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The Purge: Election Year

The Purge: Election Year

2016
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 48m
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. (imdb)

Directed by:

James DeMonaco

Screenwriter:

James DeMonaco

Starring:

Ethan Phillips, Raymond J. Barry, Mykelti Williamson, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kyle Secor, Edwin Hodge, J.J. Soria, Frank Grillo, Terry Serpico, Betty Gabriel

Franchise:

The Purge

Genres:

Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller, Action, Horror

Countries:

France, Japan, USA

Languages:

English, Russian, Afrikaans
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The Purge: Election Year

2016
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 48m
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billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 03 Jul 2016
45
15th
Too much story, no one CARES Purge people, we wanna see more "why did that old lady light that man on fire" Just make a Robert Altmanesque big cast of players thing. ( 2014 Purge I'm hooting the same hollers) The idea of Purge Tourism is fun, can you imagine, a big tour bus of stereotypical Chinese tourists with cameras pulling into ... an old folks home following a Purge tour guide with flamethrowers!! Give me the keys to the sequel(s). This trash was made 30 years too late to be good.
Rated 03 Jul 2016
barthalenBarthalen
Rated 02 Jan 2017
42
21st
I still think there's a thrilling movie to be made with this concept, but halfway through this one I was mentally checking out because Shit Just Happens For Silly Reasons. The concept of Purge tourists was kinda interesting, so of course nothing exciting is done with it. Please don't think I'm some kind of psycho, but this movie needed a bit more casual sadism to be truly unnerving. Now it's just a failed The Warriors with more cursing and less logic.
Rated 02 Jan 2017
kojilessKojiless
Rated 09 Dec 2016
28
28th
And it's a landslide! Back to purging every day! Thanks Florida.
Rated 09 Dec 2016
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 04 Aug 2018
74
48th
If you've continued with the series after the drastic changes of "Anarchy", you won't be surprised that the third installment is more or less just a continuation. There's a little more fleshing out of the world built in the previous installments, but at it's heart "Election Year" is just a poor man's action thriller with a gimmick. That's something I can dig. And Frank Grillo is starting to grow on me.
Rated 04 Aug 2018
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 16 Jan 2017
1
7th
The second film seemed to have the right idea, so of course this one goes ass-backwards into the politics of it all instead of just giving us some killer anarchistic scenarios. Bleh. I won't miss this franchise.
Rated 16 Jan 2017
moonsmilkmoonsmilk
Rated 01 Jul 2016
7
39th
Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. It's got some really goofy Carpenter vibes. It's also refreshing to see a mainstream horror movie that features a mostly POC cast and explicitly calls out white privilege.
Rated 01 Jul 2016
ytadelYtadel
Rated 28 Nov 2016
2
14th
"Hey let's watch a hopefully super violent and hilarious action-horror slaughter-fest flick!" *gets 90-minute completely upfront and uncoded left-wing political diatribe* "...oh."
Rated 28 Nov 2016
twincinematwincinema
Rated 03 Jul 2016
40
18th
This film has one of the best trailers I have ever seen. Too bad about the actual film. Takes a great premise and makes a boring "people being chased by other people" film. On the periphery, you see other cool Purge scenes that last a few moments. Where did that guy get that huge guillotine? What about the non-murder Purging? Where's the person jaywalking without fear? Again, a cool world that the film refuses to examine in an interesting way.
Rated 03 Jul 2016
therealj_roTheRealJ-Ro
Rated 02 Jul 2016
70
42nd
About as good as the second if not a little better. I think you have to gobble these movies up like cotton candy to really enjoy them: forget that it's not real food and just enjoy the sugary goodness. And that's not a sleight against the franchise in the least. For the third time, the premise (and the swing on the formula) is interesting. Though I do think that they toned down the violence in this one. Maybe it was more about the message this go-round. This, like the others, is worth seeing.
Rated 02 Jul 2016
dakota99Dakota99
Rated 16 Jan 2020
5
42nd
This movie feels like it was trying to explore the more political and morally driven arch's of the purge. Unfortunately, I don't feel like it was well executed, instead feeling convoluted, inconsistent, and a tad in generic in its approach to what would be a interesting social experiment in the real world. Not to mention, it's predictable and lacks any tension the previous one presented. Grillo is still great, and it's still a dumb thriller movie in the end. Could've been more though.
Rated 16 Jan 2020
suture_selfSuture Self
Rated 15 Jan 2017
1
4th
Probably the most superficial film about American race relations since 2004's CRASH.
Rated 15 Jan 2017
superargoSuperargo
Rated 28 Jul 2016
17
7th
Is this movie supposed to take place in 2034, or is it that the purge has been going on since the mid-90's? Also what a stupid idea for a purge movie. By the end of this movie I'd thought of five other purge movies that I'd have liked to see instead of this one. Starting with oh I dunno howsabout a purge movie that doesn't take place in the midst of urban squalor and involve snooty upper crust bad guys. Make a rural backwoods purge movie in the style of something like SOUTHERN COMFORT maybe.
Rated 28 Jul 2016
jerkyJerky
Rated 24 Jul 2016
50
45th
You gotta think that the Purge Insurance rates have to be astronomical. I mean, much more than any deli shop owner can afford (even before they raised the rate) Think of all the destruction that could possibly happen on Purge Night across the US. It would cost a quadrillion dollars to put everything back together (only to have it all destroyed again the following year) I'm calling shenanigans on this whole Purge thing.
Rated 24 Jul 2016
seethruskinSeethruskin
Rated 21 Jul 2016
4
51st
The trashiest, stupidest movie that will be released in 2016. There's some weirdly beautiful moments in here like the two black school girls dancing in the streets with their guns and the shot of the tree with all the bodies in it. Pleasantly surprised by the diversity in the cast as well.
Rated 21 Jul 2016
nothingsgoodNothingsGood
Rated 02 Jul 2016
30
21st
Political satire in the same way professional wrestling or the Saw movies were political satire. Just another torture porn movie, just with a lot more pandering masked as morality. The best of the Purge movies, but that's like saying one of America's presidential hopefuls is the best of the available candidates.
Rated 02 Jul 2016
vv238vv238
Rated 07 Feb 2020
25
21st
For a film subtitled Election Year and coming out the same year as the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, this has almost nothing to say politically. This is true to the point where it goes out of its way to not say anything at all other than quarter-heartedly coming out against its own premise, which when played this straight is clearly reprehensible. This series previously existed on its premise alone, now it is just another franchise churning out sequels because they have name recognition.
Rated 07 Feb 2020
pyrosexualpyrosexual
Rated 23 May 2018
69
23rd
I appreciate certain elements of this but it just looks and feels too much like a video game. As far as the social commentary on white privilege goes, Get Out, this was not.
Rated 23 May 2018
nyctalopeNyctalope
Rated 05 Mar 2018
68
25th
They don't seem to know what to do with this series. More of the same, but even "crazier".
Rated 05 Mar 2018
hotsakehotsake
Rated 17 Aug 2017
65
63rd
This one is better than the second one both in terms of story and characters, however there are some major flaws in this, mainly the fact that all the set pieces are so isolated. there are too many time when people are standing around and nothing is happening. If the purge was happening in a city of any size there would be a lot more going on and not just random murder but full on riot like carnage, especially in places like Washington D.C.
Rated 17 Aug 2017
syntheseizurSyntheseizur
Rated 12 Jun 2017
31
3rd
Adopts the subversive urban action sensibilities of movies like Attack the Block with The Purge's overly simplistic political commentary. Its characters have the most potential in the franchise, but they spend the movie arguing over minutiae and finding reasons to leave safety. Once again, the franchise ignores its premise in favor of generic gunfights and horror imagery.
Rated 12 Jun 2017
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 09 Jun 2017
72
81st
good movie
Rated 09 Jun 2017
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 29 May 2017
47
31st
The concept is losing steam but there is still a few disturbing scenes.
Rated 29 May 2017
dougcollinsDougCollins
Rated 21 May 2017
65
0th
After the first two movies this one gets left leaning political. All of a sudden only whites like the purge and they are using it to get rid of all other races. Only could get through 10 minutes of this preachy mess. Only if people would stop be brainwashed to what the hollywood left is selling.
Rated 21 May 2017
mertbmertb
Rated 09 Mar 2017
0
2nd
sure
Rated 09 Mar 2017
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 04 Mar 2017
65
30th
Creative violence please. Poor acting, but enough gore and action for all the kids
Rated 04 Mar 2017
lupisterlupister
Rated 14 Feb 2017
2
10th
On your face political agenda + everyone is dumb = crap.
Rated 14 Feb 2017
yoohooyoohoo
Rated 01 Feb 2017
55
13th
The ideas here are interesting and well executed, but the horrible script and acting keep this from really being *good*. This was certainly the most enjoyable of the three and it does what it intends to do, which is what I'm rating it on.
Rated 01 Feb 2017
zen_lunaticZen Lunatic
Rated 02 Jan 2017
7
43rd
Baby's first political commentary. Not to say it wasn't enjoyable.
Rated 02 Jan 2017
kgbelliveaukgbelliveau
Rated 29 Nov 2016
80
50th
With each entry The Purge series has managed to understand how developping a story works. The series has been better with each sequel thanks to Frank Grillo and now Elizabeth Mitchell who provides the series with the first character who can make a real difference and is worth protecting for the greater good of the nation. The outdoor night scenes during the Purge continued to be disturbing as was expected. Another solid entry in the Purge series.
Rated 29 Nov 2016
damildamil
Rated 09 Nov 2016
50
25th
As with the two previous films, the concept of this is better than the actual result as a movie. It just seemed a lot like The Purge: Anarchy. Same old thing of people running around a city, encountering maniacs. There was an attempt to take it beyond the ground level, but it didn't end up being particularly interesting. The performances weren't great, but a lot of that was probably due to the majority of the dialogue being absolutely goddamn awful. Overall, extremely forgettable.
Rated 09 Nov 2016
snallygastersnallygaster
Rated 02 Nov 2016
23
11th
Frank Grillo is back as an autistic bodyguard, and now he's protecting the lefty Sarah Palin while shitting replacement ammo clips. Has more dystopian vibe than predecessors, as for the first time a lot of characters seem to see the purge as oppressive, rather than merely icky. What's it really like out on the streets during the purge? The series' answer remains: whatever suits the plot at the moment, and looks cool.
Rated 02 Nov 2016
redactedredacted
Rated 31 Oct 2016
48
21st
Undulates between a competent, almost well written film, and complete schlock trash. The first fifteen minutes set up a believable premise that could of gone on to be a more cerebral experience. Instead we are gifted with neo-nazi predators, crip cameos & (occasionally literally) phoned in dialogue to lazily give a character motivation. All things said, murder tourism is a great leave behind concept.
Rated 31 Oct 2016
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 08 Oct 2016
65
61st
The IT GETS BETTER franchise. This creates his own mythology with a plot centered on an election featuring Trump and Hillary's models and their armies -- he's got neonazis and rich white people from the second film; she relies on a white hitman, a black ex-criminal, a Mexican worker, a MLK's-like revolutionary and a whole bunch of black dudes. The material neves tries to fully transcend this "reality" connections, but works on its own way as a curious politic-exploitation film.
Rated 08 Oct 2016
pluggedinPluggedIN
Rated 11 Sep 2016
10
4th
No matter how you strain your movie metaphors or parse your cinematic symbolism, the fact is that The Purge: Election Year is a nasty, blunt bludgeon of a movie. This is a gruesome psychodrama about class and racial warfare that projects an almost cartoonishly slanted political message. (That's if a humorless vision of Nazi-like one-percenters butchering the downtrodden poor and then being butchered by them in turn can be considered cartoonish. Or political.(pluggedin.com)
Rated 11 Sep 2016
mwgerbmwgerb
Rated 29 Aug 2016
40
28th
The Purge series again shows continuous improvement, as it turns the political subtext into blatant text, and gets even more creative with the violence. Keep embracing the idea, there's a great film to be had here, if perhaps only when this concept gets rebooted in 30 years.
Rated 29 Aug 2016
foxyrussianFoxyRussian
Rated 05 Aug 2016
76
33rd
A fun action movie. Great world building and characters puts it above the 1st movie. But sadly, not enough crazies and fun creepy stuff to make it as good as the 2nd movie
Rated 05 Aug 2016
duderDuder
Rated 10 Jul 2016
50
12th
* I remember liking the second one better. The potential is yet again wasted. I loved the random scenes of creative violence, wives killing husbands, traps set up for fun etc. But the side stories in this one were just way too much in the face and very badly acted and scripted, or maybe the script was so bad you couldn't act it well.. Who knows..
Rated 10 Jul 2016
trixrabbiTrixRabbi
Rated 02 Jul 2016
74
41st
A retread of The Purge: Anarchy but it does have the single best shot of the year - A dude dressed as Abe Lincoln getting shot full of holes in slow-mo. Now THAT'S how you do a metaphor!
Rated 02 Jul 2016
bzymusbzymus
Rated 21 Nov 2024
38
7th
audiovisual 40, acting 40, overall feeling 35 avg 38; jak dotąd najsłabszy, niby polityczny, ale polityki tu w zasadzie zero, poszedł w stronę Piły i nie wiem, czy mu to służy, nie umywa się do dwójki, od jedynki też słabszy
Rated 21 Nov 2024
hadleyreisHadleyreis
Rated 03 Jan 2022
46
23rd
Please come for me. Death > Purge franchise
Rated 03 Jan 2022
jordanchasejordanchase
Rated 28 Dec 2021
55
9th
28.12.2021 Kartal
Rated 28 Dec 2021
solomonburrrSolomonBurrr
Rated 18 Nov 2020
61
31st
60.9.
Rated 18 Nov 2020
moviesky08moviesky08
Rated 21 Oct 2020
76
68th
Kötü değildi ama filmin türü daha çok aksiyona kaymıştı. Filmin tamamı senatör Charlie'yi kurtarma operasyonu üstüne kurulu. Joe'ları ve yan hikayelerini sevdim. Yağmacı, tuhaf kızların kafasına erişmek istiyorum, neyse ki Laney verdi şekerlerini, içimin yağları eridi. Joe'yu öldürmeseniz de olurdu, o üzdü. Bir de katedralde salon tarandığında hemen kaçıştılar. E hani arınıyorduk? (Bu nasıl hastalıklı bir düşünce.) Herkes bencil.
Rated 21 Oct 2020
gargom04Gargom04
Rated 07 Aug 2020
66
16th
Opinión personal: 7 Actores: 7 Planos: 7 Guión: 5,5 BSO/FX: 6,5 Total: 66
Rated 07 Aug 2020
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 29 Jan 2019
35
5th
More purging but frustratingly less brains or intelligence; there's material here for a thoughtful, gruesome satire ala Romero, but DeMonaco continues to do so little with a terrific concept (and even skips over the interesting political subtext of left/right Clinton/Trump broadly hinted at by the title and tagline). Ultimately a tedious rehash of earlier chapters, which becomes numbing at the mid-point; Grillo as a cut-rate Statham is the only cast member who makes any impact.
Rated 29 Jan 2019
peyrinpeyrin
Rated 30 Oct 2018
65
42nd
Third time's the charm. Could have been more batshit insane but at least it was smart enough to not take itself seriously. "When they go low, we go high" moral is cringe.
Rated 30 Oct 2018
fancymikeFancyMike
Rated 11 Oct 2018
2
5th
A step forward with the visuals and violence, but a much bigger step backwards on the story and themes. Some of the more interesting characters in the series so far, but it all ends up being in service of the least interesting of them. This one takes a massively lame hard turn towards the center with some serious white savior bullshit. Should have mad the whole movie about Betty Gabriel's purge medic.
Rated 11 Oct 2018
nobambanobamba
Rated 09 May 2018
30
15th
The black character sounds like he was written by a racist white person pretending to be black.
Rated 09 May 2018
mddglumddglu
Rated 12 Dec 2016
66
50th
12.12.16
Rated 12 Dec 2016
easydiffeasydiff
Rated 06 Nov 2016
51
48th
Just barely good; there's so many amazing ideas that get a few seconds of screen time, then it's back to nonsensical chase scenes. Purge movies have aped The Strangers and Escape from New York; isn't it time we got The Purge's take on 3 Days of the Condor?
Rated 06 Nov 2016
lookjabbaLookJabba...
Rated 08 Oct 2016
4
22nd
The Purge: Election Year is a serviceable sequel but the franchise is treading water and the content hasn't progressed enough to surpass the enjoyment of Anarchy. The quality of this franchise is of a mediocre but watchable standard but in and amongst the poor writing, poor performances (excluding Frank Grillo) and the brainless action and violence are some entertaining and interesting ideas. And with a bit more scope and imagination there is lots I would like to see from future Purge sequels.
Rated 08 Oct 2016
overratedoverrated
Rated 05 Oct 2016
48
44th
Loses steam compared to Anarchy as it becomes bogged down in the sledgehammer subtext, sacrificing some of the "sandbox" nature. That was after all the cinematic version of the Pedestrian Riot cheat in the GTA series, whereas Election Year opts for tongue-speaking evangelical Purgers and Russian murder tourists dressed up in Lady Liberty/Abe Lincoln getups. A more paranoid, but less fluidly entertaining film, nevertheless something to watch in the runup to November 8th 2016.
Rated 05 Oct 2016
okayfrogokayfrog
Rated 03 Oct 2016
30
3rd
It can't be that hard to make an interesting horror film with the Purge being the premise, can it? How did they take a step back with this one? All of the characters are absolute nothing, and the situations they get themselves into are barely entertaining. Elizabeth Mitchell is attractive and... that's about it. Why continue this crap about the Founding Fathers and whatever?
Rated 03 Oct 2016
misterlizardmisterlizard
Rated 02 Oct 2016
3
1st
Just stop.
Rated 02 Oct 2016
catnipCatnip
Rated 27 Sep 2016
60
47th
Same same but different; I did like it better than the first two, though. Still, the premise hasn't gotten any more realistic and that kinda takes from the experience.
Rated 27 Sep 2016
gideonGideon
Rated 25 Sep 2016
1
16th
Pulp trash, but not in a good sense. Overstylized to the max, to the point it being straight up silly. Poorly edited, poorly acted throughout and overlong. Enough with the Purge already. Next.
Rated 25 Sep 2016
amazedemonamazedemon
Rated 22 Sep 2016
63
39th
Election Year is on par with Anarchy, delivering on the mythos established in its predecessors and concluding the trilogy in a reasonable fashion. With the exception of a montage of increasing sadistic purges, the film delivers more action but less violence. Watchable, but best not to dedicate too much thought to this one.
Rated 22 Sep 2016
dgnyDgny
Rated 15 Sep 2016
55
18th
Sonu basından belli arada şaşırtan hicbirsey yok..konu guzel olmasa hiç ama hiç izlenmez!!!
Rated 15 Sep 2016
barraocBarraoc
Rated 09 Sep 2016
70
64th
Ahh, The Purge. I enjoyed it again this year. Looking forward to the next one.
Rated 09 Sep 2016
roonay3kroonay3k
Rated 03 Sep 2016
71
68th
They actually pulled it off again. This was not bad at all. Some stupid moments which should have been avoided but overall a pretty okay movie.
Rated 03 Sep 2016
medikolaynmedikolayn
Rated 09 Aug 2016
38
9th
what does the fox say?
Rated 09 Aug 2016
darrenDarren
Rated 03 Aug 2016
72
59th
You've finally done it DeMonaco. You've finally done it. Pure trash in a way that won't be topped in 2016.
Rated 03 Aug 2016
yoshinarutoYoshinaruto
Rated 24 Jul 2016
70
71st
Pretty much on the same level as the previous entry, but with a political tone added on. Maybe slightly worse, but not enough to detract points from it.
Rated 24 Jul 2016
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 22 Jul 2016
40
19th
Watchable.
Rated 22 Jul 2016
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 20 Jul 2016
20
3rd
eng; [the purge: election year]; nachdem ihre familie ermordet wurde, versucht sich die frau als präsidentschaftskandidatin um den purge-feiertag abzuschaffen - doch sie muss dazu den nächsten purge überstehen bei dem ihre gegenspieler ein killerkommando auf sie angsetzt haben.; (teilweise stupide, unglaubwürdige handlungen der personen);
Rated 20 Jul 2016
kwackerkwacker
Rated 18 Jul 2016
88
87th
Definitely my favorite in the series. The conceptual side of the series is further developed, keeping it from getting old or the film from relying too much on pure gore and body horror (contrast: the Saw series).
Rated 18 Jul 2016
donquixoticdonquixotic
Rated 17 Jul 2016
30
17th
Half-witted political satire, 20 minutes too long, far too pleased with itself in set and costume design that is often meant to look badass or surreal but comes across so try-hard that they shouldn't have bothered
Rated 17 Jul 2016
hisblobhisblob
Rated 15 Jul 2016
53
33rd
It's pretty bad
Rated 15 Jul 2016
stewballStewball
Rated 03 Jul 2016
70
54th
A lot better than the last one, not your typical horror movie, and it actually has a pretty relevant story line in stead of your typical horror schlock. A lot of the lead acting is pretty over the top, especially Frank Grillo, who should have been killed off (ok, purged) if they're going to do another one. Mykelti Williamson as "Deli Man" stood out, and it didn't hurt that he had most of the good lines.
Rated 03 Jul 2016
doughbarondoughbaron
Rated 03 Jul 2016
60
26th
This movie is incredibly dumb, and I became even dumber trying to analyze it, but it's also kinda fun. The politics are so razor thin I almost wish they weren't there.
Rated 03 Jul 2016
obdurateObdurate
Rated 02 Jul 2016
90
91st
Since the Purge became Escape from New York meets The Warriors with the second one, it's been fun. Same things I liked about Anarchy applies here: ridiculousness, a message (no matter how heavy handed, who cares?), talking points, awesome masks, awesome violence, and an eeriness as you watch the disturbing nature of humans; though if you're watching these as horror movies you're doing it wrong. Not as good as the second but still wonderful trashy entertainment.
Rated 02 Jul 2016
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 01 Jul 2016
50
47th
The Purge: Election Year has a message, and it delivers it with the efficiency and subtlety of a jackhammer. Its message puts its audience in an awkward position - do we root for the people trying to take away our fun? - but it's the thought that counts. These movies have been mostly mediocre anyway, so it's not too hard to cheer for those in the moral right. There aren't many scares, the action isn't very good, and the act has started to wear thin.
Rated 01 Jul 2016

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