Gerard McMurray takes over as director for prequel "The First Purge," in which we learn how it began. But the interesting ideas drown in a bloodbath.

At this point, it’s safe to say The Purge is a very successful franchise. With 4 films under its belt and a current television show airing on USA, the se...

There are certain movies critics call “review-proof,” and then there’s The First Purge. A franchise not smart enough to truly explore the sociopolitica...

Warning: The following review contains references to the political content, rampant and pointed, in the “Purge” franchise begun in 2013. With these movie...

A Purge for Trump's America.

The origins of Purge night are detailed in this Blumhouse prequel. Read the Empire review.

The First Purge comes second to the horror of real life: EW review

Director Gerard McMurray takes over for series creator James DeMonaco in 'The First Purge,' the fourth bloody slog through an annual anything-goes national h...

Race, violence and inequality in contemporary America are tackled in this gruesomely entertaining horror prequel

Staten Island becomes a metaphor for Trump-era oppression in Gerard McMurray's silly but meaningful prequel.

In the gruesome 'First Purge,' residents of a Staten Island housing project repel an invasion of Klansmen, Gestapo and neo-Nazis.

Are you feeling great?

This Purge origin story presents a timely dystopian vision of America’s class, race and culture wars.

This prequel to the popular franchise outlines the events preceding the annual slash-a-thon and wonders: What if you held a massacre and hardly anyone came?

I feel pretty safe saying The First Purge isn’t going to be a big hit with Donald Trump’s base.With a script that feels more like an anti-Administration ...

What is frustrating is that the social commentary portions of the movie are simplistic even by the low standards generally set by genre films.

In “The First Purge,” the Apocalypse is now. The most politically potent sci-fi/horror film series since the early years of George A. Romero gets a blood...

'The First Purge' brings you back to the horror franchise's beginning – and gets even more politically incendiary than before. Our review.

There will be blood.

There's a brief loss of picture halfway through The First Purge's end credits that reveals a full-blown commercial for the upcoming ten-part television "even...

Any deeper meaning or relevance in this prequel is merely hinted at rather than made the most of

"The First Purge" is an angry movie about our current political climate, angry about class discrepancy, and angry about the treatment of minorities.

As the nation skids toward totalitarianism, "The Purge" franchise grows ever more plausible

’The First Purge’ is a schlock horror about scary masks and glowing eyes, but it’s also an incisive satire about losing our shared humanity.

The Purge prequel’s Trump jabs are thuddingly obvious—which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

A prequel to the 'Purge' series, and the first set in the inner city, is a crude exploitation film that still manages to pack a timely punch.

Hamfisted times call for hamfisted measures.

It’s pretty good if you’re not averse to caricatures, predictable twists, and lots of familiar B-movie tropes.

The First Purge doubles-down on bloody opposition against true-to-life societal fears, but abandons the subtlety needed to prevent Gerard McMurray’s preque...