The Forever Purge

## Movie Guide

**The Forever Purge** is a film in The Purge franchise. Produced by Blumhouse Productions and released by Universal Pictures, the film was directed by Everardo Gout from a script by James DeMonaco. The film was scheduled to release on July 10, 2020, originally, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was released on July 2, 2021.

## Synopsis

After the events of Election Year, Adela and Juan, who find solace at a Texas ranch, having fled a drug cartel in Mexico. Things go awry when a group of outsiders decide to keep purging beyond the allotted time when people can break any and all laws.

## Plot

Two terms following the presidential election of Charlene Roan, the New Founding Fathers of America have regained control of the U.S. government and reinstituted the annual Purge with its original rules. Elements of white supremacy and nativism have surged in America with the re-election of the NFFA, leading many outside of the ruling party to become concerned that the upcoming first Purge in eight years will fester and become more than just a yearly excise of the country's demons.

Fleeing a Mexican drug cartel, two married migrants named Juan and Adela illegally cross the border into Texas with the aid of a guide under a border wall. Before departing, the guide tells them to "follow the roses" if they encounter trouble. Ten months later, on the eve of the next annual Purge, the two of them have built a life in America with Juan working as a farmhand on the Tucker ranch and Adela working in a shop near Austin. Dylan Tucker resents Juan and other migrants working on his farm, but his father Caleb urges Juan to look past his hostility to see the good beneath. Meanwhile, Adela helps a fellow recently arrived migrant learn how to better work and speak English.

During the Purge, Juan and Adela join a migrant community behind a walled sanctuary with armed security to protect them. Adela witnesses a group of Purgers declaring themselves the Purge Purification Force, intending to "disinfect" those that they consider non-American. The group passes by without hostility, and the migrant community survives the Purge without incident. Come the morning, Juan and Adela return to their jobs, but both notice that a significant number of their co-workers did not report to work that day. Adela is attacked by two Purgers who insist that the real Purge was just beginning but is rescued by her boss Darius before both are arrested by police. Juan and fellow migrant T.T. discover that the Tucker family has been taken hostage by the other farmhands, who intend to take the Tucker ranch for themselves in the spirit of the "Forever Purge." Caleb distracts the farmhands long enough for Juan and T.T. to arm themselves with the Tuckers' guns but is executed during the rescue. Dylan's sister Harper and pregnant wife Cassie offer Juan a ride in their truck to search for Adela.

While the news on the radio struggles to make sense of why so many people continued to Purge after the annual period had ended, the police van carrying Adela is ambushed by more Purgers. Juan and the Tuckers arrive in time to rescue her before they all flee from Austin. At a gas station, they hear a news report that despite the conclusion of the Purge having been signaled, many cities in the country continued to experience what was known as the "Ever After Purge," overwhelming local emergency services in the chaos. To protect civilians, the Canadian and Mexican governments offered to open their borders to refugees for the next six hours, following which the borders would close and entry would be denied to all. The survivors decide to flee across the Mexican border through El Paso before time expired.

By the time they arrived, however, the NFFA – condemning the Ever After Purge due to their politicians and representatives becoming victims of it – invoked martial law in all fifty states in an effort to contain the violence. In response, Mexico announces the closure of its borders early, leaving those who tried to cross it vulnerable to Purgers.

Juan and Dylan discuss the latter's feelings toward Mexican migrants. Dylan insists that he does not hate Juan (the guy with the forever purge mask) or Mexicans as a whole, stating that he only believes that their two races should not mingle for their own protection. Fighting through the streets of El Paso, the survivors resolve to cross by any means necessary. Adela and Cassie are split from the others by the military forces, leaving Juan and Adela to separately guide the others by following several rose markings through downtown. Juan and his group are captured by the Purge Purification Force, with their leader (referred to as "Alpha") offering Dylan and Harper a chance to live if they killed Juan and T.T. They refuse, leading the Purgers to kill T.T. before the military intervenes and allows the others to escape. However, the military is soon forced to withdraw from El Paso and concede it to Purgers when their base is destroyed in an explosion. Meanwhile, Adela ably protects Cassie from other Purgers, revealing that she and her husband had once been trained to fight against the cartel before they had come to America.

The survivors all reunite at the rose's final marker: a hidden safe house for migrants run by a nearby Native American tribe. The tribal leader offers to transport everyone across the Mexican border as refugees, assisting them in fleeing from the Purge Purification Force. Near the border, Juan, Adela, and Dylan remain behind with other fighters to buy the refugees more time to escape with the Purge Purification Force in pursuit. They engage in a gunfight until their ammunition runs out, then lure the Purgers into coming in close before killing them with their hand weapons. The Alpha leader takes Adela during a struggle and orders the other fighters to reveal themselves, but Juan and Dylan work together to subdue and kill Alpha to save Adela.

The three of them rejoin the others in a refugee camp set up near the border on the Mexican side. Dylan finds his family and discovers that Cassie has given birth since he had last seen his wife. Juan and Dylan thank each other for their help before Dylan introduces Juan and Adela to his infant daughter.

With many cities in the U.S. in flames, the NFFA is blamed and disbanded for causing the prolonged violence. Various news reports indicate that more than two million Americans had crossed the Mexican border as refugees while others had rallied to fight back against the Ever After Purgers.

## Cast

### Starring

* Ana de la Reguera as Adela
* Tenoch Huerta as Juan
* Josh Lucas as Dylan Tucker
* Cassidy Freeman as Cassie Tucker
* Leven Rambin as Harper Tucker
* Will Patton as Caleb Tucker

### Co-Starring

* Alejandro Edda as T.T.
* Zahn McClarnon as Chiago Harjo
* Jeffrey Doornbos as Elijah Hardin
* Susie Abromeit as Mother Hardin
* Sammi Rotibi as Darius Bryant
* Will Brittain as Kirk
* Veronica Falcón as Lydia
* Alfonso Illan as Doroteo Arrango
* Gary Nohealii as Joaquin
* Gregory Zaragoza as Xavier
* Carol Cantu as Lupita
* Joshua Dov as Dalton Levay
* Annie Little as Emily Levay
* Willow Beuoy as Ally Levay
* Dylan Morales-Brodie as Benji Levay
* Lupé Carranza as Anna
* Emily Trujillo as Rosa
* Keenan Henson as Deputy Roberts
* Edward Gelhaus as Tattoo Nazi
* Hope Lauren as Mim Ocanomed
* Joe Nin Williams as Thing 1
* Dan Mast as Thing 2
* Brett Edwards as Lead Mercenary
* Shaw Jones as Moran
* Patricio Doren as Masked Coyote
* Marco Martinez as Masked Young Coyote
* Kacey Montoya as News Anchor
* Steve Kuzj as Male Reporter
* LaSaundra Gibson as Anchor
* Yomary Cruz as Latinx Anchor
* Coda Boesel as Very High Man
* Aaron Andre Frazier as African American Citizen
* Kat Smith as Female American Indian
* Jonathan Joss as American Indian on TV
* Louie Novoa as Aid Worker
* Mike McCarty as Puppeteer 1
* Peter Chevako as Puppeteer 2

### Uncredited

* Cindy Robinson as Megan Lewis (Voice)
* Patrick Millin as Deputy Wolfe
* Erin Dinsmore as Conor
* Ana González as Female Victim
* Richard Allan Jones as Gun Store Owner
* Scott Douglas MacLachlan as Gun Store Customer
* Zach Kaltenbach as Purger
* Anthony Molinari as Mercenary
* Mark Krenik as NFFA Soldier
* John Flanagan as Police Officer
* Baker Wiles as Anti-Purge Protester
* Harrison Meloeny as Dancing Thing #2
* Patrick Zapata as Vampire
* Unknown as George