VIDEO: The Purge, Year One

Written by Vince Mancini / 06.06.13

The Purge, starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, opens tomorrow, and the plot of that one is that crime is legal for one day a year, which lets people get their urges out of their systems and makes the rest of the year a crimeless utopia with no unemployment. It… doesn’t make a ton of sense on a lot of levels. But it did provide the fodder for the latest Uproxx Video, The Purge: Year One.

It tells the story of what happens when three people living together stop acting polite, and start living with no crime or consequences one day of the year. Turns out, they chop off Eli Roth’s feet and f*ck a dog. Enjoy.

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Morning Links: Workers Do The Work Time Dance

Written by Zeke Greenwald / 05.13.13

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Morning Links: Uproxx Video: Regrets

Written by Zeke Greenwald / 05.09.13

As a man reaches the end of his life, he regrets the things he’s done, and not done.

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Uproxx Video: Birthday After Party & Morning Links

Written by Zeke Greenwald / 04.30.13

This is by far the weirdest Uproxx Video we’ve posted. I think you might like it.

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Written by Zeke Greenwald / 03.26.13

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