From the beginning of the picture, you stand behind the senator in her bid to rid America of the purge, in large part because you get to see front and center what happened to her family, and why it would lead her to want the holiday gone for good. And thankfully, it leads to the most interesting parts this movie has to offer.
For instance, we see the welcome return of character Sergeant Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) following alongside the senator to protect her throughout the story. There is quite a bit that The Purge: Election Year does try to do right. And what better way to legally murder someone than on the violent day you hold so near and dear to your heart? Roan won’t live long to potentially be president. With her numbers indicating a potential win, the government officials in favor of the purge plan to see to it that Ms.
Senator Charlene Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell,) on the other hand, is opposed to the annual purge and promises that if elected to presidency, her first order of action will be to remove the murderous holiday once and for all. One day a year, for twelve hours, all crime across the United States, including torture and murder, is legal. The Purge: Election Year is set in the year 2025. And in turn, The Purge: Election Year feels more or less the same in trying to handle too many stories simultaneously, but this time without the same level of tense thrills Anarchy provided. On the other hand, while The Purge: Anarchy was a moderate step above what the original provided, one of its biggest problems was trying to juggle too many unnecessary characters at the same time.
We followed a family trying to survive the night together, and in turn, the stakes felt greater. As uninteresting and derivative as the original Purge was, I’ll give it credit for this: The Purge knew it was better to focus solely on the horrors happening to one group of people.
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