# The Purge: Election Year (2016)

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**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Action, Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: James DeMonaco
**Written by**: James DeMonaco
**Starring**: Elizabeth Mitchell, Frank Grillo, Mykelti Williamson, Betty Gabriel, J. J. Soria, Raymond J. Barry

> *Keep America great*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, raw, unhinged

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 6.0/10 (117479 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 55% · Metacritic 55/100

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