Friday, June 7, 2013

'The Purge,' Starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey

As dystopian thrillers go, “The Purge'' has a better premise than most we've seen recently: In 2022, the “New Founding Fathers'' (read: Tea Party) have ushered in a “rebirth'' of American prosperity by instituting an annual “purge'' when all laws

"The Purge," a low-budget thriller starring Ethan Hawke, will square off against the big boys of summer when it opens this week. The movie, which cost just more than $3 million and is about a lawless night and the effect it has on one family, is

The Purge is an amoral mess that imagines a future where murder has been eliminated except for one 12 hour period per year, and even pros like Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey cant make it interesting.

"Man of Steel" and Paramount's "World War Z" are the next budget-busters — and it costs almost $100 million more to market such films. All of which makes Universal Pictures' "The Purge," a dystopian thriller costing a little more than $3 million

This weekend Universal's The Purge opens in theaters, and the film's central premise – the idea that once a year people are allowed to commit any crimes they want for 12 hours – may be familiar to fans of Star Trek. After all

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'The Purge,' Starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey

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