The trailer for The Forever Purge has arrived. The horror franchise began with 2013's The Purge. Starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Heady, the film follows a suburban family who is beset by masked attackers during a 12-hour government sanctioned Purge period wherein any crime is legal. Despite mixed reviews, The Purge went on to gross nearly $90 million at the box office on a $3 million budget. Three sequels have been released, in addition to a television show that aired for two seasons from 2018 to 2019.
Set to be the fifth and final film in the franchise, The Forever Purge's story will be moving away from the metropolitan setting of the last three films to take place in the Texas countryside. The film will pick up after the annual Purge has ended. Some don't want it to end, though, and they continue to terrorize a Texas a town in the hopes of inspiring a nationwide movement where the Purge never ends. The people in this Texas town must make it through the night and survive with no help in sight.
Now, a trailer has finally been released for The Forever Purge ahead of its release on July 2. In the clip, glimpses of the cleanup after the Purge are seen, but just when the citizens of a Texas town think it's safe, a group of masked Purgers rises again. This unsanctioned Purge spreads across the Texas town, ensnaring innocents along the way and they must fight to get to the Mexican border if they have want to have any chance at surviving. Check out the clip below:
The unique setting certainly adds something new to The Purge franchise, breaking from the city blocks and skyscrapers usually seen in the films for something much larger in scale. Along with it comes the typical masked vigilantes seen in the franchise, this time with a southern flair that adds an eerie new context to the terrifying proceedings. The Purge films have aimed for political commentary when it comes to class violence and it looks like that will continue in this new setting, as one of the masked killers says, "You rich can't hid behind your steel walls no more."
As the last film in the franchise, The Forever Purge looks to be upping the ante in several ways to go out with a bang. Dialogue throughout the trailer indicates that these vigilantes aren't just isolated to Texas - they want to take over the country and have a "Forever Purge" everywhere. This leads to the opening of the Mexican border as the protagonists of the film must cross in the hopes of making it out of the US alive.The Forever Purge looks to be putting a cap on the franchise in a big way, but seeing as no film series is truly dead these days, this could be the beginning of a new and terrifying world for the franchise.
Source: Blumhouse
