The Purge is an upcoming 2013 American Science Fiction horror/thriller film directed and written by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey.
Directed by James DeMonaco
Produced by Michael Bay
Written by James DeMonaco
Starring Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide
Kane, Max Burkholder
Music by Nathan Whitehead
Release date(s) June 7, 2013
Running time 85 minutes[1]
The year is 2022. The United States is a nation reborn;
unemployment rates are at 1% and crime is at an all-time low. This was
accomplished by the U.S. government sanctioning an annual 12-hour period from
the evening of June 7 to the morning of June 8 in which all criminal activity
-- up to and including murder -- becomes legal. The police can't be called.
Hospitals suspend help. This annual event, known as The Purge, serves as a
catharsis for the American people, giving them a chance to vent the negative
emotions they keep inside of them with the ultimate goal of keeping
unemployment and crime at extremely low levels for the rest of the year. On
this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles
with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When
a stranger screaming for help is let into James Sandin's protected house during
the yearly lockdown, a sequence of events begin that puts the family's chances
of survival in danger. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary, and their kids,
Zoey and Charlie, to make it through the night without turning into the
monsters from whom they hide.
StarCast
Ethan Hawke as James Sandin
Lena Headey as Mary Sandin
Adelaide Kane as Zoey Sandin
Max Burkholder as Charlie Sandin
Edwin Hodge as Stranger
Rhys Wakefield as Polite stranger
Tony Oller as Henry
Release
Originally planned for a May 31, 2013 release; the film was
rescheduled for a June 7, 2013 release instead. The film was rated R from the
MPAA for "strong disturbing.
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