If you had 12-hours to kill, rob, rape and torture and/or illegally download movies and music without fear of consequence, would that really be enough time? So is the premise behind Universal Pictures’ The Purge in which… oh, wait, this is actually some kind of sociopolitical thriller meant to teach us a moral lesson.

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The Purge is a government sanctioned 12-hour night during which all fun criminal activity is permissible by law. Ethan Hawk and Lena Headey (pictured) star as parents on home lock down, caught in an ethical dilemma when their bleeding heart daughter provides shelter to a man wanted dead by crazed hooligans.

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