Review of The Purge: Anarchy (2014) by Martin O — 17 Oct 2014

Much better than the first one awesome premise great action thriller and obviously the great lead in frank grillo.

This review of The Purge: Anarchy (2014) was written by Martin O on 17 Oct 2014.

The Purge: Anarchy has generally received mixed reviews.

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