Somewhere between Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and the “Family Guy” episode in which Peter Griffin joins the Tea Party lies “The Purge.” Unf...

Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey star in James DeMonaco's violently satirical chiller.

The home-invasion thriller comes from the same guy who wrote the slack remake of 'Assault on Precinct 13.'

Viggo Mortensen plays twins in Everybody Has A Plan, Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham are brothers in Blood, while Lena Headey and Ethan Hawke take on The Purge.

Sure it’s a bloodbath, but the bath is as scathing as acid.

Director James DeMonaco (Little New York) turns in a nail-biter featuring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey. Set in an orderly future where citizens enjoy one lawl...

As dystopian thrillers go, “The Purge’’ has a better premise than most we’ve seen recently: In 2022, the “New Founding Fathers’’ (read: Tea Par...

As a nauseating variation on the home-invasion theme, The Purge is as sickening as it is dreary. The year is too close for comfort (2022, to be exact) but th...

Writer/director James DeMonaco, who previously scripted the surprisingly effective 2005 remake of John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13," cuts creative co...

James DeMonaco’s “The Purge” is a bloody-minded, heavy-handed satire of life within these violent United States. It’s a horror film with the occasion...

It's 2022. and in the u.s. crime is at an all-time low. Why? Once a year, for 12 hours, the government condones robbery, rape and murder. Apparently, an...

America’s doing great, thanks to a bloody annual ritual, in this metaphorically aggressive thriller starring Ethan Hawke.

In 2022, a “reborn America” enjoys an annual rite of spring: the Purge, a 12-hour period when all laws are suspended and all cops are off duty

Despite a vague commentary on class, this family-in-peril thriller is just a slasher flick

Thudding shocks and predictability dull the edge of this futuristic horror movie.

The home-invasion thriller stars Ethan Hawke and Game of Thrones' Lena Headey.