The Purge: Anarchy

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The Purge: Anarchy is a 2014 American dystopian action

horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco. The The Purge: Anarchy
sequel to the 2013 film The Purge, it stars Frank Grillo,
Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez, Zo Soul and
Michael K. Williams, with Edwin Hodge as the only actor
to reprise his role from the first film. It was released
worldwide on July 18, 2014.[3] It is the second installment
in The Purge franchise.

The film was met with mixed reviews, with most critics
agreeing the film was an improvement over the original,
and grossed over $111 million. While the first film was set
entirely in one house during the carnage, Anarchy takes
viewers out to the Los Angeles area and shows more of
what happens to the surroundings during the Purge. A third
film in the series, The Purge: Election Year, was released on
July 1, 2016.

Contents Theatrical release poster

Directed by James DeMonaco
1 Plot
2 Cast Produced by Jason Blum
3 Production Michael Bay
3.1 Marketing Andrew Form
3.2 Home media Brad Fuller
4 Reception Sebastien Lemercier
4.1 Box office Written by James DeMonaco
4.2 Critical reception Frank Grillo
Starring
5 Sequel Carmen Ejogo
6 Other media Zach Gilford
7 References Kiele Sanchez
8 External links Zo Soul
Michael K. Williams
Music by Nathan Whitehead
Plot Cinematography Jacques Jouffret
Edited by Todd E. Miller
On March 21, 2023, the media credits the annual Purge, a
Vince Filippone
twelve-hour period wherein all crimes are legal without
authorities intervening, as an economic success. Production Platinum Dunes
Everywhere, people either prepare to barricade themselves companies Blumhouse Productions
indoors or commit acts of violence. The nation's Why Not Productions
impoverished population are no longer seen as people, but Distributed by Universal Pictures
as living garbage, whom the wealthy denounce as only Release date July 18, 2014
living to serve their needs. However, before the sixth annual
Running time 103 minutes[1]
Purge begins, a successful anti-Purge resistance group led
by Carmelo Johns and his partner, the Stranger from the Country United States
first film who is revealed as "Dwayne", hijack government Language English
feeds to denounce the New Founding Fathers and their
actions. Budget $9 million[2]
In Los Angeles, working class waitress Eva Sanchez returns Box office $111.9 million[2]
home to her daughter Cali and terminally ill father Rico,
who also despises the New Founding Fathers. Rico slips out
to a waiting limousine, leaving a note for his family revealing that he has sold himself as a Purge offering in
exchange for $100,000 to be paid to Eva and Cali after the Purge.

Married couple Shane and Liz visit a grocery store, only to be ambushed by a masked gang of bikers. As they
drive away to avoid them, their car breaks down. It is then revealed that the biker gang had cut their fuel line,
and has been pursuing them since they left. Meanwhile, an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant
Leo Barnes, plans to join the Purge to avenge the death of his son against the advice of his ex-wife, and goes
out to the streets heavily armed posing as a vigilante.

As Shane and Liz try to find safer hiding places, the sirens blare and the Purge commences. Eva and Cali are
attacked by their lustful superintendent Diego, whose relationship with Eva was once rejected in the past, but
he is gunned down by a paramilitary platoon, who capture the women to offer them to their leader Big Daddy
for his own personal Purge. The Sergeant arrives and rescues them after killing the troops and wounding Big
Daddy. They return only to find Shane and Liz hiding in Sergeant's car. The group flees just as Big Daddy fires
at them, heavily damaging the car. As the Sergeant's car breaks down, the group flees on foot to reach the home
of Eva's co-worker Tanya and borrow her car. They navigate their way through the hostile streets, finding
evidence that the Anti-Purge group has been gaining the upper hand against the purgers and the NFFA. After
freeing Shane from a trap and taking guns from an abandoned purger's van, they head to the subways thinking
that they are safe. A pyrotechnic purging gang invades the subways and sets hiding people on fire, causing
chaos. Liz and Shane fend off the gang, resulting in Shane getting wounded, but the group manages to escape.

The group reach Tanya's flat, but learn there is no car there. Tanya's family take them in, offering them dinner
and medicine. However, Tanya's sister Lorraine proceeds to murder her sister for sleeping with her husband.
The group leave the family to their fate, only to be captured by the masked gang, who take them to a theater
where upper class Purgers bid them for human hunting. In the purging arena, the Sergeant fights back, killing
the hunters. Witnessing this, the host purger calls for backup. Security forces swarm the chamber, and kill
Shane. Suddenly, the Anti-Purge group led by Carmelo and the Stranger invade the arena, and kills more of the
purging team. Liz chooses to join the Anti-Purge group to avenge Shane's death while the others leave. The
Sergeant hijacks the host purger's car, and threatens her before leaving.

The Sergeant, Eva, and Cali drive up to a suburban neighborhood, and stops at the home of Warren Grass. He
reveals that Grass killed his son while driving under the influence, but was acquitted on legal technicalities.
Despite Cali begging him to not give in to revenge, the Sergeant ventures into the house, threatening Warren
and his wife. The scene cuts away wherein Sergeant exits the house covered in blood, only to be shot by Big
Daddy, who reprimands the Sergeant for trying to play the hero, while also revealing that the New Founding
Fathers have secretly dispatched death squads to increase the body count because the Purge eliminates too few
of the lower class, possibly due to purgers murdering those who they have personal grudges on and not just
random people. Just as Big Daddy is about to kill the Sergeant, Warren appears and kills Big Daddy with his
.45, revealing that the Sergeant had forgiven and spared him. As Big Daddy's death squad appears, sirens blare
to signal the end of the Purge. Warren drives Eva, Cali, and the Sergeant to the hospital where they reach just in
time as news and police helicopters fly over the city, slightly devastated by the events of the evening.

Cast
Frank Grillo as Sergeant Leo Barnes[4][5] Jack Conley as Big Daddy
(credited only as The Sergeant) Noel G. as Diego
Carmen Ejogo as Eva Sanchez Castulo Guerra as Barney
Zach Gilford as Shane Michael K. Williams as Carmelo Johns
Kiele Sanchez as Liz Edwin Hodge as Dwayne (credited as "The
Zo Soul as Cali Sanchez Stranger")
Justina Machado as Tanya Keith Stanfield as Young Ghoul Face
John Beasley as Papa Rico Sanchez Roberta Valderrama as Lorraine
 Niko Nicotera as Roddy Judith McConnell as Host Purger (credited as
Brandon Keener as Warren Grass Old Elegant Woman)
Cindy Robinson as Purge Announcement Voice

Production
On June 10, 2013 Universal Pictures and Jason Blum announced the development of the sequel, after the
success of The Purge.[6] Initially a release date was set for June 20, 2014[7] although this was later pushed back
to July 18.[3]

Principal photography was underway in Los Angeles when Blumhouse Productions released their countdown
promo art on January 1, 2014.[8] Filming wrapped on February 10, 2014.[9]

Marketing

The first trailer was released on February 12, 2014.[10] On March 27, another full-length trailer was released by
Universal.[11] Another new trailer was released on June 23.[12]

Home media

The Purge: Anarchy was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on October 21, 2014.[13]

Reception
Box office

The Purge: Anarchy grossed $72 million in America and $40 million in other countries for a total gross of
$111.9 million, against a budget of $9 million.[2]

The film was released in North America in 3,303 theaters,[14] and earned $2.6 million in its first night.[15] In its
opening weekend, the film grossed $29.8 million, finishing in second place behind the continued run of Dawn
of the Planet of the Apes. This was about $4 million less than the opening of the original film ($34 million).[16]

Critical reception

The Purge: Anarchy received mixed reviews from critics, but most agreed that the film was an improvement
over its predecessor and found praise for Grillo's performance. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of
56%, based on 127 reviews, with the consensus reading: "Gritty, grisly, and uncommonly ambitious, The
Purge: Anarchy represents a slight improvement over its predecessor, but it's still never as smart or resonant as
it tries to be".[17] On Metacritic, the film has a score 50 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or
average reviews".[18] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a "B" grade on a scale of A+ to F.[19]

Sequel
A third film in the series titled The Purge: Election Year was released on July 1, 2016.

Other media
The film was the theme for a scare zone in the 2014 edition of Halloween Horror Nights at two of the Universal
Parks & Resorts. It was also a house at Halloween Horror Nights the following year in Orlando while
Hollywood received a scare zone and being the main theme of Terror Tram.
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deadline.com/2014/02/universal-re-slots-the-pur ge-ana
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4. DeMonaco, James (2014). "Behind the Anarchy (Blu-
Ray Documentary)". Universal Pictures.
5. The character's name was revealed to be "Leo Barnes"
in The Purge: Election Year.
6. Kit, Borys (June 10, 2013)."Universal, Jason Blum
Throw Purge Sequel into Development"(http://www.h
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8. "The Purge 2 Promo Art" (http://www.movieweb.com/
news/the-purge-2-promo-art). MovieWeb.com. January
1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
9. "That's a WRAP on #ThePurge2! Can't wait to share
more with all of you very soon. Stay tuned!"(https://tw
itter.com/blumhouse/status/433017334588911616).
Twitter.com. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
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Deadline.com. February 12, 2014. Retrieved
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'Purge,' 'Planes' Sequels Face Off Against 'Dawn of the
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