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The Purge is a 2013 American science-fiction thriller film directed and written by James DeMonaco. Starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, the film is set in the year 2022 when the United States has become "a nation reborn", with crime and unemployment rates hitting an all-time low. This is a result of the government having instituted an annual 12-hour time period called "The Purge", during which people can vent their negative emotions because all crime (including murder) is legal and emergency services are suspended
The film begins with a title card explaining how in the year 2022, the United States boasts an unemployment rate of 1% with crime being at an all-time low. The country is now governed by the New Founding Fathers of America, who have sanctioned an annual 12-hour period called The Purge, during which all crime, including murder, becomes legal. The opening credits display a variety of surveillance camera footage depicting acts of violence occurring in numerous towns and cities across the United States during The Purge.
James Sandin (Ethan Hawke) is a wealthy salesman who has made a fortune selling home security systems that are specifically designed for The Purge. One of the neighbors, Grace, tells James' wife Mary (Lena Headey) the neighbors have been gossiping that the extension on the Sandins' house was financed by the security systems James sold them. At their heavily-fortified house, Mary struggles with their two children, Zoey (Adelaide Kane) and Charlie (Max Burkholder); Zoey is dating an older boy named Henry (Tony Oller) whom Zoey's father doesn't approve of, and Charlie questions the need for The Purge. When James arrives home, he explains to the family how The Purge acts as a catharsis for the American people, giving them a chance to release their pent-up aggression and other negative emotions how they see fit.
After dinner, Charlie fixes a remote controlled robot he uses to view and film events around the house. The family gathers in the lounge, where James initiates the lockdown, shielding all the doors and windows of the house. An official Emergency Broadcast System message appears on television, which explains the rules of The Purge and that all emergency services will be suspended during the 12-hour period. Sirens begin blaring outside, announcing the commencement of the Purge. Zoey asks to be excused to her bedroom, where she finds Henry, who sneaked into the house before the lockdown. Henry explains to Zoey he wants to convince James to bless their relationship and figured he could not be thrown out of the house during The Purge.
James and his family watch the events of The Purge unfold via the video monitors in the lounge. After a while, Charlie is left alone in the lounge and notices a bloodied and beaten stranger (Edwin Hodge) outside the house pleading for help. Charlie deactivates the security system and lets him in. James intercepts the stranger and holds him at gunpoint. Henry appears and opens fire on James, attempting to eliminate the obstacle preventing his relationship with Zoey. James fatally shoots Henry, and in the confusion the stranger escapes to hide within the house. Zoey runs off with the fatally-wounded Henry and watches him die. James takes Mary and Charlie back to the safety of the lounge and then goes off in search of his daughter and the stranger.
Minutes later, a group of masked "purgers" arrive up the street, trace the stranger to the Sandin's home, and issue an ultimatum to the family through the surveillance system: hand the homeless stranger over, their target, within the hour or they will break into the house and murder everyone inside. Mary asks James if the security system will withstand such an attack, and James admits it was designed to act as a deterrent, but not to withstand any number of types of aggressive assaults.
Using his robot, Charlie finds the stranger (who is shown wearing dog tags) and leads him to a secret hiding place, where his parents won't find him. Zoey, seeking to also hide there, inadvertently stumbles the stranger, who holds her at gunpoint (to protect himself until The Purge ends). James pounds a vase on the stranger's head, and the stranger accidentally hits Zoey upon the table. James and Mary tie up the stranger and, to subdue him, aggravate his wounds, in preparation to deliver him to the attackers, but they have a change of heart after realizing they are becoming essentially no different than the "purgers" outside.
The hunters successfully break into the household and the Sandins are forced to defend themselves, culminating in their killing many of the intruders. The group's leader (Rhys Wakefield) fatally stabs James with a Bowie knife, but Zoey shoots and kills him. Suddenly, the Sandins' neighbors arrive and finish off the last of the intruders. Mary thanks them, but the neighbors reveal they are there to kill the Sandins; since the opportunity presented itself, they decided it was their patriotic duty to kill the Sandins in order to vent their hatred for the family's new-found wealth.
Just as the neighbors are about to kill the family, the bloodied stranger comes to the Sandins' aid, killing one of them. The stranger gives Mary the choice to let the other four live or die, and she decides to spare them, as too many people have died during the night. Grace makes one final attempt to kill Mary, but Mary deflects the attack and smashes Grace's face with the butt of her gun. The surviving neighbors and the homeless stranger leave the house and walk away as sirens outside start blaring again, signaling the end of the 12-hour Purge period. The Sandin family watches the emergency services arrive outside of their home.
The credits include audio from television broadcasts, stating that this Purge was the most successful one ever due to the record high number of murders, and the Purge will recur as normal next year.
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