12 hours to survive: the beginning. Synopsis, trailer, cast and review

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12 hours to survive: the beginning (The First Purge / The First Purge: The Night of the Beasts) is a horror film directed by Gerard McMurray. This production of Universal photos It was released on July 4, 2018, being the fourth installment of this successful franchise. In a short time, it became the highest grossing of the entire saga after grossing 133 million dollars.

Según Netflix y su algorithm de recomendación, la película está dirigida a aquellas persons a las que les gustaron cintas como Mail, Calm down Y lodging house. It is worth mentioning that the scriptwriter is himself James DeMonaco, creator of the saga. In July 2017, the creative hired McMurray to fill the position of director.

«I added a lot [to the world of DeMonaco]. More people became people of color. The prospect of what I believe scares a black man, the KKK. Everything that you see happen in this movie, the masks, every part of it, I went in and really told James how I wanted to put my vision into practice and I said it from a black people perspective, to make it young, contemporary and fresh. «Commented the director in an interview for slashfilm.com.

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Synopsis

Los llamados Nuevos Padres Fundadores de América tienen como target mantener al mínimo la tasa de delitos y asesinatos. Por ello, deciden realizar un experimento social que dé luz verde a todo tipo de delitos, incluido el homicidio, durante toda una noche. La precuela aborda los eventos que llevaron a la implementación de esta terrible tradición anualmente, convirtiéndola en una “celebración” nacional. Esta historia cuenta el comienzo de la noche más sangrienta y oscura de esta realidad distópica.

"A drug trafficker lives a political awakening when he tries to survive a night of legalized crime in his neighborhood", can be read in the Netflix synopsis (as of December 2020).

Trailer of 12 hours to survive: the beginning

Do not miss the trailer of this film produced by Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes. As an added detail, the film features photographs by Anastas N. Michos and music by Kevin Lax.

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Cast of actors

The film was announced in September 2016 by James DeMonaco. The filmmaker commented that this production would be a prequel to the trilogy, showing the way the United States accepted the night of Purge as an annual tradition. Without a doubt, an exciting and dark premise. Here is the main cast of this chilling adventure.

• Y'lan Noel is Dimitri
• Lex Scott Davis as Nya
• Joivan Wade as Isaiah
• Mugga is Dolores
• Lauren Vélez as Luisa
• Kristen Solis as Selina
• Rotimi Paul is Skeletor
• Marisa Tomei is Dr. May Updale
• Patch Darragh is Arlo. Did you know?
• Christian Robinson is Capital A.
• Maria Rivera is Anna
• Siya is Blaise
• Chyna Layne is Elosa
• Melonia Diaz is Juani
• Mo McRae is 7 and 7 years old
• Steve Harris is Freddy
• Kevin Carrigan is General Smiley

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Criticism of 12 hours to survive: the beginning

Generally, the reviews for the movies in this franchise are mixed. This case is not the exception. It seems natural because it is a type of terror that many do not understand, a subgenre that finds detractors among purists. In this way, we find positive comments about the fourth installment of the series, but at the same time some that strongly point out its main weaknesses.

David Fear wrote a positive review for the outlet. rollingstone.com, in which he highlighted the incorporation of the political element with greater force throughout the plot.

"DeMonaco and McMurray realized that seeing a black action hero kill criminals in KKK clothes is a cathartic image with a lot of meaning in [its release year]," he noted.

(* 12 *) Eric Kohn At the same time, he considered this film a success within the genre, mainly at a time when social resentment was at the height of the elections that Donald Trump would end up winning.

12 Hours to Survive - The Beginning is another absurd, uneven, and ridiculous B movie across the board, yet utterly riveting in the way it channels the terror of the Trump era into a powerful audience joy (…) It becomes in one of the best movies of the series, "he warned.

In your review of The newspaper, Nando Salvá believes that the formula of this production works in a solid and coherent way, fundamentally, before those who were hooked with the series.

"It works like a dangerously plausible prophecy (…) For much of its footage, this prequel tempers sadistic violence (…) This saga is getting interesting and it's really starting to be scary," he says.

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