The Purge: Anarchy – Delayed to avoid 22 Jump Street & Transformers box office

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The Purge: Anarchy has received a delayed release date – the movie originally had a June 2014 release, but has now been pushed back to just a month later, July 2014.

Here’s the plot:

A defenseless young couple finds themselves stranded in the city on the one night of the year that all crime, including murder, is legal in this self-contained sequel from producer Jason Blum and original Purge writer/director James DeMonaco. Frank Grillo, Keile Sanchez, and Michael K. Williams star.

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Really, the release date delayed doesn’t affect the sequel’s story, except for the fact that they rushed this movie into production so that the Purge could happen annually in June… But perhaps now it happens every 13 months…

There haven’t been any official details on why the movie has been delayed, all that’s known so far is that it is delayed by one month.

If I had to make a guess, it would be that The Purge: Anarchy used to sit in the June 20th spot, uncomfortably sandwiched by four other sequels22 Jump Street & How To Train Your Dragon 2 coming out the week before (June 13th), Think Like A Man Too coming out the same day (June 20th) andTransformers: Age Of Extinction coming out the week after (June 27th).

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If I was to bet on why they delayed The Purge sequel, I would say that’s why.

The Purge: Anarchy has been pushed back to July 18th, where it’s only cinematic competition will be Channing Tatum’s Jupiter Ascending and Dane Cook’s Planes sequel Planes Fire And Rescue.

To be honest, The Purge: Anarchy needs this delayed release – seeing as none of the original cast are returning and there promises to be even more gore and violence than the first, this movie could go either way, at least the sequel/spinoff has a fighting chance now.

What did you think of the first Purge? Any thoughts on the plot? What about the delayed release?

Let us know below!

2/28/2014 – 10:09 pm

By James

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