If you loved The First Purge, try The Purge: Election Year

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The First Purge

2018 · dir. Gerard McMurray

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Theyboth carry the dread, late night mood tags, and they sit in Action / Horror / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The First Purge, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Purge: Election Year is

Cicadas drown out July 4th fireworks. A man in a suit carries a pistol he’s never fired. Two guards and a senator flee a glass skyscraper into neon-streaked alleys. Someone upstairs turns the locks.

If you loved The First Purge, try The Purge: Election Year

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The Purge: Election Year

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What The Purge: Election Year is

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