America’s divisive politics have inspired the next installment ofThe Purge, according to writer-directorJames DeMonaco.
“Purge 6is my way of looking at the country now.
I grew up watchingLogan’s RunandSoylent GreenandJohn CarpenterandGeorge Romero, whose sociopolitical messaging was within the films.
‘The Purge’; Marjorie Taylor Greene.Everett Collection; Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images
They were smuggling ideas into the film.
“And it’s a broken America.
You have your Black state, you have your gay state, you have your white evangelical state.
And it’s really a broken country.”
“She doesn’t see it that way.
Representatives for distributor Universal and Greene did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
