish\French\German\Hindi\Icelandic\Italian\Japanese\Norwegian\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish
Run Time85 Mins
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2013
FeaturesUltraViolet\Surviving the Night - The Making of THE PURGE\UltraViolet\Surviving the Night - The Making of THE PURGE, With Subtitles
GenreThriller, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsVillage Voice - ...the set-up is arresting, the domestic scenes well observed and acted, and the payoffs involving that Roomba toy excellent. Also, a late-film twist isn't a surprise, exactly, but it is delicious., The Playlist - The Purge manages to be smart, scary, and subversive.
Additional InformationA family living in a gated community fights to defend their home against vicious attackers during the one night each year when all crime is legal in this high-concept thriller from writer\director James DeMonaco. In the not-too-distant future, rampant crime and prison overcrowding has inspired the U.S. government to implement a unique solution to restore the peace: Each year, for a 12 hour period, any and all crime becomes permissible as police put their jobs on hold, and hospitals close their doors. It's called 'The Purge', and remarkably, the annual event leads to drastically reduced crime and record low unemployment throughout the rest of the year. This year, as suburban parents James (Ethan Hawke) and Mary (Lena Headly) place their home on lockdown for the annual event, a desperate man finds his way into their neighbourhood while fleeing a sadistic gang of masked killers. In a moment of compassion, James and Mary's adolescent son (Max Burkholder) unlocks the door, offering sanctuary to the frightened stranger. Unfortunately for the entire family, that act of kindness may also be his very last, because now the killers who were pursuing the man have surrounded the house, and vowed to kill everyone inside unless they are willingly given the man they are hunting within an hour. As the clock begins to tick, the family faces a difficult dilemma - do they sacrifice the life of one man in hopes of saving themselves, or attempt to stand their ground until The Purge expires?
ScreenwriterJames DeMonaco
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Purge
Consumer AdviceContains strong language and bloody violence