The Daily Stream: The Purge Is Still Relevant, Still Scary, And Still As Eloquent As Ever

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Film: “The Purge“Where You Can Stream It: HBOMaxThe Pitch: A totalitarian political party called the “New Founding Fathers of America” are voted into office following an economic collapse in 2014.

The fringe group passes a law sanctioning an annual event called the “Purge”, wherein all crime is legal and emergency services are temporarily suspended for a 12-hour period once a year.

By 2022 — when the…The post The Daily Stream: The Purge Is Still Relevant, Still Scary, and Still as Eloquent as Ever appeared first on /Film.

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