Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2019. How was everything, Mr Sabian? Great, as always. Good. You get home now, Eva. It's getting late. Stay safe. Yeah. You too, Mr Sabian. MAN ON TV: 'Traffic is building rapidly downtown, 'as citizens rush to get home before commencement. 'If you're not purging, we advise you 'to get off the streets as quickly as possible. 'It'll soon be a war out there. 'Prognosticators estimate that more people will partake in this...' Sabian's gone. That's it. What is she waiting for? Why doesn't this bitch let us go? Hey, calm down. We got plenty of time. You girls up to anything fun tonight? I might kidnap Eva this year. Hope that's OK with you, momma. It's getting late. Hope to see you all tomorrow. Stay safe. OK, stay safe. Finally. Stay safe, Mrs Crawley. Eva. Need a ride home? I'm fine, Carlos. Stay safe. Stay safe. Bye, Carlito. Stay safe. INHALES SHARPLY If he asked to take me home, I'd accept that ride, girl. He's a dog. Oh, I like that dog. I would walk the shit out of that dog. But that dog doesn't want anything to do with me, he wants to sniff your ass. You're disgusting. It's true! You're really going to ask her tonight? I have to. I can't afford his medicine much longer. All right, good luck. Stay safe. Stay safe, sweetie. MAN: 'Both the people and the government wanted the Purge.' MAN: 'The New Founding Fathers came into office... Were voted into office 'by a country who wanted change... 'This new regime took advantage of the nation's fear.' RADIO OFF I'm glad we took the back roads. The highways are probably a mess right now. HE SIGHS Yeah. We'll be there in no time. Yeah. What are you looking at? Nothing. Just, you know, stuff. Are you OK? Yeah, I'm fine. You sure? You don't need to keep asking me. 'My name is Donald Talbot. 'Our regime was voted into office nine years ago. 'And the first order of business was to deal with the epidemic of crime 'that was plaguing this nation. 'The answer was the Purge.' CHATTER Hey, you need some protection tonight? You need something? We running out of time. That Purge tonight, y'all know what time it is. Hitting them in the face ain't going to work no more, you need something powerful. How you doing, buddy? Use your hands, man. Just use your hands. Don't even worry about it. Hey, how you doing? You need something for protection tonight? No, I'm good. Uzi? Beretta? Look, on the cheap-cheap! Or a blade to cut your man's throat? Whatever you need. We take any kind of payment. DOGS BARK IN THE DISTANCE Eva! Hey, Diego. What's up, girl? How you doing? Good. How you doing? Everything's great? No, it's not great. I'm tired... Take me up there with you tonight, get a little protection. You know what I'm saying? I'm good. You sure you don't want no protection? No, thanks, Diego. I'm the man for the job. You know what I mean? MAN: 'We've lost our souls to attain this peace.' 'We no longer worship at the altar of Christ, 'Muhammad, Yahweh. 'We worship at the altar of Smith & Wesson. 'We, the people, know not what we do. Horse shit! Where'd you find this lunatic? I saw his protest posters all around the neighbourhood. He lives here, Papa. He's just like us. Now, shush. Please listen. He's not a lunatic. 'The Purge is not about containing crime to one night and cleansing our souls by releasing aggression, 'it's about one thing...money. 'Who dies tonight? 'The poor. We can't afford to protect ourselves. That's enough. I can't listen to this crap. He's as full of shit as they are. No, he's right. They're keeping the population down by getting rid of people like us to save money. Talk is cheap, Cali. Mmm-hmm. He may be right, but he won't do anything about it. I'm home. KEYS JANGLE HE SIGHS Hey, Daddy. Don't "Hey, Daddy," me. Where have you been? We're less than two hours until commencement, and you out gallivanting. Gallivanting? I was picking up your medicine. Even worse. A waste of time and money. Christ, Eva, I told you not to get this stuff. I'm tired of listening to this every day. It does nothing. I'm not taking it! You're taking your medicine. No, I'm not! Yes, you are! I'm not taking it. You're taking it back. Oh, my God, really? Can we stop? Look, Papa, maybe it doesn't do anything, but can you just take it? For me? DISTANT SIREN HE SIGHS OK. We'll lockdown and then we'll eat after commencement. Count me out. I'm going to take a long nap and don't bother me. I'm going to try to sleep through this godforsaken holiday. Look, I'm sorry I'm so grumpy, girls. I hate this night. Please...forgive me. EVA SIGHS EVA LAUGHS You drive me crazy. HE SIGHS Make sure you lockdown everything. I'll take care of my room. I love you both... very much. I know. That was weird. It must be the night. Yeah. I'm going to take a quick shower and then we'll lockdown. OK, wait. How did things go with Mrs Crawley? Did you get the raise? EVA SIGHS God, what a bitch! Well, did you at least make a good argument? Did you say everything that we practised? I'm sorry, baby. Yeah. BEEPING This. I want to tell her, Shane. There you go. Hey, did you hear me? I said I want to tell your sister. Yeah, I heard you. I just...don't feel like telling her. Why? Cos as soon as you say it out loud to another person, then...it's irreversible. Do you have the keys? Yeah. Handy? Right here. Can you unlock the car, please? It's unlocked! No, it's not. There. MAN BELLOWS Let's just get in the car. What the fuck was that all about? I don't know, he didn't tell me. You know, we don't have a whole lot of time before commencement, Shane. All right. We'll...we'll be fine, I promise. KNOCK AT DOOR Yeah. Yeah. I've been calling, why didn't you pick up? What do you want? SHE SIGHS You can't go out there. You know how dangerous it is. You need to go, I need to leave. It's late. Don't do this. It won't make you feel any better. Go with your new husband and your new family. Leave. Just stay safe. HE SIGHS You, too. WATER RUNS 'Whatever happened to "Give me your needy, ' "your tired, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"? 'The redistribution of wealth upward through killing has to stop! 'We must pick up arms. 'This year, we will fight back!' Jeez, that guy freaked me out. I did not see him coming. I thought we decided it was irreversible. No, you often decide things on your own, and then pretend that they were a joint decision. You often agree with me, and then a week later say, "I don't remember doing that." So, you're calling me a liar. And you're calling me a bully. Just say you changed your mind, not that we didn't come to a joint decision. This is the exact... See, this is exactly why we need to tell your sister that we're separating. You're right, it'll make it real, but I think we need to make it real. Maybe I don't want to make it real. EXPLOSIVE POP Whoa, whoa, whoa. What the hell's that? The power steering's gone. What do you mean it's gone? I don't know. There's something wrong with the car. Can you pull over? I'm trying. I... ENGINE SPUTTERS Shit! Try it again. It's dead. TYRES SCREECH ENGINE REVS WOMAN: 'The sixth Annual Purge will begin in 45 minutes.' EVA SIGHS Just in case. Yeah. Hey. We're going to be fine. Just like every year. Yeah. I'll pay three times as much if you just come out here. No, I don't care about the car. We just need a ride. It's... Whoa, whoa! Hello? Hey! Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa! BOTH SHOUT Please! Please! Stop! Shit. Please! Shane, we can't be stuck outside. I know. I know. We're downtown. Everyone comes downtown to purge. Hey, hey. Don't worry. We'll figure something out, I promise. LIQUID DRIPS Is that coming from our car? Oh, shit! ENGINE REVS He cut those wires, Shane. Yeah. We need to run. Yeah. Go, go. WOMAN: 'News 13 wishes anyone who is not participating 'in this year's Purge a safe evening 'and for those releasing the beast, a successful cleanse. Good luck.' BEEPING Should I get Papa? He hates this. Let him sleep. FEMALE VOICE: 'This is not a test. 'This is your Emergency Broadcast System 'announcing the commencement of the Annual Purge 'sanctioned by the US Government. 'Weapons of Class 4 and lower 'have been authorised for use during the Purge. 'All other weapons are restricted. 'Government officials of ranking 10 have been granted immunity...' 'Commencing at the siren, any and all crime, including murder, 'will be legal for 12 continuous hours. 'Police, fire and emergency medical services 'will be unavailable until tomorrow morning at 7am 'when the Purge concludes. 'Blessed be our New Founding Fathers and America, a nation reborn. 'May God be with you all.' Let's go this way. Let's just go. SIREN BLARES EVA SIGHS SIREN BLARES SIREN CONTINUES DOG BARKS MAN HOLLERS DOOR BUZZES THUDDING MAN GRUNTS GUNSHOTS MAN WHOOPS GUNSHOTS CONTINUE TYRES SCREECH Come on. Do you think they're still after us? I have no idea. OK. Let's just get out of here. MAN SCREAMS THUD Oh, God! Let's get out of here. Go! SHE PANTS MEN SHOUT Where do we go? Here, get in this. Get in this! Let's just hide in here. OK. Come on. Go. Oh, God! Let's just get out of here. Come on, come on. You're good. MEN LAUGH ENGINE STARTS Fuck! It's them. We gotta leave. We got to move. We got to move. DISTANT GUNSHOT I'm going to go get Papa for dinner. He said don't bother him. Yeah. I just want to see if he's awake. Mom! What? What is it? Mom, come here! What's wrong? Where's Papa? Look at this. What is this? 'Dearest Eva and Cali, 'my greatest heartache is seeing the two girls I love so much 'struggling in this world. 'I am dying, you know this. 'I'll be a martyr for a wealthy family tonight. 'They paid me for this service. '$100,000 will be transferred into your accounts, my darlings. 'Take their money. 'Survive the night and live a safe life. 'I love you.' THEY PRAY ALL: Blessed be America, a nation reborn. I don't understand. It's how the wealthy purge, baby. They buy poor and sick people and they take them in their homes and they kill them where they're safe. Oh, my God! It's just like Carmelo said. Why would Papa do that? I don't understand why he would do that. He... OK, he must have left something that could tell us where he went. Cali. Like his phone. We should call his phone. We could stop him. Cali. OK, that's fine. We can do something about this. We can still do something about it. Cali, stop. He's gone. He's gone! CALI SIGHS CALI SOBS RUMBLING CALI PANTS LOUD RUMBLING DISTANT SIREN DOOR BUZZES What is this? Who are they? It looks like an army. I have no idea. EXPLOSION BOTH GASP GLASS SHATTERS It's them! No, it can't be them. They haven't even come inside yet. That was right in the other room. WOOD SPLINTERS DIEGO: Eva! I'm here to protect you. Protect you from me. HE CHUCKLES Mom...where's the gun? It's in the kitchen. HE WHISTLES Where you hiding, bitch? Don't you know that you got to be polite to people in this society?! Because if not... ..this is what happens tonight! Diego, don't come back here. We have guns and we will shoot you! Cali? That you? Oh, I got a little bonus. WOMAN SCREAMS Got a little package deal. But I'll tell you what, tonight, I'm going to release the beast, on the both of you fucking lame bitches! It's my right! Granted to me by the new-found Fathers! EVA GASPS HE CHUCKLES You thought your little weak-ass protection was going to keep me out or what, huh? Let me tell you something, not with the barricade buster. Saved up a lot of pennies for this bitch, let me tell you. Diego, don't you hear, there's people in our building? Now you shut the fuck up! The only thing you got to be concerned with is who wants to go first. Huh? Who?! Leave my daughter alone! Mom, don't. You can do what you want to me. I will. Trust me when I tell you, I will. You better prepare yourself tonight, cos tonight, it's motherfucking on, bitch! That's right, cos it's Diego's night! It's my night to motherfucking purge! My fucking time! MAN PLEADS GUNSHOTS MAN GRUNTS ENGINE REVS MAN HOOTS ENGINES REV Every fucking day, you pass me by in the hallway like I ain't shit! Well, now, that shit fucking changes! I change shit! I beg you, please! Oh, fucking beg, bitch! Please! You fucking beg! Beg! Please! I'm saying please! CALI SOBS Beg, yeah. Don't touch my daughter, please. HE LAUGHS Beg! Please, leave her alone. Let me hear you say please. She's got nothing to do with it. Please. THUDDING EVA PANTS What's that? Huh? Is it your father? I don't know. Is that your father? Please! Please! I like that. EVA GROANS THUDDING Come on, motherfucker! You want some, too? Come and get it! Where you at? GUN COCKS DIEGO GRUNTS Is it him? BOTH GASP This is what he was looking for tonight. Let's bring these two downstairs. Big Daddy, we have two for your personal purge. Bringing 'em down now. EVA SCREAMS Get off me! MAN GRUNTS EVA SCREAMS Cali! EVA SCREAMS INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER WOMAN SOBS Let go of me! No! No! Cali! Oh, God, no! Let go! No! Get off of me! Please! Leave my daughter alone! EVA GROANS No! Please, don't! Please, please, please! CALI GROANS Please! Just drive. Just drive. Just drive. EVA GRUNTS Get off of me! Mom! POUNDING Just fucking drive. Please! Let my daughter go! Cali! No! Fucking...! Mom! Mom! GUN COCKS WOMEN WHIMPER THEY PANT DOOR BUZZES I don't know. They were right behind us. What the fuck is that?! Shit! What do we do? Here, get in. It's open. Cali, No! No! Get...! No! MAN GROANS What is going on out there? We're safe. We're in here. We're good. HE SIGHS Let's go. THEY PANT Hey! Out of the car! No, no, no! Get out of the car or I will shoot! We're not purging! We don't have any weapons! I will shoot you! Don't shoot! Move out of the car now! No, we're not armed! Get out of the car! Wait, wait, wait. We have to go! We have to go, please! We don't want to hurt anybody! Please, don't! Shut up! Shut up! Hands up! And shut your mouth! Please! Please! Hands are up! Thank you, thank you. Get in, get in! Shane? What? ENGINES REV They're coming. We got to go! Over there, too! There's people over here, too! HUBBUB Shut up! Drive! EVA GASPS TYRES SCREECH CALI SCREAMS He's shooting at the motorcycles. They're turning! They're not following us! They're gone, they're gone! They're all gone. Are you sure? Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's no-one there! Are you OK, baby? Yeah, I'm fine. Are you? Yeah. Sir, are you OK? You. What was that army doing in your building? Why were they after you? I don't know. Why were they after you? I don't know! I don't know. Why are you in the streets? Our car broke down. We're not out to purge. We don't want to hurt anybody. Are you armed? No! No! What about you? What were you doing outside? Oh, God! Look, Mom. Mom, it's OK. We're safe now. No, we're not. Sir, where are we going? Honestly, anywhere but here is fine with me. Just... ENGINE SPUTTERS Goddamn it! Maybe nowhere. DISTANT HOLLERING Whoever was in that truck was using armour piercing bullets. The car is dead. So, that's it. We're stuck outside on Purge night. What are we going to do? Can we just hide in here? We have seven hours until morning. There's hunters out there with dogs. Sooner or later, they're going to find you. But you do what you want. You're on your own now. Huh? What? Whoa! What do you mean we're on our own? I should never have gotten involved. It's none of my business. OK, but you did, so it is your business now. So, what are we all going to do? Take this. It's loaded. Take it. Take it. You're just giving us guns? Where are you going? Got somewhere to be before the sun comes up. I can't take you with me, you'll slow me down. So you're really just going to leave us here? Stay off the streets. Find somewhere to go. Please, take us with you. We are not the kind of people who will survive tonight. Let him go, all right? He doesn't want to help. Shane, shut up! Let him... Why did you save us if you were just going to leave us here to die? Please, help us! Wait! I can get you a car. I have a friend in the city not far from here. I've worked with her for years. If you get us there safely, you can take her car and do what you have to do. Where does she live? 3rd and Bryant. Will she give me her car? Mmm-hmm. Are you sure? Mmm-hmm. Make sure. EVA SIGHS OK. Hey, it's Eva. Listen, we're in trouble. That was a real dick move, you know? Walking away and then coming back. Thank you so much. Thank you. OK, we'll be there really soon. And, listen, I need your car as well. I'll explain when I get there, is that OK? What are you looking for? Snipers. Thank you so much. OK. She lives with her parents, they're happy to have us. If you can get us to her place safely, the car's yours. Can she help us, too? Yeah. Thank you. She'll give me the car? All right, I'm going to help you get to your friend's, but I want that car. I know. All right, you listen to what I say. You stay close. You slow me down, I cut you all loose, you understand? Yeah. Yeah. OK...let's go. GUNSHOTS WOMAN: I'm doing God's work. He uses an earthquake, a virus. GUNSHOTS Population under control, the masses nourish and flourish. I am that virus tonight. I am a one-woman fucking plague and you're all in my path! GUNFIRE I am the Holy Trinity. Oh, I am the Holy Trinity. I am the Holy Trinity. I am the Father Fucker, Son of a Bitch, and Holy Shit! When I move, you move, understand? Stay close, don't stray. OK? Yeah. And my MP-9 silver-tipped Auto Magnum... the right arm of the free world and the left hand of God! GUNFIRE Go! I...I take the heads of them that know not God. We're going to go down 5th. Your friend's building is close. Go through the business district, stay away from the gangs downtown. MAN SCREAMS Wait a minute. ENGINES REV MAN SCREAMS ENGINE REVS MAN SCREAMS Stay back, stay back. MAN: No! Please, don't! No! No! What are they doing? Where are they taking him? It's not our business. Those are the guys that were after us. It's OK, it's not our problem. We're going to have people in front of us and people behind us. As long as we move, we'll be fine. We're going to cross Banks. No, no, no, that's the long way. It's going to be much quicker if we go down here. WOMAN SCREAMS HE GRUNTS What is this?! Get it off of me! I'm stuck! It's a trap. We don't have time. Move away, I got to shoot it. What?! What?! You're going to what?! I'm going to shoot it. Move! OK. LIZ SCREAMS Shoot it! Shoot the cable! WOMAN SCREAMS MAN GRUNTS Shoot it! Shane, hurry up! Get up! Get up! MAN GROANS Move! OK, let's go! GUNFIRE WOMAN SCREAMS AUTOMATED VOICE: 'There are six hours remaining in this year's...' STATIC AND SHOUTING 'The NFFA pigs are wrong. They're fucking wrong! 'Profit-making is not the essence of democracy. 'Wake up, people. Wake up! It's time to take a stand. 'Tonight, we write our message in blood. 'Their blood!' It's so quiet here. The business district's always quiet on Purge night. The banks move their money, so no-one's ever down here. Let's go. DISTANT SCREAMING Stop! We don't even know your names. I'm Liz, and this is Shane. Hi. Eva. My daughter, Cali. It's nice to officially meet you on this shitty night. Yeah. Is anyone else kind of curious about this guy? I'm just glad that he's out here with us. Yeah, me too. But we all got stuck out here and he chose to be. That means he's purging. Hey! Let's go. Are you saying that we shouldn't trust him? He saved our lives. All I'm saying is that he's out here armed to the teeth on Purge night voluntarily. That means he's trying to do something nasty. I can hear you. Sorry. Just go. Hey, are you doing OK? Yeah. It's going to be fine. I'm going to go talk to him. Cali! Cali. What's your name? Sh! You're good with guns. I'm guessing you're either a cop or a criminal, huh? And I'm guessing you're either a pain in my ass or a pain in my ass. You're out here to do it, aren't you? To purge? That's what you have to do later on, right? What are you going to do? Stop. New rules. You shut up. All of you...shut up. I'm going to stop talking because you're being an asshole, not because you told me to shut up. Cali! Hey, hey, hey. OK. Oh, my God! "Here hangs stockbroker David Neustadter. "He stole our pensions, now he's gone." Maybe David deserved it. It's just a bad joke. (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) (PHONES AND CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE) (BIRDSONG) # Nobody makes soup in a cup # Like Continental Cup A Soup ! # (UPBEAT MUSIC) A 28-minute bike ride needs the same amount of energy as it takes to power three gaming consoles. What the hell is that? Is that tear gas? Smoke canister. Stay close, stay close, stay close. Help me! Grab him! Get off her! Get off her! LIZ GASPS We were just doing our duty. Is she OK? He scared the shit out of me. You're OK, though. Just breathe. Just take a breath. I was so scared! CALI: Look at his uniform. This is one of the bastards who came into our building. And that looks like their truck. All right, stay here. Stay here. MAN OVER PA: 'Truck 3, come in.' 'Come in, please.' Come on. Come on, let's go. Let's go. Just stay together. Let's go. Oh, Jesus! 'Truck 3, please respond!' Go check the cab, see if this thing's working. Stay alert. Stay alert. LIZ GROANS Go ahead. Go. Go, go, go. This is some hi-tech shit. Yo, somebody spent a lot of money trying to do some heavy-duty purging. Look at this. They're accessing the city's traffic cams. Looking for targets, I guess. Traffic cams are controlled by the government. How did they get into these? I mean, who are these people? Maybe you just answered your own question. Look at this. 7th Street. Is that your building? Yeah, but why is it all red? You're being targeted for something along with all these other buildings all over the city. All around the projects. Maybe you were right, Cali. Look, I'm telling you, this is the New Founding Fathers. The government... The truck is fucked! No good? No, the engine's all blown out or something. Hey, look at this. That's Carmelo's mark, Mom. I told Papa he was the real deal. His group took these fuckers out. Everybody got a weapon? Hey, grab this. Take the weapon. Go. Go! Go! Oh, shit, there's another one. Looks like an army. Come on. Get down. Let's go. INDISTINCT SHOUTING SQUEAKING LIZ SCREAMS Take this. Sh. Come on. EVA SIGHS Hey. Why did you stop at our building? Why did you help us? Didn't we establish a no talking rule? People are getting killed all over the city. Why did you stop for us? I saw you. You were putting up a hell of a fight. CALI CHUCKLES You reminded me of someone. Who? Look, purging, no matter what the reason, is wrong. Killing doesn't help anything. It doesn't heal someone. Enough. Enough. Go back with your mommy. Go. CALI SIGHS There's no air in here! Come over here. Put this on. I don't need that. Put it on, I said. I said I don't need it. Put it on! Put your arm through here. Now hopefully you won't need it. Let's move. CLANGING What was that?! Sh! GRUNTING There's no threat. They're just trying to make it through the night. Keep moving. Hey, are you OK? I just want to get out of here. ENGINE REVS INDISTINCT YELLING Oh, shit! Move! Go! Come on! MEN YELL Run! Move! MEN HOLLER Move! ALL PANT Get up! Get up! Come on! Get up, get up, get up! Mom, we have to go right now! Move! Move it! Move! MAN LAUGHS SCREAMING Go, go! SCREAMING Up, up, up! EVA GASPS We're not going to make it. Fuck it! Shane! What are you doing?! Get down! What do we do? Just shoot! Just shoot! SHANE GROANS Shane! SERGEANT PANTS HE GRUNTS Oh, my God! I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine! Just keep shooting. Just keep shooting. Go! Go! MAN GROANS MAN SCREAMS All right. You're OK. Stay here. Give me this. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I was just so scared. ALL PANT You're bleeding. I cut it on the platform. It's fine. We'll help you. Just tell us... I said it's fine! Get up. Get up. What's taking them so long? Help! He's been shot! I have no idea how bad. SHANE GROANS Open up. We're going to be fine, OK? Call your friend. Tell her we're close. We're going to get him up. OK. Look at me. Look at me, Shane. Yeah? One, two, three. Get him up. Let's go! ALL GROAN AUTOMATED VOICE: 'There are four hours and 30 minutes remaining in this year's Purge.' Go! Go! Come on, come on! ALL PANT Keep moving! Go! Don't slow down! Keep moving! It's right up ahead. Come on! Cali! Slow down! ALL PANT Hey, look, that's her building! She said to meet around the back. WHIRRING MAN OVER PA: 'We have a target match 'on the civilians who attacked Truck 2.' She said, "Meet us around the back." Tanya, let us in! It's Eva and Cali! Holy shit! You guys look like hell. Come on, hurry up. Get in here. Hurry up! Thank you. I don't like being out here. Come on. LOCK ENGAGES All right. Bullet went right through. SHANE GROANS I can't believe you guys went through all that stuff. It's just insane! Get him to the hospital first thing after this is over. Yeah. You'll be OK. It's going to hurt like a son of a bitch, but you'll be OK. Thanks. I can't thank you enough. That's what you get for being a hero. THEY LAUGH SERGEANT SIGHS I need the car. I know. Come on, everybody. Eat, drink! Yes, I recommend drinking, it's the best way to get through the evening. And the food is delicious. My mother's a wonderful cook. My sister's a testament to that. What the hell does that mean? She's a good cook! That's... You didn't have to go this far, just having us here was really enough. You guys have had a terrible night. Get some food in your system and we'll get through this together. Excuse me. Cali? I can't believe nobody's drinking with me. What about you, tough guy? Want a drink? No, thanks. OK. You're really going back out there? DOOR OPENS Mmm! Relax! It's my father and my brother-in-law. He's the super. They were just checking the building. It's all good. Hi. Everyone, please don't mind my husband's clothes. He's not purging, he just thought it was a crazy idea to go out and see what's happening tonight. Yeah, I chickened out. No way I was going out there. I don't know what the hell I was thinking. Thank God he came to his senses. I mean, look at him. He would've been the laughing stock of the neighbourhood. That's not very nice, Lorraine. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to be mean. It's not mean, it's just true. GUN COCKS How's everything, Daddy? It's all good, baby. The building's locked down and good. It's quiet. I see you had a rough go of it, my friend. Yeah. Relax. Make yourself at home. You're safe here. We are anti-purge in this household. Speak for yourself, Daddy. What does that mean? I could think of a couple situations where purging could be the answer. Like when? I'm not telling. I'm just saying, don't piss me off, bitch. Please, excuse my daughter. No, it's fine. And, please, if there's anything else you need, just ask. I could use a clean shirt. Down the hall, second door on the left. Top drawer of the bureau. What's mine is yours. OK. Excuse me, too. I'm going to go to the little girl's room because this wine is going right through me. Come on, everyone, please eat and drink. Come on. Honey? RATTLING TANYA COUGHS MAN: 'This is News 10 'reporting on a lively Purge night across the country. 'We have riots in East Los Angeles, 'as well as record participation in Pittsburgh.' He wasn't lying. This shit hurts. I'm sorry. HE SIGHS You scared the shit out of me. I thought I was losing you. But I still think we should tell your sister. I... Yeah. You're an asshole! SHE LAUGHS I'm sorry. That's not funny. I'm sorry. No, I got shot! Oh, are you going to use this excuse for the rest of our lives? Well, at least the rest of the night. SHE LAUGHS All right, people, let's change the atmosphere up in here. No more Purge news. No more nothing depressing. Let's put on some music and let's just liven it up a little bit, right? MUSIC PLAYS Come on, you want to dance? No. Why not? Liven up the party, come on. Let's dance. Let's dance! OK, I got to go. I need the car. I know. You trust these people? Cos your friend likes to drink and she's taking pills back there. Yeah, she's pretty wild. But we'll be OK. She's a good friend. What? You don't want to do it? What? Lorraine, do you care if we dance? She doesn't even care. She's not even paying attention. Now he's... Look at him. He's asleep. He is. I don't know how to thank you. OK. If you can just tell her I need the car right now, that would be really great. I know what you're doing tonight. You're going out there to kill someone who wronged you. You believe in this night, don't you? Just take care of your daughter. She's special... and you're very lucky. And I need the car. There is no car. What? I'm sorry, they don't have a car, but we needed you. And I needed the car. I did what I had to. I did it for my daughter. I was doing this for my son. And I trusted you! You have no idea what you might have taken away from me tonight! Hey. Hey. Look, I know you're angry with my mother, but I really think you should just stay here. Just wait out the night with us, OK? Look, I heard you say that you're doing it for your son. Now, I don't know him, but I'm sure he would not want you to do whatever it is that you're going to do. Bye, Cali. Please, you're safe here. Get out of my way. Please, just... I got to go. Stay here. Get out of the way. Get back! No! SCREAMING Lorraine! What are you doing?! Tanya! Tanya! Argh! Argh! KATHERINE GROANS Lorraine! What have you done?! What are you doing, Lorraine?! Jesus Christ! She's dead! You killed your sister! She's your sister, Lorraine! What are you doing?! You know what I'm doing. I read all your e-mails, you cheating motherfuckers! You both deserve to die! SCREAMING OK, Lorraine! Lorraine, stop! No! Get back, get back. Back up, back up! I'm sorry, OK? I'm sorry. What the fuck are you doing?! If you shoot me, you shoot this woman. Just let her go! You don't want to do that! Lorraine, I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything. I didn't mean it! She hasn't done anything to you. OK? So, let's just cut this out! Fuck you! This is my right, granted to me by my government. BOTH SCREAM Leave him alone! He's mine! Door, now. Go. LORRAINE SCREAMS Door! Go! Door, door, door! Now! Move, move, move! HE GROANS Go, go! CALI PANTS I can't believe Tanya's dead. What do we do now? Where do we go? ALL PANT HE GRUNTS Are you going to leave us now? What? Are you going to leave us now? VEHICLES APPROACH You've got to be fucking kidding me. Sh! How did they find us? Stay here. Don't move! EVA SIGHS Do you think he's going to come back? What do we do if he doesn't? Come on, guys. Let's go, OK? We don't have all night. I want this building surrounded. He's here. I know it. And I want him. Understood? He shot me. He shot half my team. I want him dead. Jesus! Come on, come on, come on! And I want the two women he saved. They're mine. I want 'em alive. Please come back! DOOR OPENS They found us. Move fast, now. Come on. Move now. We have 30 seconds. Over the fence, fast. Now. Go! Next. Come on, come on, come on. Look at me. You go, you get over that fence, you run. You don't stop. You run for your life. Do you understand? You don't fucking wait for me. Go. Go, go. go! Fuck! WHIRRING HE GRUNTS ENGINE REVS SERGEANT GROANS SHE SOBS How did you find us? No, Cali, no! We got lucky. I mean, we was roaming around out there all night. Just picking up the people who got away from those badass trucks. We get their scraps. Why haven't you just killed us already? We're not purging tonight. We don't need to kill anyone. We just need money. Right, bro? Money! ENGINE REVS BRAKES SCREECH Whoa! All right, let's go. Let's go, let's go, let's go! Come on, come on. Let's go, let's go! No, no, no, no, no! Who the fuck are they?! What the fuck are you doing to us? I need my money, man. Let's go, let's do this. What are they doing? Sh! It's all there. Yeah! Let's go! Let's go! Move! HUBBUB Cali?! Mom! Get up the stairs, now. Get up! Get up! Get on your knees. Get down! Get down! Get on your knees. On your knees! Where are we? What is this? Sh! If you move or speak, you will be shot. WOMAN: Ladies and gentlemen, the next batch has just arrived. Let's take a look, shall we? BUZZER PIANO PLAYS APPLAUSE Quite an impressive lot, isn't it? Ladies and gentlemen, since this is the last purge of the evening, the entry price will be...$200,000. Mr Lockhart and his wonderful wife, Lauren. Fantastic! The Hanover sisters! Ah! I've been waiting all evening for your participation. Fantastic! And I assume you brought your signature blades. All right, one spot left. Anyone else? Mr Hearst! Oh, wonderful! And will your handsome sons be joining you? What do you say, guys? Yeah, let's do it. Ladies and gentlemen, this will be Charles and Tom's first. I am so happy that you have this to share together. Oh, and one last reminder, the weapons rack is stocked with the latest and the greatest. And my personal favourite is the Mauser Elite SSX Double Barrel. It has a delicate trigger and the smoothest discharge. It is so precise, it's as if God handcrafted it himself. Well, that will do it. Purgers, please suit up. Good luck. Good luck. We'll see you shortly on the hunting grounds. APPLAUSE Get up. Come on! Get up! Get up! Get up! Quit stalling! Come on! Move your ass! HUBBUB Go! Move it! Go! Move it! Get in there! Stay close to me. Follow me. Move. Get down. BUZZER Get down. Get down. Wait. What is this? We're being hunted. What? CHATTER ALL: Blessed be the New Founding Fathers for letting us purge and cleanse our souls. Blessed be America, a nation reborn. All right, they're here. GUNSHOTS GROANING They're coming...and they've got night vision. I got to take one of them down. If we can't see, we're dead. We should come with you. No, no, no. I need you to stay here. Please, don't go! I'm scared. I'm coming back. I'm coming back. Stay here. WOMAN SCREAMS GUNSHOTS MAN GROANS GUNSHOTS MAN GROANS GUNSHOTS MAN GROANS GROANING MAN GROANS HE GASPS BOTH GRUNT GROANING Ohh! GROANING WOMAN WHIMPERS ALL SCREAM ALL PANT Are you OK? Fine. We get two sets of eyes now, OK? Put those on. I took out four of these fuckers, there's three left. It's loaded. You point and you shoot. Someone's coming right at us. Light him up. MAN GROANS PANTING WHIMPERING They're going. They're all gone! They're leaving. Get down, get down. Is it over? Stay down. We need help right now. They've killed five people. They've killed five of us. They're gone. What the fuck?! What was that? There's a whole fucking army! I don't have any more bullets. Just hold my hand, baby. They're not going to let us out of here. You make 'em earn it. I'm sorry...for everything. HE PANTS I love you. I need you to know that. MACHINE-GUN FIRE WHIMPERING No! No. OK, come on. LIZ SOBS Come on! LIZ SOBS OK. It's going to be OK. It'll be OK. OK, OK. DISTANT EXPLOSIONS SIRENS BLARE What is that?! Oh, my God! WOMAN: 'The use of explosives higher than Class 4 is prohibited on Purge night. 'You will be prosecuted.' MEN SCREAM 'The use of explosives higher than Class 4 is prohibited...' 'The use of explosives higher than Class 4 is prohibited on Purge night. 'You will be prosecuted. 'The use of explosives higher than Class 4 is prohibited on Purge night. 'You will be prosecuted.' Do not fire! We're here to help you! Take positions over there. We need a firing line. Let's go! Who the fuck are you?! Nobody special. Just some people who don't necessarily agree with the Purge is all. GUNFIRE You're with Carmelo Johns. Yes. CARMELO: 'Fuck the New Founding Fathers! Fuck you! Fuck your money! And motherfuck the Purge! GUNFIRE Carmelo! We're over here. I know you. You once said that the market mentality would no longer keep the American people stunted. "We are outraged and we're fighting back." GUNFIRE Nice to meet you, too, young lady. There's a lot of them out here. Yeah, well, there's more of us and we're more pissed off. It's time for them to feel what it's like. Change only comes when their blood spills. You might want to get out of here. It's about to get nasty. Hey. We got to go. Look at me. He's gone. Come on. I want to purge. Look, we'll take care of her. GUNFIRE MAN GROANS Are you sure? Go. We got it. Come on. I'm sorry! GUNFIRE Here, take it. Get ready to bleed, rich bitches! This is our time now! GUNFIRE TYRES SCREECH Get out of the car. Leave the keys and get out of the car. Get out of the car! Oh! Oh, God, no! No, don't shoot me. No. No, don't shoot me. Look at me! Please, don't shoot me. You don't deserve to live, you piece of shit! You remember me, OK? SHE WHIMPERS You remember me. Oh, no! Now, run. Run! Run! SHE WHIMPERS Faster! Look, it's almost over. No, there's still time. I can make it. I can make it. TYRES SCREECH MAN: 'There isn't much time left in this year's Purge. 'Get out there and make yourself better citizens. 'God be with you all.' You want to tell us what we're doing here? BIRDSONG You see that house on the corner? The owner of that house killed my son 12 months ago. HE SIGHS Nicholas. He was coming home from school... and he swerved off the road. That bastard's blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit, but, you know, he got off on a technicality, so... Him and his wife and his two little kids, well, they live in that house, happily ever after. Two weeks ago, I came here and I disabled his back barricade. That's what we're doing here. I want you both to stay in this car, do you understand me? I don't want you to move. You'll be safe. It's almost over. Don't, please. Let go of my arm. You can just stay here with us and we can drive away and it'll be fine. Let go of my arm. Let go of my arm! No, please. I know. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry about what happened to your son. Let go of my arm! Stay in this car. WOMAN: 'There are five minutes remaining in this year's Purge.' Hey. MAN GROANS WOMAN GASPS No! Don't talk. Shut your mouth. I'm not here for your kids. I'm here for you. OK. Get up. No, no, no! Come on, come on, come on. Get up, get up, get up! No, please don't. Shut up or I'll shoot you in the face! Shut up! Get down! OK! OK, OK! You get on your stomach. Lay down flat. Look at me. Look at me. OK, OK. Look at my face! OK. Do you remember me? Look at my face! OK. Do you know what you took from me? Do you know what you took from me?! I know. You took my boy! You took my boy! You took my fucking boy! I am so sorry. You took my son! You killed my son, you son of a bitch! Please! Please don't do this! Look at me. Look at my face. Did you see him when you hit him? Did you see him? Tell me what he looks like. Tell me what he looked like! I'm so sorry for what I did. Tell me you saw his face! Tell me you saw his face! I saw him. You're going to pay for what you did to me. For what you did to my boy. No, please! Please! MAN SCREAMS WHIRRING GUNSHOTS We found your car, Sergeant. Your plates told us who you were. It was easy to see where you were headed tonight. Hell, I would've done the same thing. There's an unwritten Purge rule, Sergeant. Don't save lives. Tonight, we take lives. We make things manageable for us. Unfortunately, the citizens aren't killing enough. So, we supplement it all to keep things balanced. It's important work the NFFA does and we can't have any interference. We can't have heroes. Oh, no, sir. No heroes. I hope you feel cleansed. Blessed be America... GUN COCKS ..a nation reborn. GUNSHOT RADIO CRACKLES ALARM SOUNDS Oh, no! Oh, God! Oh, my God! Oh! Have you got a car? Uh... You got a fucking car? Yes. Go get it now! Yes. OK. OK! OK! OK. Come on, Cali. Come here and help me now, OK? Look at me! Do you want him to survive? Then it's up to us. We got to help him now, OK? OK? On three, we're going to pick him up. One, two, three! SHE GROANS Come on! Come on! Hurry up and get that car! OK. Hospital's not far. We'll be there in minutes. Just hit it! Go, go, go! EVA PANTS You did it. You saved us. So, please, just let us take care of you, OK? SIRENS BLARE It's over. It's over! MAN OVER SPEAKER: 'Just after 7am, March 22nd, 'and the Annual Purge has just concluded. 'This is your American morning news programme. 'Reports are coming in from all around the country, 'as police, firefighters and paramedics take to the streets, 'assisting victims of last night.' Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2019. # America # America # God shed his grace on... # AUDIO DISTORTS *