MAN: What do you mean,

I can't get off?

MAN 2:

No, let me through!

- (HORNS HONKING)

- Turn around. You gotta get out.

- No.

- Let me off this island!

(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)

A lot of people you know

are gonna be there, okay?

Why can't we just stay home?

Selina, because we can't, okay?

This is the safest place

in the neighborhood.

- I'm scared.

- I'm gonna take care of you.

I won't let anything happen,

okay, mamita?

Okay.

- Hey.

- (CHUCKLING)

- Okay, come on.

- Okay.

Venga, ven.

Let's hurry up.

(QUIET CHATTER)

- Hey.

- Hey.

Sophia, Selina.

Hey. Oh, I didn't expect

to see you.

I thought you would have left

the island by now.

Oh, I was going to,

but, you know, the money,Wesley.

$5,000 to stay?

That's life-changing for us.

- We need it.

- Yeah.

Pastor Almory opened up

the church to everyone.

- Mm-hmm.

- Okay? We got cots.

There's gonna be security

at the door, food.

And Pastor's going to deliver

a sermon later tonight.

NINA:

Oh, Lord, forgive me.

Pastor's a wonderful man,

but his sermons

bore me to death.

It's a goddamn

snooze fest, okay?

- (LAUGHTER)

NINA: Yeah.

Why don't you make

yourselves at home?

- Anything you need.

- ALMORY: You'll be all right.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you so much.

Thank you for coming.

Of course. I appreciate it.

Hey, y'all doing good?

We gonna be all right.

(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

Sis.

Are you there yet?

I'm-I'm already

in Brooklyn, sis.

A block away from Uncle...

Uncle T's place.

Um, I-I got the last bus

off the island.

(CHUCKLES)

Yeah, I wish you were with me.

I know. I know.

But I just had to get

as many people

off the street

and into the church as I could.

Stay safe.

I'll be fine.

A'ight.

What you say, Skeletor?

(GUN CLICKS)

NEWS ANCHOR:

There are candlelight vigils

happening all over the country.

Now let's go to Anne with

footage from just moments ago.

That is the last of the buses

leaving the island.

The last ferry

left minutes ago.

We're just minutes away now,

and the questions

on everyone's mind

remain the same.

Will people participate?

Will Staten Islanders prove

that this is a night

America needs?

NEWS ANCHOR 2: Thanks, Anne.

And now we're going

to take you live

to the White House,

where President Bracken

will address

the citizens of Staten Island

and the nation

for the start

of the first experiment.

The courageous citizens

of Staten Island...

those pioneers...

will be part of something

that could bring about

great change.

We are all

Staten Islanders tonight.

Good luck.

(ALARM BLARING)

ANNOUNCER:

This is not a test.

This is your

Emergency Broadcast System,

announcing the commencement

of the NFFA Social Experiment

on Staten Island, New York.

Weapons of class four and lower

have been authorized for use

during the experiment.

All crime, including murder,

will be legal

for 12 continuous hours.

Blessed be

our New Founding Fathers

and America, a nation reborn.

May God be with you all.

(SIREN BLARING)

(QUIET CHATTER)

(ELEVATOR WHIRRING)

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(SIREN CONTINUES BLARING)

For our country.

(SIREN STOPS)

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(DRONES WHIRRING)

(DISTANT SCREAMS, DOG BARKING)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(DEEP, GRUFF BREATHING)

(LAUGHING)

Skeletor's purge is on.

(CAT YOWLS, SCREECHES)

(Random guy)Motherfucker.

Tonight's my night, baby.

You been charging me money

to take out my money?

Fuck that.

I want my fucking money back.

(GRUNTS) 20s, 50s, 100s

or whatever this shit is,

I want that shit right back.

(GRUNTS) (Gets Stabbed)

Skeletor- You see me, NFFA?

- (MAN GASPING)

Is this the first of the night?

Number one.

(GRUNTS)

Making my money.

- Shit going down tonight, boys.

- Yeah.

We gonna purge.

Gonna have some fun.

It's Christmas in March,

niggas.

I got my list. Y'all got yours?

- GROUP: Yeah!

- Hey, yo, from tonight on,

no more bullshit.

From nobody.

No one, no thing.

From now on, just our shit.

Fuck Dylan!

This is my kingdom.

It's our night, fellas.

Y'all ready to run down?

- GROUP: Hell yeah!

- Let's go then, niggas.

NEWS ANCHOR: And just back

from Staten Island

and joining me here

in the studio is Abby Shea.

Abby, what was the atmosphere

like out there?

Abby:

Uh, well, you know, it...

People were...

they wanted to see

if this could work.

This violence

fighting violence.

I spoke to both

the anti-Purge protesters

and the Purge supporters...

?

We have something.

We believe that this is

the first purge of the evening.

Sam:

Okay.

Get it out there.

Yes, sir.

(RAPID TYPING)

- (CLATTERING)

- (GASPS)

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(QUIET, INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

(DISTANT CHATTER)

(CELL PHONE RINGTONE PLAYING)

Yo.

Dylan:

Zo. How we doing?

Quiet, quiet.

Locked down, all good.

Oh, oh, one thing.

Fat-ass Cap A didn't show up

to work today.

Bet you this motherfucker

out there purging.

What else?

If you need company,

we got the girls on the way.

- I'm not interested.

- Yeah, well,

you should keep 'em around

just in case you get bored.

Call me if you need

anything else, bro.

I ask you, do we descend?

On this dreaded night,

do we descend?

- Or do we ascend?

- (CELL PHONE BUZZING)

That is the question

that we all must ask ourselves.

The 23rd psalm says,

"Although I walk

through the valley

- in the shadow of death..."

- (NINA WHISPERS): Check this out.

I found Pastor's

secret stash in his office.

Nina- He's got a whole bar up there.

Wesley- Are you kidding me?

Thank the Lord.

Monopoly is not gonna get me

through this night.

Oh. He gonna see you.

Nina- Mm-hmm.

- ALMORY: ...no man but God.

(CONGREGATION MURMURING)

Nina- It tastes like old-man ass.

- (LAUGHS)

Don't ask me how I know.

You sure you don't want a swig?

No, thank you, Dolores.

Okay. Gonna be a long night.

ALMORY:

Every dark night,

the sun shall rise

in the morning.

(LAUGHTER NEARBY)

(LAUGHING)

(BEEPING, WHIRRING)

I won't waste your time

I sense something

divine in you

Something divine in you,

yes, I do

(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

(METALLIC SQUEAKING)

MAN:

Tonight, young blood.

(RATTLING)

MAN:

Get the fuck out of here.

MAN:

The fuck you looking at?

(VEHICLES APPROACHING,

HIP-HOP PLAYING)

That money

keep comin', nigga

You got it,

I want it, nigga...

(SONG FADES)

You see me kill

that motherfucker, boy?

- (OTHERS MURMURING)

- Tough guy.

What you think

you're gonna do with that?

- Stand down, motherfucker.

- Yo!

I'm exercising my right to

purge by taking all your merch.

And if you stand in my way,

I will fuck you up!

- MAN: Motherfucker.

- (LAUGHTER)

- Let's fucking purge, y'all!

- Yeah!

I'm coming for my free shit.

(PANTING)

- Get back, get back, man!

- Hey, you get back, nigga!

(CLAMORING)

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Chill, chill.

Fall back. Yo,Mich.

Chill. It's me,Ethan.

Damn,E. Scared the shit

out of me, son.

(CHUCKLING):

Man, what the hell you doing

out here by yourself, yeah?

And why you wearing

those contacts?

What, you purging,

little nigga?

Oh, I see. You out here looking

for Skeletor, ain't you?

Motherfucker made you look

like a little bitch.

Now you trying

to save some face.

Man, screw that shit, yo.

Roll with us.

There's a Purge party

down the block.

What the hell is a Purge party,

my nigga?

Nigga, I don't know.

Could be fun, though.

Let's go find out.

Maybe your boy

Skeletor's there.

Let's go, y'all. We out.

There's nothing happening.

Look at this.

Some kind of block party.

There are actually a couple

across the island.

Parties?

Are you kidding me?

- I been poppin' all my life

- Whoo!

It's like my birthday

every night

Whoo!

I been poppin' all my life

Whoo!

Thank God that I'm alive

- Whoo!

- I been poppin' all my life

- (FIREWORKS POPPING)

- Whoo!

It's like my birthday

every night

Whoo!

I been poppin' all my life

- Whoo!

- Thank God that I'm alive

- Ooh, thankin' the Lord I'm alive

- God

- Your diamonds not lookin' alive

- Dead

Bentley truck swervin',

it's wide

- Heard you be talkin' to 12

- Who?

- But I do not fuck with them guys

- No

- First time I seen me a bale

- Bale

- I thought it was gold in my eyes

- Yes

- The coupe all red inside

- Ooh

- Duplex, shawty outside

- Ooh

- We not feelin' your vibe

- Yeah

- Nigga played out, retired

- Retired

Niggas out here...

(CONGREGATION SINGING)

ANNOUNCER: CNB breaking news

from Staten Island.

NEWS ANCHOR:

This footage just came in.

It's being reported

as the first kill

or purge of the evening.

The following is graphic

and contains violent images

- that might not be suitable for minors.

- Selina.

Hey, come with me.

Help me with the other kids.

SELINA:

There's something wrong

with the world,

isn't there,Wesley?

There is something wrong,

Selina.

But we have to keep trying

to fix it.

MAN (QUIETLY):

Please, Jesus...

NEWS ANCHOR:

This is very disturbing,

but it is what we expected

to see tonight.

It is very hard

to process that...

what we are looking at here

is actually legal,

that there is no punishment

for this inhumane act.

This is almost

an alternate reality.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER

AND LAUGHTER)

WOMAN:

Hi. I'm good.

- (CELL PHONES CHIMING)

- WOMAN: Have you seen it?

WOMAN:

No, what is it?

MAN:

You're a freak!

- WOMAN: What is it?

- MAN: Oh, shit, you see this?

- Yo, what's up?

- (CELL PHONE BUZZING)

(CELL PHONES BEEPING

AND CHIMING)

Yo, you looking at this, bro?

Holy shit.

Hey, yo, Zay.

Check this out, bro.

It's the first kill

of the night.

20 million views already.

Damn, that's some

animal shit, man.

That's some nasty shit, yo.

But I'm out.

I'm-a go find that psycho.

Hey, yo, yo, yo.

Careful, son.

That motherfucker crazy.

- Yeah.

- Y'all see that?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER

AND LAUGHTER)

(WOMEN LAUGHING)

Yeah, your queens ready

to party with the king.

Fuck, hey!

- (LAUGHING)

- Whoo!

- Ay!

- Yeah!

Yo.

What up, sexy?

Call me if you need anything.

- All right, cool.

- A'ight?

Good luck, Seven.

(WOMEN CHUCKLING)

Dyaln:

Make yourselves at home.

You already know

where the bar is.

(SMACKING LIPS)

- Plug walk

- (LAUGHTER, CHATTER)

I don't even understand

how the fuck...

Hey, yo,

any y'all seen Skeletor?

Pick him up

in a space coupe

I don't let my plug walk...

(WHISTLING A TUNE)

New freak, had to cut

my other little bitch off

50K, you could come and book

a nigga for a plug walk

You can't reach me

Space coupe like E.T.

It's the plug

tryin' to call me

I was up trappin'

early in the morning

Ooh, on the wave

like a do-rag...

(LAUGHING)

- (SPITS)

- (WATER RUNNING)

(SIGHS)

(SHUTS WATER OFF)

(SIGHS)

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

movin' right up...

- Can't wait, baby.

- Whoo!

Y'all getting it poppin'.

- (CHUCKLES)

- (WHOOPING)

They tryin' to fuck

my night up...

So, what's this?

You're matching and shit?

Yes.

- What up, daddy?

- Oh.

What's up?

It's time

that I bring right up...

(CHUCKLES)

Oh, he's ready.

And I'm-a live it right up

Oh... (CHUCKLES)

There's a lotta shit

that I hold down

(LAUGHTER, CHATTER)

I'm-a bring it right up

They tryin' to fuck

my night up

I live it right up,

I get it right up

I live it right up

I hold shit down

But pick it right up

'Cause I live right up

I get it right up

I'm-a get rich, get rich

'Cause niggas

living like us

I said time to hold

shit down

Look how sexy she is.

But they gonna

fuck the night up...

You like what you see?

- You want me?

- So hot.

- DMITRI: Mmm.

- (CHUCKLING)

Keep it all different

Yeah, I pose different

My time lavish,

my time lavish

Miss Jackson, Tom Braxy

Super savage, super savage

Champion

Who's that girl?

(SONG FADES)

(CHUCKLING)

Mmm, Zaddy.

(GRUNTING AND YELLING)

(GRUNTS)

(YELLING)

(GRUNTING AND GROANING)

(YELLING AND GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING AND GROANING)

(YELLING)

(GROANING)

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING AND GROANING)

(SCREAMING)

(SKELETOR LAUGHING)

(FRANTIC CHATTER, SCREAMING)

SKELETOR:

Founding Fathers...

pay me!

- Save me!

- (GUN COCKS)

You gotta be fucking

kidding me.

(PAINED GRUNTING)

Who and how much?

- Capital A.

- (COUGHING)

A lot.

More money than we'd see

in ten lifetimes

doing the shit we do.

Wasn't personal, D.

It was our way out.

(GASPING)

(LAUGHING)

Purging.

Cherry.

(CLICKING TONGUE)

Cherry, they watching.

Make that money.

Soil that soul, Innocent I!

(SKELETOR GROWLS)

(GRUNTS)

Where you gonna run to, Isaiah?

You can't run from me.

I'm the night, Isaiah.

I'm gonna find you.

UPDALE:

It's starting.

The basic tenets of morality

have to be abandoned.

Religious dogma

must be dropped.

People are beginning

to participate.

Don't get too excited.

NEWS ANCHOR:

And to this point, we've seen

mostly looting and vandalism,

with only a few instances

of real violence

across the island.

ANNE: Take, for example,

the Park Hill Towers,

the center of the community.

Many people are looking at them

as a gauge

of the Purge's success,

but so far,

it's been relatively quiet.

(PANTING)

SKELETOR:

Where you gonna go?

I'm everywhere, Isaiah!

You can't hide from me!

(BUILDING CREAKING)

SKELETOR:

I see you!

- WOMAN: You hear that?

- MAN: Get that motherfucker!

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

WOMAN:

I told you, he's over there!

MAN:

Yo, this way.

(WATER DRIPPING,

BUILDING CREAKING)

(CLATTERING NEARBY)

(FOOTSTEPS SCURRYING)

MAN:

Yo, over here.

We gonna get you,

motherfucker!

- MAN: I think he left.

- WOMAN: Nah.

Let's check out back.

(PANTING QUIETLY)

MAN:

Where you hiding, boy?

We know you're here.

(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

WOMAN:

Mother...

Wesley:

Hey. Just calling to check in.

How's Brooklyn? How's Uncle T?

(PANTING):

Wesley, I'm not in Brooklyn.