One night every year the government orders a 12 hour ÒpurgeÓ where all crime is legal and no emergency services are given. The rich turn on their expensive security systems for protection, but the poor can only lock their doors and hope to survive the night. One young coupleÕs car breaks down on their way home Ð their only hope for safety Ð and they are forced to spend the night of the purge fighting for their lives on the streets. When everything is legal and no consequences are to be had, chaos and brutality will reign.