The Purge: Election Year (2016)

Awards
- 6 nominations

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Watch The Purge: Election Year: The Survivors Realize They Are About To Be Attacked

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Watch The Purge: Election Year: Senator Roan Asks Leo Why He Applied To Be Her Bodyguard

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Watch The Purge: Election Year: Edwin Hodge On His Character Dante

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Watch The Purge: Election Year: Jason Blum On How The Purge Came About

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Watch The Purge: Election Year: Brad Fuller & Andrew Form On The Story

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Watch The Purge: Election Year: Terry Serpico On What Purge Night Is

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Watch The Purge: Election Year: Mykelti Williamson On The New Purge Rule

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Watch The Purge: Election Year: James Demonaco On The Rule Change

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Director
- James DeMonaco
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- James DeMonaco
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Trivia
Originally, part 3 was intended to be a prequel, telling the story of the very first Purge. This idea was scrapped when Frank Grillo accepted James DeMonaco's offer to reprise the character of Sergeant Leo Barnes. The prequel idea was used for the next film in the series, The First Purge (2018).

Goofs
(at around 51 mins) During the store break scene, candy girl is run over by a van and passes under the van. Her boots fly off her body with the laces dangling as they fly away from her body. When the driver steps out of the vehicle to shoot her, her boots are back on with the laces still tied.

Quotes
Joe Dixon: Boy, there's a whole bunch of Negros comin' right this way. And we sitting up here like a bucket of motherfucking chicken.

Connections
Featured in Conan: Aubrey Plaza/Frank Grillo/Pierce the Veil (2016)

Soundtracks
20th Century Boy
Written by Marc Bolan
Performed by T. Rex
Courtesy of Spirit Music Group

Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell) is running for President on a platform of ending the Purge. Her family was massacred during the Purge in her childhood. The NFFA revokes the Purge rule protecting high rank government officials but Roan refuses to add security. Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) from the previous movie is now her head of security. Store owner Joe Dixon (Mykelti Williamson) is informed that his Purge insurance has been canceled. Roan is betrayed and escapes with Barnes into the streets where they are hunted.

This tries to add politics to what started out as a simple horror franchise. It's making social commentary. The world of the Purge continuous to be expanded. There are fun Purge visuals. There are some fun action although I wouldn't call it a scary horror. It goes down some weirder paths which is interesting. One thing holding it back is that there is only one possible good ending and the movie would ignore it to its detriment. Roan has to die.