Review of The Purge: Election Year (2016) by Adam L — 25 Sep 2017

This was great. Lots of blood and gore to keep you entertained.

This review of The Purge: Election Year (2016) was written by Adam L on 25 Sep 2017.

The Purge: Election Year has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Jessica M (658) on 01 Aug 2018

Once again, the Purge franchise makes a film thats entertaining and interesting. Frank Grillo is great again…

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By Junelkean (96) on 20 Jan 2018

It's no coincidence that The Purge: Election Year is released during the election campaign of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton with director…

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By Tyranian (764) on 11 Apr 2019

Grillo is good but otherwise this film is utterly braindead. Visually decent but very dumb…

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By Jpk (597) on 24 Dec 2019

Not Quite As Good As 2 Election Year is still suspenseful most of the time, But it lacks some of the pros of it's predecessor…

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By Jmario (4) on 22 May 2019

My god, the best movie in the world, I'm in love with this movie and in the others the director of this movie is in congratulations…

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By Issa G (52) on 13 Jan 2018

Better than the first but not as good as the second one…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 04 Dec 2017

Last time I checked, murder wasn't the only crime available to commit, so maybe it's time to shift the franchise in a completely different…

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By Katy Hayes (18) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 20 Dec 2017

As a brutish action movie in the John Carpenter vein, the film has certain inalienable rights: it's allowed to be crudely satirical and cheaply…

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By Kevin P (1,697) on 26 Oct 2018

Strengths: As always, the concept behind this franchise allows for a lot of cool ideas to come to fruition…

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By Frank M (727) on 20 Oct 2018

An entertaining film and sequel, yet the same plot over and over again seems to get quite repetitive and even boring at some points…

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