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See production notesIn 2022, a young Charlie Roan is forced to watch as her family is killed on Purge night. Eighteen years later, Roan is a U.S. Senator running for president and promising to end the Purge nights. Leo Barnes, now firmly Anti-Purge, is head of her Secret Service security. The New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) and their candidate, Minister Edwidge Owens, view Roan as a threat, deciding to revoke immunity for government officials, so that they or some other purgers can kill Roan legally. Roan refuses to leave the city as she wants to show solidarity with her supporters. Watching the Senator's TV debate are deli owner Joe Dixon, his assistant Marcos Dali, and EMT Laney Rucker. A pair of teenage girls enter the store and begin stealing, only to be stopped by Joe. The girls mock him until Laney steps in, at which point they surrender their stolen goods and leave. Joe later discovers that his insurance premiums for Purge coverage have been raised beyond his affordability. Meanwhile, more tourists visit the U.S. to take part in the Purge. On Purge night, Joe guards his store and is joined by Marcos; together, they repel an attack by the teenage girls. Laney travels the city providing medical care to the wounded. Roan decides to wait out the Purge from her home and is accompanied by Leo, Couper, Eric, and additional security forces. However, they are betrayed by Couper and Eric, who allow a paramilitary force led by Earl Danzinger to kill the security detail. Leo escorts the Senator to safety, but is wounded in the process. He detonates a bomb in the house, killing Eric and Couper. Leo and Roan attempt to seek shelter but are ambushed by a group of Russians "murder tourists" and taken captive. Before they are executed, Joe and Marcos shoot the gang dead, having seen the pair's plight from the rooftop. As they take shelter in Joe's store, the teenage girls return with reinforcements but are rescued by Laney, who kills the girls. Danzinger then ambushes the group in a helicopter and seeks refuge in an overpass where Leo realizes they were tracked by the bullet lodged inside him, and manages to extract it as they are met by the Crips. In exchange for the group rendering medical aid to an injured Crips member's son, the gang plants the bullet elsewhere to ambush the pursuing paramilitary team. The group arrives at an underground anti-Purge hideout run by Dante Bishop. Leo discovers that Dante's group intends to assassinate Owens to end the Purge. Roan, fearing that this will make Owens a martyr for the NFFA, tries to persuade the rebels against the plan. A large group of paramilitary personnel arrives at the hideout looking for Dante. Leo and Roan escape back to the streets and meet up with Joe, Marcos, and Laney, who had left the Triage Center earlier to return to Joe's store. While fleeing the city, the ambulance is hit by Danzinger's team, and Roan is pulled out before Leo can assist. He leads the group and Dante's team to a fortified cathedral where the NFFA plans to sacrifice her. Before the NFFA can kill Roan, the group arrives and causes a massive shootout that kills the congregation (including the sitting president Caleb Warrens) except Owens and NFFA loyalist Harmon James, who both escape. Owens is caught by Dante's group, who still intend to kill him, but Roan, determined to beat him in the election, is able to persuade them not to (especially after Dante sees Owens demanding he kill him). The remaining paramilitary forces arrive, killing Dante and his men. Danzinger fights Leo, wherein the latter gains the upper hand. As Roan's group frees Owens' victims, James emerges from hiding and kills one of the victims, but is shot by Joe in a crossfire, who later succumbs to his injuries. Two months later, Marcos and Laney renovate Joe's store as they watch a TV announcement declaring Roan's landslide victory. Another news report states that NFFA supporters are carrying out violent uprisings across the country in response to the election results.
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Followed by: The First Purge
Follows: The Purge: Anarchy
Followed by: The First Purge
Follows: The Purge: Anarchy
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See all quotesLeo Barnes: This is how it's gonna go now. Like you said, fate of the country's at stake. Okay? It's my show now. Senator Charlie Roan: Look, I'm not an idiot. I know what you're capable of. I'm the one who hired you. But if I see something I don't like, I'm not gonna be quiet about it. It's not in my nature.
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Laney Rucker: What the hell's going on? Joe Dixon: The damn insurance company. They just raised the premium on my Purge coverage. By thousands. The day before the damn Purge. If I don't pay it by tomorrow, I have no Purge coverage for this store. Marcos: They can't do that. Joe Dixon: Yeah, well, they just did it. Joe Dixon: Yeah, but that's not enough. If I have no insurance, I am screwed. I'll just have to protect this place myself. Laney Rucker: Are you crazy? Marcos: That's not a good idea, boss. Laney Rucker: Look, we love this place, too, Joe. I've been coming here since I was born. But it's just stuff. It can be replaced. You can't be. Joe Dixon: Yeah, but what about what you do on Purge Night, Laney? Huh? Is that not the pot calling the kettle brown? No? Laney Rucker: That's different, Joe, and you know that. I'm protected, and you won't be. Joe Dixon: This is all I got, guys. This is my slice of the pie. Man, I cannot, I can't lose this place. I just... I can't lose this place
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Senator Charlie Roan: [At a presidential debate] More low-income people are killed during the Purge than anyone else. The money generated from the Purge lines the pockets of the NRA and insurance companies. Any government system that relies on violence to answer its problems must be rebooted. Chief Couper: [Watching from off-stage] She's doing good, Leo. Senator Charlie Roan: It is time to call upon the better angels of our nature.
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Leo Barnes: [Fortifying Senator Roan's residence] I want men in there. I want men in there. I want a lot of men back there. Well, she's got some security, but I'm revamping the entire thing. We got new barricades on all the doors, all the windows back and front. Chief Couper: Looks safe. Leo Barnes: Chief, if you tell me it's safe one more time, I'm gonna throw you down the steps. Chief Couper: Please don't do that. Leo Barnes: [Heading upstairs] Men here. Men here. We got a security monitoring system in this room. We got eyes and ears on everything. This is her safe room. She is not to leave her safe room. No one is to go inside her safe room. Do we understand each other? Chief Couper: This is a mess. She's not gonna be happy about it. Leo Barnes: I don't care if she's happy, Chief. And I want to go on record as saying this is a bad idea. No matter what we do here, this house and this Senator are at risk on Purge Night. You understand me? Chief Couper: Duly noted. Let's lock it down.
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Joe Dixon: [Catching two shoplifters] All right, girls, give it up. I won't have to call the police. Kimmy: Get outta my face, old man! Joe Dixon: Let's not do this the hard way, okay? I'm giving you an out. All right, give up the candy or I'll have to take it away from you. Kimmy: You touch me and I scream rape, you cocksucking pig. Now walk away. Laney Rucker: Give it back. Kimmy: Who are you, bitch? Better get out of my way! Schoolgirl #2: [Holding her back] That's Laney Rucker, Kimmy. Kimmy: Laney Rucker? Holy shit. OG Queen badass? Yo! They called you Pequeña Muerte. Little Death. Yo, you're my motherfucking hero. Laney Rucker: That makes me proud. Now give back whatever you stole. And apologize. Kimmy: [Obliging, somewhat reluctantly] Oh, my God. Sorry, mister. I was just playin'. So, Ms. Rucker, what happened to you? You look all whitish now. Later, Ms. Rucker. Wish I met you back in the day.
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Senator Charlie Roan: What made you apply for this position? Leo Barnes: I like your politics. Senator Charlie Roan: No. No bullshit. I want a real answer. Leo Barnes: I lost my son some years ago. He was killed. I almost did something on Purge Night that would've destroyed a lot of lives. I want this night gone. I know you do, too. Especially after what you lost. Senator Charlie Roan: Yeah. Despite all of that, you... you have a big problem with how I do things. Leo Barnes: You take risks, Senator. My job is to eliminate risks and keep you alive. You don't make that easy. Senator Charlie Roan: The soul of this country is at stake, Leo. The only way that I can win is to risk everything, and that includes my life.
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