Review of The Purge: Election Year (2016) by Dann M — 18 Dec 2016
The third (and perhaps final) chapter in the series, The Purge: Election Year continues to explore the sociopolitical ties to violence. When the political establishment is threatened by presidential candidate Sen.
Charlie Roan's promise to abolish The Purge, they rescind the protection clause for politicians and hire an elite group of mercenaries to assassinate Roan on Purge Night. Elizabeth Mitchell and Frank Grillo lead the cast and give especially good performances.
And the action sequences are intense and exciting. But the writing is weak, as the politics are incredibly heavy handed and slow down the momentum of the film. The characters are also rather thin and don't have a lot of depth to them.
However, there's some interesting world building that explores the anti-Purge movement. The Purge: Election Year provides a fitting conclusion to this provocative series that, despite some blatant class warfare overtones, has some interesting things to say about the culture of violence.
This review of The Purge: Election Year (2016) was written by Dann M on 18 Dec 2016.
The Purge: Election Year has generally received mixed reviews.
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