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The Watch Soul Onlinenext Purgeis The First Purge.

A new poster reveals both the title and the premise of the fourth movie -- it's about the first Purge, duh -- in the B-grade action/horror series. There aren't many specifics to share at this point, though the poster is obviously the news of the moment.

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In case it's not clear, the poster is a visual reference to "Make America Great Again" baseball caps that are a staple of Donald Trump's base.

The Purgeis set in a fictional near-future America in which a government group known as the New Founding Fathers established a yearly event called Purge Night. One night per year, from sundown until sun-up, nearly all crimes -- up to and including murder -- are permitted.

The annual event ostensibly exists to reduce crime, motivated by the idea that people are less likely to do bad things if they're allowed to cut loose and embrace their baser instincts for one night each year. The event is meant to be a sort of societal pressure valve.

Really though, Purge Night is form of population control. The wealthy can afford state-of-the-art security and Purge insurance to protect themselves, and weapons to indulge in the evening's violence. The poor, meanwhile, must fend for themselves.

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The First Purgetakes us back to the event's formative days, when it was first tested as an experiment. Here's the official synopsis:

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community.  But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

The use of a MAGA cap stand-in on this first poster isn't surprising. The Purge: Election Year, released in July 2016 as the Clinton vs. Trump election showdown was taking shape, was the series most successful movie to date.

Election Year's exploration of the political side of the Purgeuniverse (yes, it's a cinematic universe, don't @ me) coupled with the IRL realities of that moment helped propel a global box office of $118.6 million. Not a bad haul for a movie with a reported $10 million budget.

The First Purgeposter we're seeing today capitalizes on the success of Election Year's political overtones. It's probably not suggesting that the fictional Purge Night started with a Donald Trump presidency.

Probably.

Creator and writer James DeMonaco will step back to the role of writer on The First Purgeafter both writing and directing the three earlier releases. Gerard McMurray, who previously directed the Netflix Original Burning Sands, takes the helm on this fourth movie, which stars Y’Lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Luna Lauren Velez and Marisa Tomei.

The First Purgehits theaters on July 4.

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