The Purge (2018)
Surviving the night is just the beginning.
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 4 September 2018 |
| Status | Canceled |
| Genre | Mystery, Crime, Drama |
| Created by | James DeMonaco |
| Starring | Paola Nuñez, Max Martini and Derek Luke |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Episode length | about 43 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 14 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 6.9/10 |
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What kind of watch this is
The Purge series drops you into a small city where a totalitarian government legalizes murder for 12 hours a year. It tracks a group of people with no obvious connection, bound only by a mysterious, hyper-competent savior who appears when things get bad. There are 2 seasons and 20 episodes, adding up to 14 hours of watching people decide how far they will go to stay alive. It is a tight, claustrophobic mystery that treats the annual reset as a pressure cooker for long-buried secrets. The tagline says surviving the night is just the beginning, and the show agrees.
What the critics said
The reception was lukewarm, to put it kindly. Rotten Tomatoes assigns a 42% approval rating from 38 reviews, averaging 5.51 out of 10. Their consensus calls the series "bloated and boring," arguing it kills a fleetingly fun premise. Metacritic lands on 44 out of 100 from 13 critics, labeling the reviews mixed or average.
How it did with audiences
The box office is a blank space, which leaves the audience vote as the sole metric. On TMDB, users rate it 6.9 out of 10. That is a score that says the film worked for some people and simply wasn’t for others. No money figures to argue with.
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Sources
- The Purge on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q55263234 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Purge (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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