'The Purge' Review: A Horror Thriller Purged of Horrors, Thrills

By Leah Rozen LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Purge" is a standard issue home-invasion movie drizzled with a thin glaze of sensationalism thanks to a provocative setup. The movie's front cover may be enticing, but the contents prove all too familiar. The horror thriller is set in the near future, in 2022, when a group collectively referred to as the "New Founding Fathers" now guides the country. These leaders have decreed that, one night a year, citizens can roam the streets to perpetrate mayhem and murder in a collective spasm of rage and free-for-all vigilantism. ...



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