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* IKnewIt: A popular fan theory was that the government was lying about [[spoiler: the percentage of the populace actively participating in the Purge. This was often paired with speculation that the regime was using "death squads" to increase the body count. The sequel confirmed fans were right on both counts.]]
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** [=DeMonaco=] clearly took a lot of the criticisms of the first film to heart, resulting in a film that gives far more of what people wanted to see from the premise.
** The movie attempts to address some of the FridgeLogic the basic premise of ''The Purge'' is accused of having, such as strongly implying that the Purge actually ''doesn't'' work and is ultimately just a GovernmentConspiracy to keep the rich in power and KillThePoor for fun and profit, to the point where state-sanctioned death squads roam around massacring people to keep up the statistics because the majority of citizens hide from the Purge rather than participate in it. It also says that the ''really'' important people -- the super-rich and those with political power -- are exempt from the Purge and it is still illegal to kill them, thus explaining how such a government can expect to function. The original arguably does at least suggest some of this, since even there it is strongly implied that the United States is run by a shadowy dictatorship/oligarchy called The New Founding Fathers, and nothing is ever ''definitively'' said about how or if the Purge works other than "it just does" beyond suspicious state-backed propaganda.
** [=DeMonaco=] clearly took a lot of the criticisms of the first film to heart, resulting in a film that gives far more of what people wanted to see from the premise.
** The movie attempts to address some of the FridgeLogic the basic premise of ''The Purge'' is accused of having, such as strongly implying that the Purge actually ''doesn't'' work and is ultimately just a GovernmentConspiracy to keep the rich in power and KillThePoor for fun and profit, to the point where state-sanctioned death squads roam around massacring people to keep up the statistics because the majority of citizens hide from the Purge rather than participate in it. It also says that the ''really'' important people -- the super-rich and those with political power -- are exempt from the Purge and it is still illegal to kill them, thus explaining how such a government can expect to function. The original arguably does at least suggest some of this, since even there it is strongly implied that the United States is run by a shadowy dictatorship/oligarchy called The New Founding Fathers, and nothing is ever ''definitively'' said about how or if the Purge works other than "it just does" beyond suspicious state-backed propaganda.
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comment felt more YMMV. would have left it up if there was some evidence for "definitely"
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* TheScrappy: Liz definitely wasn't a popular character. She often screams at the worst times over the dumbest reasons, alerting other purgers to the group's location. This gets worse towards the ending, when she becomes a fully-fledged FauxActionGirl.
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* OneSceneWonder: Carmelo Johns. It helps that he's the BigGood.
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* OneSceneWonder: Carmelo Johns. It helps that he's the BigGood. BigGood and ChewingTheScenery, and being played by Creator/MichaelKWilliams doesn't hurt either.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Frank Grillo as Leo. The fact that he's a badass helps.
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%% * SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Frank Grillo as Leo. The fact that he's a badass helps.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The original had a 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, ''Anarchy'' has 58%. ''Anarchy'' also went out of its way to show many aspects of The Purge the original glossed over.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The original had a 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, ''Anarchy'' has 58%. It probably helps that ''Anarchy'' also went out put far more focus on the idea of its way to show many aspects of The being caught outside during Purge Night and how society views the original glossed over. Purge in general, whereas the previous film was your typical "bad guys break into a house and the homeowners have to survive" plot.
