Review of The First Purge (2018) by Christopher N — 31 Jul 2018

I was disappointed at how blatantly racist this movie is. This kind of garbage helps divide a divided country even more.

This review of The First Purge (2018) was written by Christopher N on 31 Jul 2018.

The First Purge has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Dee C (31) on 08 Dec 2018

Very predictable with plenty of shots taken at Donald Trump and Republicans. Does everything have to be politicized…

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By Leon B (942) on 30 Dec 2018

The First Purge (2018) Plot: To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a…

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By Imthenoob (1,101) on 31 Mar 2019

A prequel that does little to explain much of anything and only gives the bare minimum of content before once again being reduced into a plain…

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By Martin C (360) on 20 Nov 2018

The First Purge gives more of the same, people who kill another for fun, but I never tire of seeing it…

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By James Clay (166) for Fresh Fiction (404) on 14 Dec 2018

This is a film that wants to be junk food for the genre crowd while attempting to operate on a not-so-subtle plain offering up political allegories…

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By Mauro L (130) on 16 Jan 2019

I felt the film was unnecessarily racist. It was a political film. Nothing like the others. Good series ruined by politics…

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By Mach P (36) on 23 Nov 2018

This was one of the best in the Purge series. It was definitely scary and a bit too realistic for me…

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By Matt Oakes (180) for Silver Screen Riot (180) on 01 Nov 2018

McMurray does a fine job of assembling a large cast of characters and paying the right amount of attention to those that matter most…

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By Andrew J (1,127) on 30 Oct 2018

The first purge should have been the last purge…

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By Demistuart (50) on 24 Oct 2018

Watched it with boxxy software. It is a great film with many hidden meanings…

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