Purge, The: Anarchy (2014) [Blu-ray]
Action | Horror | Thriller

Taglines: Welcome to America where one night a year all crime is legal.

The New Founders of America invite you to celebrate your annual right to Purge. The Purge: Anarchy takes it to the streets for the country's yearly 12 hours of anarchy, when all crime is legal. This new story follows an unlikely group of five strangers over the course of the night. As they fight to survive a night fraught with impossible decisions, these strangers will find out just how far they will go to protect themselves and, ultimately, each other.

Storyline: A couple are driving home when their car breaks down just as the Purge commences. Meanwhile, a police sergeant goes out into the streets to get revenge on the man who killed his son, and a mother and daughter run from their home after assailants destroy it. The five people meet up as they attempt to survive the night in Los Angeles. Written by Anonymous

User Comment: Ella Mentree from United States • 21 July 2014 -- The 2013 movie "The Purge" left a bad taste in all of our mouths as nothing more than a pseudo-slasher with a hamfisted plot, poor pacing, and a desperate attempt at "horror." Upon seeing the first trailer for "The Purge: Anarchy," my first and most immediate thought was "we really don't need another one of these." The first film was self-contained and didn't leave any opening for a reasonable sequel. But after seeing a few more commercials and looking into it some more, I decided to give this film the benefit of the doubt and I am NOT disappointed.

The film stands on its own feet much better than the first film did, and mostly because of what it's going for. Instead of trying to be a Horror movie, it becomes a fantastic Thriller/Action film set in a pseudo-apocalyptic future about a group of people trying to survive on a night where it's all-out war on the streets.

A lot of themes are explored -- Human Nature, Fear, Anger, Revenge, Heroism -- in ways that many other movies don't really explore it. And more than that, every small detail is kept in mind throughout the film.

Compared to everything else I've seen so far this year, this is by far the best thriller film to come out. It holds its own and it has a message instead of just being a movie about wanton violence. The action scenes are done well, and the tension is enough to keep interest even in the low parts of the film. Every moment you think is safe leads directly into the next moment of pressure for the main characters, and you can't help but sympathize for the characters who (all but one) don't even want to be stuck out here on this horrid night.

I very highly recommend this film to anyone who likes thrillers or action films with a little bit of psychological horror thrown in.

And a little bit of a tip? Forget everything from the first film. "The Purge" doesn't set up or explain anything that this film doesn't, doesn't add anything to this film, and isn't even worth watching beforehand.

The Purge: Anarchy is a great film in its own right and it's worth watching. My only issue is that the first film couldn't have been more like this.

Summary: I can see now why it's not called "The Purge 2"

[CSW] -2.6- This sequel is significantly better than the first. What everyone was hoping to see is a view of chaos, or dare I say "anarchy" on the streets. While the first did not have that, and tried to make another clichéd home invasion movie out of it, this movie brought back those former expectations. This movie has an excellent concept and finally an original plot. But like the original it has unrealistic violence, unconvincing acting, and unintelligent dialogue. It just barely gets away with a slightly positive rating from me. I will say that this is at least a step up as the implied chaos outside is always way more interesting than focusing on just a single family, so why confine your movie to just a couple of rooms in one house? With this, you are moving from destination to destination in the streets, so it does feel much more dangerous because there is so much more risk assumed. Still this is a once-is-enough movie that only bears watching again if it is after midnight and you can't get to sleep.
[V-A] MPEG-4 AVC - No D-Box.


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