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The Purge (TV Miniseries)

The Purge

2018

James DeMonaco (Creator), Anthony Hemingway ...

Gabriel Chavarria, Jessica Garza, Amanda Warren, Colin Woodell ...

5.5

1,947

TV Series. Thriller. Sci-Fi TV Series (2018-2020). 2 Seasons. 20 Episodes. Based on the hit movie franchise from Blumhouse Productions, The Purge revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal. Set in an altered America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. As the clock winds down, each character is forced to reckon with their past as they discover how ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"In the show’s first three installments, there are thrills, shocks, and plenty of approbation for the fictional universe’s bad guys. The audience is never implicated"	NEU
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"The competent presentation [of the pilot] (...) doesn’t mask the pedestrian plotting and canned characters"	NEU
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"USA' uninspired TV adaptation should be outlawed every night of the year (...) [It] trades quality for quantity in a deadly dull franchise extension"	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"The opening episodes are plagued by a hit-miss quality (...) A template that basically works. Where the series falls short, ultimately, is in the execution"	NEU
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"'The Purge' heads to the small screen (on USA) with its basic flaws and fitfully engaging world-building intact"	NEU
United States	Alex McLevy AV Club	"The premiere episode is a sharply written introduction to the series (...) It feels about right for our current era."	POS
United States	Patrick Bromley Bloody Disgusting	"It is angry, it is political, it is violent and dark, it is full of ideas, and it only sometimes actually succeeds as drama.(…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU

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