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AksyonTaon2018Tagal1h 37mIMDb5.2

The First Purge

AksyonKatatakutanSci-Fi

America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

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Cast

Gerard McMurray

Director

Y'lan Noel

Dmitri

Lex Scott Davis

Nya

Joivan Wade

Isaiah

Mugga

Dolores

Patch Darragh

Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian

Marisa Tomei

The Architect - Dr. Updale

Luna Lauren Velez

Luisa

KS

Kristen Solis

Selina

Rotimi Paul

Skeletor

Mo McRae

7 & 7

Jermel Howard

Lorenzo

S

Siya

Blaise

Christian Robinson

Capital A

Steve Harris

Freddy

Derek Basco

Taz

DB

D.K. Bowser

Sharpie

Mitchell Edwards

Kels

Maria Rivera

Anna

James DeMonaco

Writer

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Moelo MpholoMar 13, 2026

LADIPOEJul 18, 2024

Samrawit DawidJul 18, 2024

Mamello Mimi MonethiJul 15, 2024

Deborah NzolaniNov 22, 2022

In the movie all white people are bad and black people are incapable of success unless they deal drugs and the rest need to survive on government handouts that are only paid to them if they commit crimes. Racist trash! Just about insulting to everyone. The film makers should be ashamed of themselves. Thankfully there are smart film makers who show many different diverse cast members in movies where they portray successful and inspiring characters

Apox Jevalen KalangulaNov 22, 2022

Pointless. useless. dumb. terrible. sucks. stinks (1 viewing)

Nasty_CSANov 22, 2022

Disked 'The Purge', apart from the reasonable two leads and a nice gritty look it was tired, poorly written, cheesy, tension and suspense free with annoying characters. Sort of liked 'The Purge: Anarchy', while finding it flawed in especially the writing Frank Grillo's presence livened things up a lot. Had mixed feelings on 'The Purge: Election Year', it had its moments (again Grillo and the committed cast) but the writing, uneven story and characters sunk it. Saw 'The First Purge' as somebody trying to see as many 2018 films as possible and as somebody who had not given up on the franchise. Seeing 'The First Purge', it was wholly indicative that a series that was already starting to flag had completely worn thin. There are no new ideas, anything interesting and even for a prequel it felt completely unrelated to the other 'Purge' films, having none of the few good things present in 'The Purge'. Also saw absolutely no reason for the film to be made or existing. By far the worst of the series and one of the year's worst (have seen a lot so feel qualified to say that). Absolutely nothing worked in 'The First Purge'. Although most of the acting was weak in 'The Purge', the two leads were reasonable. In 'The First Purge', all the acting is lousy, playing characters that are impossible to get behind in a film full of shallow and unrelatable characters that behave so stupidly and illogically, as well as being written in such a biased and not-for-the-easily-offended fashion. Not even the decent production values there is here, the film instead looks cheap and rushed-looking. No tension or suspense at any point and nothing scary or thought-provoking, got nothing enlightening. The pace dragged badly, which undermined the suspense, likewise with the excessive predictability and clichés that were tired well before the film was made, even more tired than in 'The Purge'. The scary aspect is cheap and never surprising, creative or scary, the violence being gratuitous, the situations so ridiculously dumb that it insults the audience and the villains are goofy and flat caricatures, nothing menacing about them. The direction is generally indifferent and the action far from exciting. In summary, awful with nothing redeeming about it. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Bontle ModiselleNov 22, 2022

I m writing this review while the movie is still on. This is by far the worst Purge movie. Acting, plot, dialogues everything is just horrible. I hope everyone dies at the end, only this would make the movie deserve more than one star :P

Pramish_gurung1Nov 22, 2022

I finished the movie on HBO OnDemand then I pressed back and accidentally hit the restart button. I had a moment of panic. So I will give it a 2 for the skipped heart beat.

Maria NadimNov 22, 2022

As a fan of the franchise I enjoyed this film. The movie has sufficient action but somehow the tension is missing. A horror thriller without good music is empty. Tension filled music is lacking in this installment. Nevertheless, a good one time watch for fans of the franchise. EDITED my review on (19/07/2021) after revisiting it with my family on a dvd which i own as i am on a Purge movie marathon. This is the fourth installment in the Purge franchise and a prequel showing how the United States came to the point of accepting the Purge Night. It shows how it originated as an experiment confined to Staten Island with the promise that those who stay on the island for its duration will be paid a large sum of money. This time i found it to be far fetched. A local goon taking on lottuva mercenaries and that too alone is a big meh. Also the character skeletor disappears for a longer duration n suddenly pops out of nowhere but that too for a tiny moment.

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