THE PURGE: ELECTION DAY Gets A First Trailer!

Frank Grillo may be far and away from any prospects from a remake of The Raid, but that won’t impede him from featuring in some notable thrillers to date. He’s sure made a killing doing so in the 2014 sequel, The Purge: Anarchy, which film earned him a ton of fan acclaim with a story set in a dystopian version of the U.S. where The Purge, an annual government-implemented event that allows citizens to commit almost any act of crime for one evening of the year, maintains law and order for the remainder of every year.

Needless to say, it’s an event that’s drawn the response of a brewing rebellion that will only heat things up further, as they seemingly do now in the third installment from Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes, The Purge: Election Year. Grillio and actress Elizabeth Mitchell headline the cast for the film which releases on July 4, and in a no more perfect time with just the right title to sell itself on, and as of today, now bears a trailer which gladly cranks things up several notches hotter.

SYNOPSIS:

Expanding the universe introduced in the hit franchise that electrified the culture and earned $200 million at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures’ The Purge: Election Year reveals the next terrifying chapter that occurs over 12 hours of annual lawlessness sanctioned by the New Founders of America to keep this country great. 

It’s been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn…or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state. 

Once again returning to collaborate with franchise creator James DeMonaco on The Purge: Election Year are the series’ producers: Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum (Insidious and Ouija series, The Visit), Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ouija series, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and writer/director DeMonaco’s longtime production partner, Sébastien K. Lemercier (Assault on Precinct 13, Four Lovers).

Watch the new trailer below!