Gerard McMurray's The First Purge still fails to establish a persuasive connection to our own moment in time; series creator James DeMonaco appears to be running out of ideas for the franchise
Gerard McMurray's silly but meaningful prequel; "The First Purge" is another absurd B-movie, uneven and ludicrous across the board, but altogether transfixing for the way it funnels Trump-era terror into an empowering crowdpleaser