The First Purge, directed by Gerard McMurray from a DeMonaco script, takes a different tack - it throws subtlety out the window, filling the film with images inspired by specific events like the 2017 white nationalist gathering in Charlottesville and the Charleston church massacre.įour films into the Purge series, DeMonaco seems to have lost his taste for subtext. The Purge and its sequels - The Purge: Anarchy in 2014 and The Purge: Election Year in 2016, both written and directed by DeMonaco - all tiptoed up the line of delivering a loud, clear political message, but both films retreated before their subtext became explicit. But if they want to talk about violence, guns in our society, that’s great, too.” That kind of half-commitment to the film’s political elements defined the series until now, with the audacious 2018 prequel The First Purge. On a short making-of documentary included on the Blu-ray release of the 2013 film The Purge, writer-director James DeMonaco says, “If it sparks any kind of discourse about violence in society, I think that’s a good thing.
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