Last year's surprise hit The Purge arrived in theaters with an intriguingly pulpy premise: What would happen if all crime — including murder, as the government inexplicably advertises — was made legal for 24 hours? Unfortunately, that premise was immediately squandered by the decision to set the vast majority of The Purge in a single mansion, turning what could have been a Twilight Zone-esque exploration of human nature into a by-the-numbers home invasion thriller.
It's hard to tell exactly what's going on in this first trailer for The Purge: Anarchy, but you'll get the general idea: Arson, theft, murder, and a dude who looks suspiciously similar to The Dark Knight's Joker. Will audiences who were burned by the blandness of The Purge turn up for this wilder, woolier sequel? We'll find out when The Purge: Anarchy hits theaters in June.
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