Violence Gets Political in The Purge: Election Year Trailer

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Violence Gets Political in The Purge: Election Year Trailer


The third installment in The Purge franchise takes the carnage to D.C's doorstep.

2014's The Purge: Anarchy was one of those rare horror sequels that managed to both improve upon its predecessor and outearn it at the box office [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=purge2.htm], raking in over 100 million dollars on just an 11 million dollar budget.

This time around, Anarchy star Frank Grillo returns as a Secret Service member hoping to bring an end to the grisly annual tradition once and for all in The Purge: Election Year. How does he plan on doing this? Through the blood of patriots, of course.

"It's been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn...or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state."

Like [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/165821-House-of-Cards-Season-4-trailer-Frank-Underwood-Wants-Your-Vote#&gid=gallery_5399&pid=1], Election Year has made the smart decision to tie its promotion to the ongoing political firestorm happening in Washington. Even better than its marketing is the trailer itself, which continues to expand on the universe presented in the excellent Anarchy while satisfying the bloodlust of the original's fans.

The Purge: Election Year hits theaters on July 4th.

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Source: Gizmodo [http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-purge-election-year-could-be-the-political-horror-1758266316]

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Diablo1099_v1legacy

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...Have you not been paying attention this election? I member at least 3 instances of people getting attacked by Trump supporters.
You don't need to go to the movies to see political violence, you just need to tune in to the news :p
 

Robert B. Marks

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I've enjoyed both movies (although the second was much better than the first), but I've got to wonder: if you've got a night every year where by law nobody is safe, why is anybody with any means still living in this country?

Seriously, I'd love to see a Purge movie that starts with a family getting stuck on Purge night because bad weather caused their flight to "any other country but here" to be grounded.
 

Josh123914

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How long before somebody edits this to make the purge crimes look like a prank gone wrong?

Oh, I'm sorry, "D.C MASK PRANK [GONE POLITICIAL]".
 

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The Purge: Anarchy's best quality was that it wasn't really a horror movie, it was a badass action movie instead.

You can avoid the diminishing shock value of horror premises by shifting genre, it worked for Aliens after all.

Robert B. Marks said:
if you've got a night every year where by law nobody is safe, why is anybody with any means still living in this country?
More to the point, on that one night why would anyone at all risk going outside?

You only need to play DayZ for an hour to know that it would be just as dangerous being the evil purgers as being the homeless, because someone out there will have made it their life's work to be the counter griefer and they're usually better armed and organised.

Or why they don't just stay in, commit electronic fraud and get rich once a year.
 

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I loved Anarchy.
This premise is just great for brutal action; so as long as they keep it R AND fresh they can make as many as they like! ;)
 

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It's kind of funny that I need to suspend my disbelief for these films more so than I do Star Wars. The premise is just so silly.

Also, I like how the trailer shows the entire fucking film >.>
 

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That trailer looks so incredibly stupid I might actually watch the movie at some point.

Fappy said:
It's kind of funny that I need to suspend my disbelief for these films more so than I do Star Wars. The premise is just so silly.
Could you explain if possible, how exactly they managed to bullshit Purge Night being a reality in the US, or did they just not care?
 

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This actually has me thinking of the politics of Purge Night. The first thing I thought of when I saw that title was basically a civil war for one night between the two parties every election year. I mean if you read any comments on a political news site you'll see its full of people making threats to people who vote differently to them.

I can see them getting a lot of use out of the purge universe, there is so much they could do.

Terrorists working frantically to get their plot off on purge night so there can't be any retributions for it. Foreign powers purposely inciting people to weaken America. Oceans Eleven style plots to co-inside with purge night. And that's just three off top of my head, so as long as they keep it fresh I say keep it going.
 

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The first one was interesting, it was more personal. And Ethan Hawke because Ethan Hawke. Reminds me of the matrix films, where the first sets the tone while the rest just go balls out with the idea. It appears people prefer the over the top stuff though. Which is alright now and then i guess, once you get in the mindset using various techniques.

ravenshrike said:
The entire thing is so steeped in lefty anarchist wank material it makes Ayn Rand look sane.
Have never seen or heard of any lefties that claim or want anarchy, usually the opposite. Mostly just socialist democrats. Also, the whole point of the films are based on the state's decisions to let society purge itself for one night, however absurd. A state controlled night of anarchy is no more absurd than a zombie apocalypse, which no one seems to have any trouble with, i'd say is far closer to anarchist wank than these films. Still don't see the left connection though.
 

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I'm really excited to see this film, since I saw Anarchy and thought it was a blast from start to finish. Does the concept of Purge Night make absolutely no sense when you get down to the nitty gritty (or any gritty, really)? Absolutely not. Is it a fun concept to explore? Oh yeah it is! Honestly the people who keep getting hung up on how unrealistic it is need to just relax. The series is best when you understand it as cheesy B-Movie action horror, and just fill in the blanks yourself as to how a world like this could possibly work.
 

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LegendaryGamer0 said:
That trailer looks so incredibly stupid I might actually watch the movie at some point.

Fappy said:
It's kind of funny that I need to suspend my disbelief for these films more so than I do Star Wars. The premise is just so silly.
Could you explain if possible, how exactly they managed to bullshit Purge Night being a reality in the US, or did they just not care?
There was something about how productivity was at an all time high while crime and unemployment were at an all time low. And the Purge was responsible, with the bullshit explanation that people get all of their murderous rage out of their system.
 

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Oh Christ, not this shite again. Can't we all agree that the core premise of The Purge makes no fucking sense when you try to examine it? It only appeals to the people who already agree with the creators' politics, whatever they are.
LegendaryGamer0 said:
That trailer looks so incredibly stupid I might actually watch the movie at some point.

Fappy said:
It's kind of funny that I need to suspend my disbelief for these films more so than I do Star Wars. The premise is just so silly.
Could you explain if possible, how exactly they managed to bullshit Purge Night being a reality in the US, or did they just not care?
If they don't bother to explain how it works in the movie itself, then that's just lazy storytelling.
 

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I rolled my eyes when and groaned when I saw the trailer start but by the end it looks like it has a solid enough story to be watchable unlike the other 2 which were wank.
 

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Robert B. Marks said:
I've enjoyed both movies (although the second was much better than the first), but I've got to wonder: if you've got a night every year where by law nobody is safe, why is anybody with any means still living in this country?

Seriously, I'd love to see a Purge movie that starts with a family getting stuck on Purge night because bad weather caused their flight to "any other country but here" to be grounded.
That's actually kind of the point. People with means don't really have anything to worry about. They're either part of the purge mobs or they're safe in their houses. People without means are the ones Purge Night is supposed to target. Kill the homeless, the destitute, the "wastes of space" and there's more for everyone else.

I've always been kind of fascinated with the idea of Purge night tbh. Its horrifying and people seem to genuinely hate it, yet it goes on constantly every year. I'm sort of reminded of the story of the Russians in World War Z. There were ordered to execute members of their own, for no reason at all. They could have easily overpowered the people telling them to do this, they outnumbered and outgunned the people telling them to do it, but they did it anyway because of all the layers of bullshit about duty heaped on them. After they did it they were stuck because they'd done something so horrible without protest that they couldn't let themselves go back, because it means dealing with what they'd done.

I'm probably thinkin about it far more than the filmmakers, but I'm okay with that in this situation. Basically the idea that it happened once and people were to scared to stop it. Then, after witnessing what they'd allowed to happen people just hid from it instead of dealing with what they'd done. That's why the purge happens every year, without fail.

Either that or they make a shit ton of money on a shoestring budget so they'll milk this until its dry.
 

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I honestly think it would be a lot more fascinating if they went into greater detail about the actual effect The Purge has on society. They very briefly touched on the idea in the first movie that the Purge basically saved the US, unemployment is almost non-existent, the economy is great, and crime is a fraction of its former self.

Like, what if they presented the idea of "40,000 people were murdered every year before the Purge. Now 10,000 people die each year on the night of the Purge, and 500 are murdered the other 364 days of the year. Therefore, is the Purge a good thing?".

I think it could just make the whole premise a lot more fascinating if they went into more depth with the question of "is the Purge ultimately worth the price?". Now they sort of seem to be going down the path of "everyone who supports the Purge is evil mustache-twirling villain, and all the noble wonderful people are against it".