“人類史上、最悪の実験開始ー”
社会全体が混乱した近未来の米国では新政党“NFFA”のブラッケンが大統領となり、年にひと晩だけすべての犯罪が合法化される制度“パージ（浄化）”が国民のストレス発散になるので犯罪率も失業率も激減すると主張。そんな“パージ”の効果を測定する実験がNYのスタテン島で行なわれることになり、住民たちがおびえる中、Dが率いるギャングは敵対勢力との対決に向けて準備する。その一方、“NFFA”の陰謀が進行し……。
製作費: $13,000,000 (20億円)
興行収入: $137,056,262 (206億円)
推定収支: $124,056,262 (186億円)
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監督: Gerard McMurray
脚本: ジェームズ・デモナコ
音楽: Kevin Lax
制作: Jeanette Volturno / ジェームズ・デモナコ / Steven R. Molen
撮影監督: Anastas N. Michos
制作会社: Platinum Dunes / Blumhouse Productions / Universal Pictures / Man in a Tree Productions
_The Purge_ has come a long way since its inception. Originally used as nothing more than an excuse to explain away "Why don't they just call the cops?" in your average home-invasion movie, the original _Purge_ movie had implied classism for the meat of it, and then an actual call to class division right at the end. Since then, the classism, and racism in American society has become a focal B-story to the _Purge_ movies, and now we're in 2018 for the prequel - _The First Purge_ - and those issues are now the whole point of the movie. Some might say that it's because the movies have lost any sense of subtlety, personally I think it's more that the creatives are sick of people missing the point. _The First Purge_ can't have been an easy thing to give the go-ahead in the current political climate over in the US, but it's important, and moreover, not a bad little film, socio-economic politics aside. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
