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ThePurgeseries was born in rage, and to rage it must return.
The new installment tells a story that is as much neo-Western as urban survival thriller.
Juan finds work on a ranch; Adela, at a meatpacking plant.
Some of the killers are from white-nationalist militias determined to purify American society.
Others are workers looking to butcher their bosses, complaining of exploitation and slave wages.
This results in an unlikely coalition among the good guys.
Mexico, which has now opened its border to American refugees.
The hodgepodge is weirdly appropriate.
The genre identity of thePurgemovies has always been nebulous.
When a couple of jump scares pop up early in the new film, they feel thoroughly unnecessary.
We dont go toPurgemovies for momentary frights.
We go for existential ones.
Once upon a time, the innate awfulness of humans might have been a controversial notion.
But this new film settles the matter once and for all.
After eight years spent taking the pulse of the country, thePurgefilms have decided the patient is terminal.
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