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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 02 Jul 2018

We've seen all of this before, and the inclusion of the bitter taste of reality only makes it, well, taste bitterer…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Daily Film Fix (355) on 02 Jul 2018

The pilot for an upcoming 10-part television series, The First Purge is a violent, often incoherent, action/thriller that lacks the clever…

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By Jimmyo (378) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 02 Jul 2018

If you are willing to forgive its flaws, you are likely to enjoy this latest chapter in THE PURGE…

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By Clay Cane (203) for News One (7) on 02 Jul 2018

Damn near terrible, but Daniel from 'Insecure' saved the cinematic day…

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By Henry Stewart (71) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 Jul 2018

Especially early on, Gerard McMurray often rejects the exhibitionist slaughter that James DeMonaco established as the Purge series’s modus…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 02 Jul 2018

Easily a step up from the last two films thanks to McMurray's stylistically brutal direction of the action sequences, but you can't help feeling…

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By Vincent Mancini (369) for FilmDrunk (362) on 02 Jul 2018

The First Purge retains a lot of the goofy schlock aspects of the franchise, but there is some incisive commentary happening here on what happens…

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By Karen Han (178) for indieWire (3,631) on 02 Jul 2018

As it turns out, jack of all trades, master of none is an adage that works to describe movies just as well as people…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Film Racket (579) on 02 Jul 2018

Doesn't open up the franchise's world in any meaningful or enlightening way…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 02 Jul 2018

The persistent flaw in the Purge movies becomes clear again in the The First Purge…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 02 Jul 2018

No matter where you fall on the ideological spectrum, The First Purge will scratch your itch for politically-charged ultra-violence…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 02 Jul 2018

Unless the next film in the franchise outdoes it, The First Purge will be the gold standard by which horror movies that were really bad ideas…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 02 Jul 2018

Boiling off the divisive political subtext and its associated sociological aspects, what we’re left with is an old-fashioned exploitation…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 02 Jul 2018

The most politically potent sci-fi/horror film series since the early years of George A…

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By Courtney Howard (393) for Fresh Fiction (404) on 02 Jul 2018

This franchise has always been a bacchanal of lukewarm mediocrity, and its prequel, The First Purge, is no different…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for Guardian (4,584) on 02 Jul 2018

Clumsy attempts at comedy are weaved in to try and alleviate the remarkable grimness but all it really does it add to an uneven tone…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for New York Times (5,786) on 02 Jul 2018

Even the most ardent fan could find its bluntness uncomfortably timely: In our build-that-wall moment, a story about a government-sponsored…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for Bloody Disgusting (327) on 02 Jul 2018

The fourth installment, a prequel designed to explain the series' origins, feels like a culmination of its consistently undercooked social…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 02 Jul 2018

The same combination of mindless violence and crude social commentary, appealing to the worst instincts of the audience in much the same way…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 02 Jul 2018

Director Gerard McMurray stages an effective game of cat and mouse and ramps up to an effective climax…

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