The Purge: Election Year (2016 film)
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The Purge: Election Year | ||
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Directed by | James DeMonaco | |
Produced by | Jason Blum Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller Sébastien K. Lemercier | |
Written by | James DeMonaco | |
Starring | Frank Grillo Elizabeth Mitchell Mykelti Williamson | |
Music by | Nathan Whitehead | |
Cinematography | Jacques Jouffret | |
Edited by | Todd E. Miller | |
Production company | Platinum Dunes Blumhouse Productions Man in a Tree Productions | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures | |
Release date | July1, 2016 (United States) | |
Running time | 109 minutes | |
Country | United States | |
Language | English | |
Budget | $10 million | |
Box office | $118.6 million |
The Purge: Election Year is a 2016 American action horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco and starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Mykelti Williamson. It is the sequel to 2014's The Purge: Anarchy and is the third installment in the Purge franchise. Jason Blum and Michael Bay are among the film's producers.
The film was released on July 1, 2016, and received mixed reviews from critics. It grossed more than $118 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of the series before being passed by the fourth film, The First Purge, in July 2018.
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[edit] Cast
- Frank Grillo as Leo Barnes, former LAPD Police Sergeant turned Security Chief for Charlie Roan
- Elizabeth Mitchell as Senator Charlene "Charlie" Roan, U.S. Senator/presidential candidate running on an anti-Purge platform
- Christy Coco as Young Charlie Roan
- Mykelti Williamson as Joe Dixon
- Joseph Julian Soria as Marcos Dali
- Betty Gabriel as Laney Rucker
- Terry Serpico as Earl Danzinger, leader of a neo-Nazi paramilitary group
- Raymond J. Barry as Caleb Warrens, NFFA leader and President of the United States
- Edwin Hodge as Dante Bishop, an anti-Purge resistance fighter from the previous Purge films
- Kyle Secor as Minister Edwidge Owens, a pastor of a NFFA-affiliated cathedral
- Brittany Mirabilé as Kimmy
- Juani Feliz as Kimmy's friend
- Kimberly Howe as Kimmy's friend
- Ethan Phillips as Chief Couper
- Cindy Robinson as Purge Announcement Voice
- Liza Colón-Zayas as Dawn
- David Aaron Baker as NFFA Press Secretary Tommy Roseland
- Christopher James Baker as Harmon James
- Roman Blat as Uncle Sam
- Jamal Peters as Gang Leader with Dying Friend
- J. Jewels as Political Debater
- Matt Walton as Reporter #1
- Naheem Garcia as Angel Munoz
- Jared Kemp as Rondo
[edit] Production
[edit] Filming
[edit] Music
Nathan Whitehead returned to compose the score, having done the music for the first two Purge films. The soundtrack was released on July 1, 2016, to coincide with the release of the film.
[edit] Release
[edit] Home Media
[edit] Reception
[edit] Box office
[edit] Critical response
[edit] Prequel
- Main article: The First Purge
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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