The Purge franchise makes a powerful social commentary about violence, legislation, and the lengths that modern society is willing to go to address its problems without actually fixing them.
In an interview with Collider, director and screenwriter James DeMonaco made it clear that it’s about to get even more ominous with the sixth installment.
DeMonaco noted that the movie will bring a nightmarish version of America to life as well as transfers a version that echoes issues presented today and the ideas people are forced to gulp down every time they turn on the news or go on social media.
“‘Purge 6’ is my way of looking at the country now. I grew up watching ‘Logan's Run’ and ‘Soylent Green’ and John Carpenter and George Romero, whose sociopolitical messaging was within the films. They were smuggling ideas into the film," he said.
"So for me for 6, I was extrapolating on the discord and taking it to its furthest, as far as you can take that idea of what's going on, I feel, in the country and the political landscape. And it’s a broken America. We’re remapping. [‘The Purge 6’] is about the remapping of America based on ideology, sexuality and religion,".
DeMonaco commented that he thinks it’s “strange” that people like Republican politician Marjorie Tyler Greene wish modern America would be divided into groups in order to diminish dialogue and conflict.
"What's so strange is that Marjorie Taylor Greene — I'm not gonna say more than her name there — recently wished for an America like that, which to me would be the most nightmarish version. It goes against everything that America stands for," he added.
DeMonaco caps it off by saying that the upcoming movie will showcase the chaos of a house divided:
“That's what Purge 6 is. It is this kind of broken America down in this remapping, and then they picked one state that purges still so that’s where it takes place.”
"The Purge 6" is currently in early development, with Frank Grillo expected to return to the franchise.
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