The Purge: Election Year

Frank Grillo returns as a hardened security expert protecting Elizabeth Mitchell’s presidential candidate in this third installment of the Universal franchise.

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The follow-up, 2014’s Purge: Anarchy, opened up DeMonaco’s ultraviolent world beyond one family’s bloody fight for survival while introducing a promising cop character played with sinewy, slice-and-dice heroism by Frank Grillo. Quality-wise, however, the sequel was a lateral move.

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Creepy masks and class warfare color this highly politicized entry in the horror-movie franchise.

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DeMonaco has his finger on the pulse of our struggle and has found a way to put it onscreen as all good horror does. Sure he and Jason Blum are making money, but you cannot deny they aren’t also forcing us to acknowledge the social science at play.

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The Purge gets overtly political in Election Year.

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'The Purge: Election Year': Surprisingly effective sequel and a commentary on politics.

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The Purge: Election Year takes itself just seriously enough to provide the expected measure of fun — a blend of aggression, release and relief. A lot of people die, but no one really gets hurt.

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America, 2025. As public sentiment rises against the Purge, ruling class the New Founding Fathers Of America target Presidential candidate Charlotte Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), who’s lobbying to end the annual lawless mayhem. She’ll need help from Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) if she’s to survive the night.

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If The Purge: Election Year is ultimately still engaging, it’s largely because of the irresistibility of the basic concept itself.

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The Purge: Election Year’s violent scenarios feel unhinged from recognizable social or moral outrages.

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It's the narrative equivalent of Twitter: so much there, but nothing going on.

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Even DeMonaco seems bored by the sieges, escapes and gun battles. Silly one-liners are the only saving grace, and that's because such acting veterans as Williamson know how to sell them.

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There's nothing specific, thoughtful or emotionally involving about "Election Night" beyond a basic need to push buttons, and get a rise out of viewers.

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“The Purge: Election Year” imagines that, right now, laws are being ignored, people gun each other down with impunity and the death toll is horrendous. It’s too bad the title “Chicago” was already taken.

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