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The Purge

During the Purge, a 12-hour window when all crime is legal, a wealthy family is taken hostage for sheltering the target of a deadly syndicate.

In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide.

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Info about The Purge

Studio(s): Universal Pictures, Why Not Productions

Originally Released: United States, May 31, 2013

Production Countries: France, United States

Box Office Gross: $89,328,627.00

Budget: $3,000,000.00

Genres:Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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