The Purge: Election Year vs Wake Up
Wake Up has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.4/10 for The Purge: Election Year). Wake Up is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 49m. The Purge: Election Year is the older of the two (2016 against 2024). Both are action, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Purge: Election Year
Wake Up| The Purge: Election Year | Wake Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 20m |
| Genres | Action, Horror, Thriller | Action, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | James DeMonaco | Anouk Whissell, François Simard |
| Main cast | Frank Grillo, Betty Gabriel, Kyle Secor, Edwin Hodge, Elizabeth Mitchell | Turlough Convery, Benny O. Arthur, Jacqueline Moré, Thomas Gould, Alessia Yoko Fontana |
Synopsis
The Purge: Election Year
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
Wake Up
A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.
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