The Purge Page #4

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): James DeMonaco
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
R
Year:
2013
85 min
$64,400,000
Website
8,663 Views


You're doing great.

All right.

Let me get the chair, here.

Okay,

we are almost done.

I'm gonna pick him up on the

count of three, all right?

You're gonna help me.

Keep the light on us, Charlie.

Ready? One, two...

Three!

Okay.

Great. Now,

let's get the tape and tape him in there.

Whoa!

Hey, hey, hey!

I've got him, I've got him.

I got him.

Okay. Okay, all right!

You got to calm down.

He's gonna break this tape!

Press on his wound.

What?

Get the letter opener

and press on his wound!

Get the letter

opener on the desk!

Grab the letter opener!

No, Mom!

Listen to me.

I am just trying to protect my family.

Just calm down.

Mom!

Come on, do it.

Do it, Mary!

Do it!

Press on his wound!

Yes!

Mom!

You want her

to do it again?

Mom, stop!

Just do it again, Mary.

Okay. All right.

Okay. Ready to sit

in the chair?

Yeah, he's ready.

Help me up. Help me up.

Ready? Okay.

Stay there, all right?

Stop it.

Just let me take you

in this chair. All right?

Mary, where's the tape?

You are making this much more

difficult than it needs to be.

You understand me? Huh?

Christ, look at us.

Look at this man.

Look at what

we're doing to him.

Come on, Mary.

Let's get this over with.

Come on, Mary.

It's okay, Mary.

I can't.

Oh, yes, you can.

I need you right now,

okay?

Hey, look at me. Huh?

Look at me, Mary.

Mary.

It's wrong. It's so wrong.

We don't have a choice.

This is so wrong.

We don't have

any other choice.

Don't touch me.

Look at you.

No, no, no.

Don't touch me.

When did this happen?

James, look at you.

What the hell

happened to us, James?

Charlie.

Charlie? Baby, where did you go?

Charlie?

Charlie!

Charlie,

where are you, baby?

Charlie!

Zoey. Hey,

are you all right?

Sit down, sit down.

You hit your head.

Are you okay?

Oh, God.

I am so sorry

about Henry, okay?

I'm so sorry.

But we're gonna make it through tonight,

all right?

We will, and everything

is gonna be okay.

It's not gonna be okay.

What?

Look at what

you're doing.

Nothing is ever

going to be okay again.

Don't say that.

Save your children.

Take me outside.

Charlie? Charlie!

I want all these barricades down!

Get chains on every

door and every window!

James, where's Zoey?

I don't know,

she ran out here.

Those freaks outside

are coming in!

They have chains on

the doors and windows.

They're gonna pull them

off and come inside.

Maybe you were right.

No, I wasn't right

about anything.

You're not

sending him outside?

I have another idea.

What are you gonna do?

Charlie!

Charlie, listen to me.

You take this gun.

Dad, are you

sending him outside?

No. All right?

You're gonna go hide

in the basement

and you're not gonna come out for anybody,

all right?

Okay.

You're a good boy.

All right, go, go.

You just gave

our son a gun.

You want to tell me

what the hell we're doing?

We're gonna fight.

I want you to take this one as well.

Safety's off.

You're gonna use

a lot of rounds.

What do I do?

You're gonna cover the

other side of the house.

This is our home.

Our kids live here.

Anybody tries to come in,

you blast them.

You will not hesitate.

Mmm.

Dear Mr. and Mrs.!

I'm sorry to tell you this,

but your time is essentially up.

And you failed!

You failed to deliver

the homeless swine!

I'm very disappointed as you

fine folk should know better!

That piece of filth

that you are protecting

exists only to serve

our need to Purge!

So, I bid thee farewell, sweet Sandins.

Release the beast, boys.

Let the killing commence!

Run!

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

Are you hurt?

No, I'm okay.

We've got

to get out of here.

Come on,

come on, come on.

Cooper,

come look at little lady Sandin.

She's exquisite.

Save her for me.

Dad.

Are you okay?

Yes, Dad, I'm okay.

You stay here, okay?

Are Mommy and Zoey okay?

Yeah,

they're gonna be fine.

Mmm...

Sh*t.

Sh*t!

It's okay.

It's okay.

Your soul has been cleansed,

Mr. Sandin.

You've Purged.

Just one question for you.

Was his life

really worth yours?

Your family's?

Thank you for this unforgettable Purge,

Mr. Sandin.

No! No! No!

Get off!

Get off of me!

James!

Let go of me!

Please, don't!

Please don't kill me.

Please don't!

James!

Please, don't!

Please, don't!

Please!

James!

James!

Please!

Please, don't!

Don't! Please don't!

James.

James.

Charlie! Charlie!

Zoey!

Dad!

Sorry.

Thank you

for your sacrifice.

You got a lot

of heart, Mr. Sandin.

Blessed be America...

A nation reborn.

I'm so sorry.

Thank you.

We saw that you were

having some trouble.

We decided to help you.

You saved us.

I don't know what to say.

Don't thank us

too much, Mary.

The truth is,

you're ours, not theirs.

What do you mean "ours"?

What do you mean?

What do you mean "ours"?

Dad?

No, no, no!

Dad!

Wait! Wait!

Dad!

James is dead.

Mary and the kids

will have to do.

Let's tie them up.

We'll kill them right here.

No, no, no.

What do you mean?

Wait! Wait! Wait!

Come on.

No! No!

No!

No! No! No!

Mom! Mom!

Cali, get the tape!

Don't touch

my f***ing children!

Don't you touch

my f***ing kids!

Let them go!

Let them go!

Right now! You let

my f***ing kids go!

Shut up, Mary!

Shut up!

Right now!

Mary! Shut up!

I swear to God,

I will shoot him right now.

Do you hear me?

Why are you doing this?

Why are you doing this?

Why are you doing

this right now?

When your barricades

came down,

we saw an opportunity to cleanse

ourselves of our hatred.

You made so much

money off of us

and then you just

stuck it in our faces.

You all think

you're so damn perfect.

I just need you

to listen to me, Grace.

I'm really begging

you right now.

Do not do this to

my children, please.

They're my children,

please.

Please, not my children.

I can't let you do that.

We have to, Mary.

That's what this night is all about.

I am begging you.

I'm really begging you.

I can't let you do this.

We'll be better people and you'll

have sacrificed yourselves

to make the world

a better place.

Mom...

Mom!

You're frightening them.

Please don't.

Please let me

hold my children.

Mary, no, no.

It's over.

Untie them.

It's over.

Please untie my hands.

Hmm?

Grace?

It's time for you

to quiet down, Mary,

and let us do

our duty as Americans.

Mom.

Sweetheart...

Zoey, look at me, okay?

Just look at your mama.

Just look at me.

Just look at me.

Blessed be

the New Founding Fathers

for letting us Purge

and cleanse our souls.

Blessed be America...

Blessed be America,

a nation reborn.

I'll go first

and then...

We'll take turns.

Timmy?

Don't move.

Drop your weapons

right now.

Untie them,

let's go.

Right now.

Your call.

Just get it over with.

Kill us quickly.

No.

Oh, for God's sake!

Just do it!

Come on!

Mom,

they were going to kill us.

It doesn't matter.

We are gonna play the rest of this

night out in motherfucking peace.

Does anyone have

a problem with that?

Did you enjoy

Grace's Purge party...

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James DeMonaco

James DeMonaco (born 1969) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating the Purge franchise, writing and directing The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), and The Purge: Election Year (2016).DeMonaco's first produced screenplay was the Robin Williams comedy Jack (1996), directed by Academy Award-winner Francis Ford Coppola. more…

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