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- 2014
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
- 2014
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
Summary On the night of the annual Purge, five citizens find out just how far they will go to protect themselves and, ultimately, each other, as they fight to survive a night fraught with impossible decisions.
Directed By: James DeMonaco
Written By: James DeMonaco
- 2014
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
- 2014
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 43 m
The Purge: Anarchy
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6.4
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Summary On the night of the annual Purge, five citizens find out just how far they will go to protect themselves and, ultimately, each other, as they fight to survive a night fraught with impossible decisions.
Directed By: James DeMonaco
Written By: James DeMonaco
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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41% Positive
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13 Reviews
41% Mixed
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19% Negative
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6 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
50
41% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
41% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
19% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
It's also breathtaking to watch a throwaway studio sequel break its corporate chains before your very eyes and become something thrilling and dangerous and alive.
Kill or be killed isn’t the official tag line of The Purge: Anarchy, but it fits. It would also make a more suitable title for this satisfyingly creepy, blunt, down-and-dirty thriller, one of those follow-ups that improves on the original.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 355 User Ratings
6.4
52% Positive
184 Ratings
184 Ratings
34% Mixed
121 Ratings
121 Ratings
14% Negative
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 355 User Ratings
6.4
52% Positive
184 Ratings
184 Ratings
34% Mixed
121 Ratings
121 Ratings
14% Negative
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
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The film is at its best when it focuses on the more specific conflicts of five people thrown together on Purge night.
In The Purge: Anarchy, unfortunately, grim and brutal is pretty much all we get.
It needs to be emphasized again for the record that The Purge: Anarchy is a tremendously stupid film... But there’s an almost-camp quality to how DeMonaco takes this stupidity to greater heights, building a complex mythology around the plot like a giant moat around a pillow fort.
Soulless and idiotic and abysmally scripted as it is, Anarchy, like its predecessor, feels mournfully relevant.
The film’s “What if?” scenario takes the germ of an interesting social-science idea and lets it rot in a nasty, ethically questionable cesspool of junk cinema.
The Purge: Anarchy es una película potente que supera de una manera espléndida a su también buena predecesora.
Esta película regresa con su trama traumante y escalofriante, aunque esta vez se desarrolla en la calle, donde se puede ver un espectáculo feroz que resulta lleno de adrenalina, acción y con gran grado de intensidad a la hora de momentos de pánico. Sin dudas este film logra ser mucho mejor que su anterior película (que también fue muy buena) abarcando temas bastante interesantes e inteligentes, con una realización satisfactoria manteniendo en su historia esa potencia con toques de sorpresa que ayudan a este largometraje a ser más atractivo de lo que es, dejando que este film es una película que contiene una atmósfera intrépida, impulsiva y totalmente entretenida.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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If you were given the concept of anything is legal for a night then this is the film that you would make. In that regard it is less original than the first one and generally predictable. Lots of killing and action, sexual violence, much less moral questioning, people fighting the system they disagree with. For mindless action it's good but much more forgettable than the first film. I can only imagine the sequels go further with the revolution against the purge. I also think the prequel could be more interesting than this film whilst the idea is fresh in the fictional world. Well made and entertaining but not as engaging as the previous one.
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J'ai pas vu le premier mais sur le papîer ma foi, ça promet : dans la belle Amérique, une purge annuelle est organisée afin de canaliser les mauvais instincts et vilains penchants pour le meurtre et la violence. Ainsi, pendant une nuit, la populace peut assassiner son voisin en toute impunité. C'est un franc succès au pays des armes à feu et sûrement sponsorisé par la NRA...
Voilà donc qui devrait plaire aux anarchistes, surtout qu'un groupe dissident anti-purge descend aussi dans la rue pour purger les organisateurs purgeurs, c'est-à-dire l'Etat en somme. De toute façon, tout le monde va se purger dans la joie, la colère et la mauvaise humeur.
Le film hésite et s'éparpille dans son discours moralisateur sur la violence endémique américaine et surfe sur une vague certaine du gauchisme "antifa" avec une gaucherie non moins certaine d'ailleurs. Tout cela est décidément bien maladroit mais reste assez drôle de temps à autre, le temps de la découverte. On aurait aimé tout de même plus de satire ou d'ironie, car ce navet se prend drôlement au sérieux !
On ne s'ennuie pas trop en tout cas, il est donc dommage de constater une réalisation si désagréable avec caméra à l'épaule de Parkinson et montage un peu trop nerveux. On constate également la guimauve syndicale à la fin qui achève de décrédibiliser un film dans l'ensemble bien trop bancal pour convaincre... même en tant que simple divertissement.
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The Purge: Anarchy is better then the first movie that's not saying much. The first 20 minutes before the purge I thought was great but then it starts to be the first movie again but with it outside.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Platinum Dunes,
Blumhouse Productions,
Why Not Productions
Release Date Jul 18, 2014
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
Tagline Welcome to America where one night a year all crime is legal
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
iHorror Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
