• Director(s)

    Gerard McMurray

  • Production Year

    2018

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    93m

  • Cast

    Marisa Tomei, Melonie Diaz, Lex Scott Davis, Luna Lauren Velez, Patch Darragh, Y'lan Noel

Film

The First Purge

strong bloody violence, threat, language, drug misuse

THE FIRST PURGE is a US horror thriller in which a group of people must fight to survive a night of government-sanctioned mayhem.…

THE FIRST PURGE is a US horror thriller in which a group of people must fight to survive a night of government-sanctioned mayhem.

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Violence
Shootings and stabbings result in large sprays of blood and some bloody aftermath detail. There is also a brief scene of sexual assault in which a man grabs a woman's crotch.
Threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of threat in which the characters are terrorised by masked killers.
Language
There is frequent strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), alongside milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'pissed', 'pussy' and 'bullshit'. There are also several uses of the term 'n***a', spoken by black characters and in song lyrics.
Drugs
Characters are seen to snort cocaine and to smoke joints or pipes. Several characters are established as being drug dealers, and another as a deranged junkie.
There is a scene in which it is implied a woman performs oral sex on a man, and brief sight of a couple having sex on the bonnet of a car. There are scenes in which African American characters are targeted by killers dressed as Klansmen or wearing masks that resemble 'blackface' caricatures.

  • Director(s)

    Gerard McMurray

  • Production Year

    2018

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    93m

  • Cast

    Marisa Tomei, Melonie Diaz, Lex Scott Davis, Luna Lauren Velez, Patch Darragh, Y'lan Noel

strong bloody violence, threat, language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
19/06/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
Violence
Shootings and stabbings result in large sprays of blood and some bloody aftermath detail. There is also a brief scene of sexual assault in which a man grabs a woman's crotch.
Threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of threat in which the characters are terrorised by masked killers.
Language
There is frequent strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), alongside milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'pissed', 'pussy' and 'bullshit'. There are also several uses of the term 'n***a', spoken by black characters and in song lyrics.
Drugs
Characters are seen to snort cocaine and to smoke joints or pipes. Several characters are established as being drug dealers, and another as a deranged junkie.
There is a scene in which it is implied a woman performs oral sex on a man, and brief sight of a couple having sex on the bonnet of a car. There are scenes in which African American characters are targeted by killers dressed as Klansmen or wearing masks that resemble 'blackface' caricatures.
strong bloody violence, threat, language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
06/09/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Violence
Shootings and stabbings result in large sprays of blood and some bloody aftermath detail. There is also a brief scene of sexual assault in which a man grabs a woman's crotch.
Threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of threat in which the characters are terrorised by masked killers.
Language
There is frequent strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), alongside milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'pissed', 'pussy' and 'bullshit'. There are also several uses of the term 'n***a', spoken by black characters and in song lyrics.
Drugs
Characters are seen to snort cocaine and to smoke joints or pipes. Several characters are established as being drug dealers, and another as a deranged junkie.
There is a scene in which it is implied a woman performs oral sex on a man, and brief sight of a couple having sex on the bonnet of a car. There are scenes in which African American characters are targeted by killers dressed as Klansmen or wearing masks that resemble 'blackface' caricatures.
Classified Date:
11/04/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer A
Classified Date:
02/08/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material

  • Classified date

    06/09/2018

  • BBFC reference

    AVF361733

  • Language

    English