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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.

DIRECTOR
  • Gerard McMurray
WRITER
STUDIOS
  • Blumhouse Productions
  • Perfect World Pictures
  • Platinum Dunes
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This horror/action-adventure film from director Gerard McMurray serves as a prequel that recounts events that led up to the first Purge event. To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community.

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IMDB Score
5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score
56%