History Film / ThePurgeAnarchy

''The Purge: Anarchy'' is a 2014 American social science fiction action horror film directed and written by James [=DeMonaco=]. It is the sequel to the 2013 film ''Film/ThePurge'', and the second entry in ''Film/ThePurgeUniverse''. The film stars Creator/FrankGrillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Creator/KieleSanchez, Zoë Soul, and Creator/MichaelKWilliams, while Edwin Hodge reprises his role of "The Stranger" from the first movie. It was released worldwide on July 18, 2014.

* GenreShift: While [[ThePurge1 the first movie]] was a home invasion thriller, ''Anarchy'' (and the subsequent film, ''[[ThePurgeElectionYear Election Year]]'') is very much an action film.

''The Purge: Anarchy'' is a 2014 American social science fiction action horror film directed and written by James [=DeMonaco=]. It is the sequel to the 2013 film ''Film/ThePurge'', and the second entry in ''[[Film/ThePurge The Purge]]'' franchise. The film stars Creator/FrankGrillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Creator/KieleSanchez, Zoë Soul, and Creator/MichaelKWilliams, while Edwin Hodge reprises his role of "The Stranger" from the first movie. It was released worldwide on July 18, 2014.

* GenreShift: While [[ThePurge the first movie]] was a home invasion thriller, ''Anarchy'' (and the subsequent film, [[ThePurgeElectionYear Election Year]]) is very much an action film.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The rich purgers in the hunting ground may be a major threat, but primarily due to rigging the game ''heavily'' in their favor, with an arsenal of weapons, pitch black arena, night vision goggles, and prey who are typically scared out of their minds. However, they're still just rich, WASP-y people with no formal training. Put them up against [[OneManArmy Leo]], who's all but stated to be a trained soldier or police officer, and they're cut down in droves even with their skewed advantage.
** One that affects the whole franchise once it is revealed: [[spoiler: regardless of what the first movie would have made you believe, the United States of America is '''not''' full of kill-happy psychopaths eagerly waiting for their little murder Thanksgiving. They are normal people who, come Purge night, just lock their doors. The New Founding Fathers are lying their asses off that the Purge is something that works and even sends out kill-teams to bolster the figures.]]

''The Purge: Anarchy'' is a 2014 American social science fiction action horror film directed and written by James [=DeMonaco=]. It is the sequel to the 2013 film ''Film/ThePurge'', and the second entry in the ''[[Film/ThePurge The Purge (Franchise)]]''. The film stars Creator/FrankGrillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Creator/KieleSanchez, Zoë Soul, and Creator/MichaelKWilliams, while Edwin Hodge reprises his role of "The Stranger" from the first movie. It was released worldwide on July 18, 2014.

Set on the night of March 21, 2023. Remember how while watching The Purge, you asked things like "Are there really that many monsters around to make it so successful? If everybody's preparing for Purge Night, how come so many people die? Why would your average monster wait a whole year to satisfy sadistic urges to murder and kill? How does it even work?" Well, this movie answers a few of those questions - the Purge ''doesn't'' work - at least not the way people think it does...

* VoiceOfTheResistance: Carmelo John’s, a leader of then Anti-Purge political/resistance movement, livestreams videos of himself denouncing the Purge online and on digital billboards both before and during Purge night.

''The Purge: Anarchy'' is a 2014 American social science fiction action horror film directed and written by James [=DeMonaco=]. It is the sequel to the 2013 film ''Film/ThePurge'', and the second entry in the ''[[Film/ThePurge The Purge (Franchise)]]''. The film stars Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Creator/KieleSanchez, Zoë Soul, and Michael K. Williams, while Edwin Hodge reprises his role of "The Stranger" from the first movie. It was released worldwide on July 18, 2014.

* NoNameGiven: Leo is only ever called "Sergeant", as shown in the credits. His name is only listed in Wiki/TheOtherWiki.

* ActionizedSequel: This sequel puts more emphasis on being an action thriller than the first film which leaned toward suspense. A good example would be the sequel's protagonist Leo being a gun-toting, CrazyPrepared badass, reluctant Purger while the first film's protagonists James and Mary Sandin were a husband and wife who have little combat experience and are unprepared for what's coming to them as they initially attempted to stay out of the Purge rather then getting involved in it.
* AnarchoTyranny: A sinister group called the "New Founding Fathers" have taken over the United States and established an annual nationwide event even where crime - including violent crimes like murder - are legal for a 12-hour period, which began as a way to persecute the homeless and other vulnerable people and to maintain their grip on power. The Founding Fathers and their allies themselves are of course protected by armies of security personnel.

* BreakTheCutie: The main characters not named Leo (who already broke down a year ago) qualify, but Liz especially. She starts the night arguing about her separation with Shane, before having to endure the horror that is the Purge. She almost gets to lose Shane once, [[spoiler: and she eventually ''does''. All we see of her at the end is a sobbing wreck who mutters quite surely that [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge she's participating in the Purge]].]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Eva's friend Tanya, ends up sheltering the group from the Purge.

** [[spoiler: Roddy attempts to hold Liz at gunpoint to call his AxCrazy wife Lorraine's bluff to save his own skin, despite the fact it is obvious she's not holding back.]]

* GovernmentConspiracy: The New Founding Fathers don't think enough people are dying in The Purge, so they send murder squads to help out a bit.
* HarmfulToMinors: Though Cali is already an adult, [[MamaBear Eva]]'s still wary that the night's events have forced her daughter to see some rather nasty things such as murders and corpses. A blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment when the party sees a bank employee being nailed to the front door has Eva covering Cali's eyes so she does not have to see it.

** Liz and Shane, who try to drive to Shane's sister's house when it's only ''hours'' until the Purge begins, and even stopping for grocery shopping, [[spoiler:getting their car secretly sabotaged by Purgers in the process.]] If you watch it closely, you will find that when their car break down, it's on a completely vacant road, meaning that most people had common sense to stay off the roads and inside their houses much earlier than these two.

* MyCarHatesMe: Two of the characters wind up in The Purge hours after their car breaks down right before sunset. This is because the bikers sabotaged it to make them easy to round up later.

* NoFairCheating: In-universe example. People cannot use weapons higher than that of Level 4. Those who disobey that rule would be prosecuted. When the rich Purgers attempted to use explosives exceeding Level 4 weapons, they were killed.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Zigzagged. Leo stops his car to save Eva and Cali from the deathsquad, then reluctantly save Shane and Liz as well. As a result, his car is shot, and he cannot be where he initially want to be. He also gets shot [[spoiler: a few times and almost killed at the end. However, spending the entire night protecting complete strangers seem to have changed him. He ultimately forgives the man who killed his son and apparently finds peace at the end of the movie.]]

* NothingIsScarier: The scene that shows [[spoiler:Eva's father]] after he sold himself to the wealthy family to be Purged has him sitting calmly as the family draw machetes and cuts short before they kill him.

** Also Papa Rico. Another day of Purge is going to come and he has to watch helplessly in a sickroom while his broke daughter and granddaughter anxiously prepare to defend themselves. What does he do? Sacrificing himself to the Purge in exchange for a hefty sum of money for his family, of course.

* SoreLoser: The rich Purgers decide to cheat on the hunting challenge by adding more people in the hunting grounds and using explosives when Leo fights back.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: While the NFFA is about to kill Eva and Cali, Leo happens to see it and tells himself to drive away but can't and ends up saving them showing he is indeed a good guy.

* WomanScorned: [[spoiler: Tanya's sister, Lorraine, ''flips the shit out'' when she discovered that her husband cheated with her sister, and then proceeds to shoot Tanya point blank in full view of their parents and said husband.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Liz decides to take a step in badassery after [[spoiler: Shane's death]] by joining the Purge and is never seen or mentioned again. Presumably, she survives the night since [[spoiler: the Stranger]] has made a promise to protect her, but who knows?

** Liz and Shane, who try to drive to Shane's sister's house when it's only ''hours'' until the Purge begins. If you watch it closely, you will find that when their car break down, it's on a completely vacant road, meaning that most people had common sense to stay off the roads and inside their houses much earlier than these two.
** Eva doen't leave work until it's two hours from the Purge (this one might be justified in that she needs the money, and is looking forward to a raise). However, when she gets home, she decides to take a shower FIRST, THEN barricade the house. The barricade didn't work anyway, but shouldn't she make sure the house is safe first, THEN take showers or whatever?