- Joe Dixon: Boy, there's a whole bunch of Negros comin' right this way. And we sitting up here like a bucket of motherfucking chicken.
- Schoolgirl #1 Freakbride: I already took care of my mom and dad tonight. You're next! I want my candy bar, cocksucker!
- Senator Charlie Roan: [to Owens] I am gonna beat the shit out of you on election day.
- Leo Barnes: I'm not as politically correct as the Senator.
- Joe Dixon: [Leo knees Owens in the groin] Good night, blue cheese. Well played, Leo.
- Leo Barnes: [fist-bumping] Thanks, Joe.
- Leader Caleb Warrens: [after watching a newscast on Senator Roan's increasing popularity] Is the cunt that close?
- Uncle Sam: We will now purge. We will torture you and violate your flesh. Remove your skin and share in your blood. This is the American way.
- Mrs. Sabian: Murder tourism. What's happened to our country, Joe?
- Joe Dixon: Mrs. Sabian, I wish I knew. But you take care of yourself, Mrs. S. Next time you need something, just give us a call. I'll have Marcos run it over and save you the trip, okay?
- Mrs. Sabian: I come by to flirt with you, Joe!
- Joe Dixon: What?
- Mrs. Sabian: No one's gonna take that from me.
- Joe Dixon: [to Marcos] Reason I'm so hard on you, son, like I am is someday I'd like to make you a partner. Yep. Oh, boy. Coming here from another country like you did. Having your own business. American dream is still alive.
- Dante Bishop: [taking out a group of mercenaries] Where you all at? What the hell are you all doing up there? Bring your asses down here.
- Joe Dixon: [triumphant laugh] My negro.
- Leader Caleb Warrens: It's time to do something about all these cocksuckers, like that rat Bishop and the cunt senator, trying to dismantle everything we've built. We are going to use this year's Purge to do some spring cleaning, gentlemen.
- Leo Barnes: This is gonna be home for the next 12 hours. You need anything, you contact me and me only. Clear?
- Senator Charlie Roan: Clear.
- Schoolgirl #1 Freakbride: Hey, you old fuck! I'm back. And I brought some friends. And I'm gonna get that candy bar.
- Marcos: They have chainsaws and they're coming inside.
- Leo Barnes: All right, I gotta get you out of here.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Yeah, but they're at both entrances.
- Schoolgirl #1 Freakbride: Then I'm gonna Purge by killing you and burning this bitch to the ground!
- Joe Dixon: I gotta call her.
- Leo Barnes: Who?
- Joe Dixon: We have a friend out there in a triage van.
- Leo Barnes: You trust this friend?
- Joe Dixon: Hey, you still questioning my integrity. Boy, you are a piece of work, man.
- Leo Barnes: This is how it's gonna go now. Like you said, fate of the country's at stake. Okay? It's my show now.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Look, I'm not an idiot. I know what you're capable of. I'm the one who hired you. But if I see something I don't like, I'm not gonna be quiet about it. It's not in my nature.
- [after planning to kill him, Bishop spares Minister Owens at Roan's urging]
- Dante Bishop: You better fucking win.
- Joe Dixon: [in a stand-off with Bishop's soldiers] Now, I'm gonna tell you right now, I like Black people, but I ain't gonna let you all shoot these white folks. These are our white people.
- Laney Rucker: What the hell's going on?
- Joe Dixon: The damn insurance company. They just raised the premium on my Purge coverage. By thousands. The day before the damn Purge. If I don't pay it by tomorrow, I have no Purge coverage for this store.
- Marcos: They can't do that.
- Joe Dixon: Yeah, well, they just did it.
- Laney Rucker: Just lock the place down, Joe.
- Joe Dixon: Yeah, but that's not enough. If I have no insurance, I am screwed. I'll just have to protect this place myself.
- Laney Rucker: Are you crazy?
- Marcos: That's not a good idea, boss.
- Laney Rucker: Look, we love this place, too, Joe. I've been coming here since I was born. But it's just stuff. It can be replaced. You can't be.
- Joe Dixon: Yeah, but what about what you do on Purge Night, Laney? Huh? Is that not the pot calling the kettle brown? No?
- Laney Rucker: That's different, Joe, and you know that. I'm protected, and you won't be.
- Joe Dixon: This is all I got, guys. This is my slice of the pie. Man, I cannot, I can't lose this place. I just... I can't lose this place.
- Senator Charlie Roan: [at a presidential debate] More low-income people are killed during the Purge than anyone else. The money generated from the Purge lines the pockets of the NRA and insurance companies. Any government system that relies on violence to answer its problems must be rebooted.
- Chief Couper: [watching from off-stage] She's doing good, Leo.
- Senator Charlie Roan: It is time to call upon the better angels of our nature.
- Reporter #1: [reporting on a riot in Washington, D.C] This is just one of a dozen protests around our capital after reports emerged claiming that the New Founding Fathers had been using the Purge to help their own economic agenda. Here's a recent statement by incendiary Purge detractor Dante Bishop.
- Dante Bishop: For the past 20 years, the NFFA has taken to legalized murder to decrease the poor population, which in turn keeps the government's spending down. Less welfare, less healthcare, less housing.
- Reporter #1: Recent reporting suggests that the growing anti-Purge sentiment may have a monumental effect on the upcoming presidential election. Establishment NFFA candidate Minister Edwidge Owens has been losing ground to wildcard Independent candidate Senator Charlie Roan. 18 years ago, Roan was forced to watch the brutal execution of her entire family on Purge night and entered the political arena soon after with one goal in mind: to put an end to the annual holiday.
- Senator Charlie Roan: I have no doubt that the soul of our country is at stake. The Purge has to come to an end.
- Reporter #1: Senator Roan is proving to be the greatest threat to the NFFA regime since they first took office 25 years ago.
- Leo Barnes: [fortifying Senator Roan's home] I want men in there. I want men in there. I want a lot of men back there. Well, she's got some security, but I'm revamping the entire thing. We got new barricades on all the doors, all the windows back and front.
- Chief Couper: Looks safe.
- Leo Barnes: Chief, if you tell me it's safe one more time, I'm gonna throw you down the steps.
- Chief Couper: Please don't do that.
- Leo Barnes: [heading upstairs] Men here. Men here. We got a security monitoring system in this room. We got eyes and ears on everything. This is her safe room. She is not to leave her safe room. No one is to go inside her safe room. Do we understand each other?
- Chief Couper: This is a mess. She's not gonna be happy about it.
- Leo Barnes: I don't care if she's happy, Chief. And I want to go on record as saying this is a bad idea. No matter what we do here, this house and this Senator are at risk on Purge Night. You understand me?
- Chief Couper: Duly noted. Let's lock it down.
- Tommy Roseland: We have our people out there countering all this anti-NFFA bullshit. What else can we do?
- Leader Caleb Warrens: [shouting] We do whatever it fucking takes! I have had it with all these idealistic pigs. They want the impossible. Everyone to have. Some cannot have. Not enough to go around.
- Marcos: [hearing a noise behind him, Joe raises his rifle] Hey, boss! It's me! It's me.
- Joe Dixon: [lowering his weapon] Come on outta there, boy. Good Lord, son. It's Purge Night. You don't sneak up on Black people. Good night, blue cheese. Where the hell you going? And why you carrying a chair?
- Marcos: I like sitting.
- Joe Dixon: Yeah, well, you ain't gonna be staying. Look, you know I appreciate you coming out here to watch my back, but I'm-I'm good.
- Marcos: No. I'll stay. Nothing else to do.
- Joe Dixon: Look, please don't be a pain in the ass. I want you to go home and be safe. I don't want you out here on Purge Night, son. I got this!
- Joe Dixon: [catching two shoplifters] All right, girls, give it up. I won't have to call the police.
- Kimmy: Get outta my face, old man!
- Joe Dixon: Let's not do this the hard way, okay? I'm giving you an out. All right, give up the candy or I'll have to take it away from you.
- Kimmy: You touch me and I scream rape, you cocksucking pig. Now walk away.
- Laney Rucker: Give it back.
- Kimmy: Who are you, bitch? Better get out of my way!
- Schoolgirl #2: [holding her back] That's Laney Rucker, Kimmy.
- Kimmy: Laney Rucker? Holy shit. OG Queen badass? Yo! They called you Pequeña Muerte. Little Death. Yo, you're my motherfucking hero.
- Laney Rucker: That makes me proud. Now give back whatever you stole. And apologize.
- Kimmy: [obliging, somewhat reluctantly] Oh, my God. Sorry, mister. I was just playin'. So, Ms. Rucker, what happened to you? You look all whitish now. Later, Ms. Rucker. Wish I met you back in the day.
- Senator Charlie Roan: What made you apply for this position?
- Leo Barnes: I like your politics.
- Senator Charlie Roan: No. No bullshit. I want a real answer.
- Leo Barnes: I lost my son some years ago. He was killed. I almost did something on Purge Night that would've destroyed a lot of lives. I want this night gone. I know you do, too. Especially after what you lost.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Yeah. Despite all of that, you... you have a big problem with how I do things.
- Leo Barnes: You take risks, Senator. My job is to eliminate risks and keep you alive. You don't make that easy.
- Senator Charlie Roan: The soul of this country is at stake, Leo. The only way that I can win is to risk everything, and that includes my life.
- Tall Eric Busmalis: You know you can relax now, right?
- Leo Barnes: No, I'll relax in the morning.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Am I interrupting?
- Leo Barnes: Senator, you should be in the den.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Eric, thank you for being here tonight.
- Tall Eric Busmalis: My pleasure.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Leo, have a drink with me.
- [seeing his look]
- Senator Charlie Roan: You don't have a choice.
- Tall Eric Busmalis: Sounds serious.
- Leo Barnes: Don't say a word. Or I'll stick my foot up your ass.
- Reporter #1: As she's done many times before, Senator Roan broke security protocol, walking off the stage, stepping into the audience.
- Joe Dixon: [watching on TV] Tell you this much, she got 'em little titties, but she got some big-ass balls. She ain't got a snowball's chance in a steam bath of winning this thing, but she be taking on them ol' white-haired George Washington wannabe mofos all by herself. And to that, I say bully for her.
- Laney Rucker: Oh, horseshit. She's full of it, too. Nothing'll ever change.
- Joe Dixon: Hey, Laney. Laney, Laney? I think we've offended Marcos with our anti-Senator talk.
- Marcos: The Senator's going to win. She's gonna make real changes, too. You'll see. All she needs is Florida. She gets the 29 electoral votes from Florida, that puts her over 270. She can do it.
- Joe Dixon: Smartass. All that useless shit and can't butter a damn bagel correctly.
- Marcos: I could butter your bagel, boss.
- Joe Dixon: Oh, you'd butter my bagel? Well, you got jokes over there. Yeah, you just be careful, kid, with all that hope, 'cause it can be a bad thing. Hope can lead to a lot of letdown. Tell him, Irish I.
- Irish Ike Jenkins: Excuse me, what? I'm not paying attention. I'm thinking about waffles and pussy. That's all I ever really think about, actually.
- Joe Dixon: Irish I, ladies and gentlemen.
- Irish Ike Jenkins: The fuck you laughing at? I'm dead serious.
- Joe Dixon: [with a laughing sigh] Ah, fuck!
- Tommy Roseland: The New Founding Fathers believe in fairness. And we hear what the people are saying. That the Purge benefits the rich and the powerful. That was never the intention. From this point on, no one is exempt. The rules protecting level 10 government officials have been revoked.
- Chief Couper: [as he watches on TV, Barnes knocks on the door] Yeah, come in.
- Leo Barnes: You seeing this?
- Chief Couper: Yeah, NFFA is revoking the Purge rule that protects government officials of ranking 10 on Purge night.
- Leo Barnes: Yeah, I'll secure a safehouse and full security detail on the night.
- Senator Charlie Roan: No. I'm staying home on Purge Night.
- Leo Barnes: Senator, I don't think that's a good idea.
- Senator Charlie Roan: If the voters get wind that I'm hiding in a fortress like some rich asshole, I lose votes and the NFFA wins. I stay home like 99% of the population. Make it safe. Whatever it takes.
- Leo Barnes: What about you guys? Who are you?
- Senator Charlie Roan: Is this necessary?
- Leo Barnes: It's very necessary. You, what's your name? Where you from?
- Marcos: Marcos Dali. Mexico City. But I've been an American citizen for two years.
- Leo Barnes: You got a record?
- Marcos: Not here.
- Leo Barnes: What'd you do in Mexico?
- Marcos: I tried to survive.
- Leo Barnes: What are you doing out on Purge Night?
- Marcos: Protecting the deli against looters because my boss lost his Purge insurance yesterday.
- Joe Dixon: Yeah, that's something you can look into, Senator. Insurance companies screwing the working man.
- Joe Dixon: That's, uh, that's Marcos right there. Marcos is, uh... he's a fan of yours.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Hi, Marcos.
- Marcos: Hey, Senator.
- Joe Dixon: He actually thinks you can win this thing.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Oh, yeah?
- Joe Dixon: [laughing] Shit! Uh, tell her what-what she need to do to win, Marcos.
- Marcos: Oh, no, it's not my place to say.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Well, you saved my life, Marcos. I'd like to hear it, please.
- Marcos: Florida is the key. You have to get the elders.
- Senator Charlie Roan: That's smart. He's not wrong, Joe. What do you think?
- Joe Dixon: Well, I don't think you got a damn chance.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Well, have a little faith.
- Joe Dixon: Well, I lost my faith in the system a long time ago, Senator.
- Schoolgirl #2: [singing to the melody of "London Bridge is Falling Down"] We are gonna Purge today/Purge today, Purge today/We are gonna Purge today/Burn this bitch down.
- [her friend can't get her chainsaw started]
- Schoolgirl #2: FUCK!
- Joe Dixon: You heard me right. Senator Roan. Call me back, Lane. We need you bad.
- [hanging up]
- Joe Dixon: She'll call back.
- Leo Barnes: We can't count on your friend. These kids'll be in here soon.
- Marcos: What do we do?
- Leo Barnes: Okay, we're gonna work as a team to protect this woman. You gentlemen understand what's at stake here, yes? Yes?
- Marcos: Yes.
- Leo Barnes: All right. Okay, you take the back, I'm gonna take the front.
- Senator Charlie Roan: I'll take the front with you.
- Leo Barnes: No, you're not gonna be on the front line.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Are you crazy, Leo? Give me a gun.
- Leo Barnes: I will give you a gun, but you're not on the front line. Over my dead body.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Then you better drop dead.
- Joe Dixon: I think he's right, Senator.
- Leo Barnes: Thank you, Deli Man.
- Joe Dixon: Deli Man? I-I agree with you, you still throwing attitude?
- Leo Barnes: What are you still doing up here? You're on first-floor duty.
- Tall Eric Busmalis: How was your chat?
- Leo Barnes: It was enlightening. Go.
- Leo Barnes: They're tracking us.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Where? I'm not seeing them. How are they seeing us?
- [seeing a drone fly up]
- Senator Charlie Roan: Oh. Mercenaries?
- Leo Barnes: No. That's a homemade drone. Purgers.
- Senator Charlie Roan: [as he raises his gun, it flies away] Now what?
- Leo Barnes: Run. Fast.
- Senator Charlie Roan: What was that? Some kind of homegrown militia?
- Leo Barnes: Those were skilled mercs with a lot of money behind 'em. Enough to get to someone on our staff. I'm guessing it's the Minister.
- Senator Charlie Roan: The Minister, the NFFA, the whole fucking lot of them. I'm getting too close.
- [checking his wound]
- Senator Charlie Roan: It's a lot of blood, Leo. We should call someone.
- Leo Barnes: I don't know who to trust. We are on our own. Do you understand me?
- Senator Charlie Roan: Okay. Where do we go?
- Leo Barnes: East. Out of the city. There are a lot of threats. There's a lot of death.
- Leo Barnes: Someone is coming for you.
- Senator Charlie Roan: What?
- Leo Barnes: [giving her a Kevlar vest] Put that on.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Leo, the house is surrounded...
- Leo Barnes: Move, move!
- Senator Charlie Roan: I'm moving. What are you... you said you had men on the roof. You have snipers.
- Leo Barnes: Not anymore. Not anymore.
- Senator Charlie Roan: What do you mean not anymore?
- Leo Barnes: Someone betrayed us.
- Senator Charlie Roan: What?
- Leo Barnes: I can't trust anyone. Put on that vest. Listen to me. This isn't a drill. Someone's coming to kill you. You understand me? Move.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Moving.
- [he uncovers a hidden escape hatch in the floor]
- Senator Charlie Roan: What the...
- Leo Barnes: Go!
- Senator Charlie Roan: Okay, what the hell is that?
- Leo Barnes: That's my little secret. Move.
- Leo Barnes: [checking out Joe's deli] Place is moderately secure. Cameras. Maybe we stay here.
- Joe Dixon: "Maybe we stay here"? Where you going? You going back out there?
- Senator Charlie Roan: Joe, do you have a first aid kit? Leo, my security, was shot.
- Leo Barnes: I'm fine.
- Senator Charlie Roan: You're not fine.
- Leo Barnes: I'm fine.
- Senator Charlie Roan: You're not. Sit. You want me to take it off?
- Leo Barnes: [with a sigh, he removes his jacket] It's okay. It's nothing.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Yeah? Doesn't look like nothing.
- Leo Barnes: [Marcos brings the first aid kit] Let me see. Let me see.
- Marcos: I know a little bit about first aid. I could help you.
- [checking the wound]
- Marcos: The bullet's deep. You need stitches.
- Leo Barnes: Yeah.
- Marcos: But we can't do that here.
- Leo Barnes: Right. Clean it up. Patch it up. Come on. Move.
- Leo Barnes: What's your name, pal?
- Joe Dixon: You know what, Mr. Secret Service Man? You should be thanking my black ass for helping you instead of interrogating me.
- Senator Charlie Roan: His name is Joe Dixon.
- Leo Barnes: Joe Dixon, have I offended you?
- Joe Dixon: Yeah. Yeah, man, just a little bit.
- Leo Barnes: Your feelings are not a concern of mine.
- Joe Dixon: Little respect. That's all I need.
- Marcos: [looking at the surveillance feed] Everyone, shut up, please! Look.
- Schoolgirl #1 Freakbride: [pulling up with her friends again] You stupid motherfucker! You should have let us take the candy bar! Now you're fuckin' gonna pay for it, you stupid son of a bitch! Whoo! It's a good night to Purge, isn't it?
- Joe Dixon: Oh, hell!
- Senator Charlie Roan: Who the hell is that?
- Marcos: The looters I was telling you about.
- Leo Barnes: Purge Night, Senator. What did you expect?
- Joe Dixon: [saving Roan and Leo from a group of murder tourists] Well, this is my place. You can stay all night if you want to. Now, I got to ask you 'cause I'm just a nosy old dog. What in the Mississippi fuck was you doing outside on Purge Night, Senator?
- Senator Charlie Roan: Yeah. Yeah, there was an assassination attempt on, uh, me. I can't thank you enough, Mr... I'm sorry, I know you told me.
- Joe Dixon: Dixon.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Yeah.
- Joe Dixon: You can call me Joe, Senator.
- Senator Charlie Roan: How the hell did it get to this?
- Leo Barnes: [seeing Rondo] Who is he? Why is he cuffed?
- Laney Rucker: Rondo. Two bullet holes delivered by a rival gang, but he's a good kid. He's chained up 'cause I didn't want him Purging anymore. So, Senator... NFFA made a move on your ass.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Seems that way.
- Laney Rucker: Goddamn conniving, duplicitous, crooked, cocksucking politicians.
- Senator Charlie Roan: Agreed. We're not all that bad.
- Laney Rucker: My experience, Senator? My people are on our own, no matter what you all say or promise.
- Rondo: I'm kind of confused here. Who the hell is this lady?
- Laney Rucker: You big dope! You give people from the neighborhood a bad name.
- Laney Rucker: Hey, guys! I got your message.
- Marcos: Laney!
- Joe Dixon: This is our girl.
- Leo Barnes: Go, go, go!
- Laney Rucker: [as they open the metal shutters, she sees Roan] Holy shit, it really is you.
- Leo Barnes: Where do we go?
- Joe Dixon: The van!
- Leo Barnes: Go.
- Laney Rucker: Come on, Joe.
- Joe Dixon: I'll be with you in a minute. I'll be there.
- Marcos: Joe, come on.
- Joe Dixon: You get out of here, kid. I'm staying.
- Marcos: They'll kill you.
- Joe Dixon: Go now!
- Marcos: If you stay, I stay.
- Joe Dixon: Just leave.
- Marcos: Joe, listen to me. For some reason, the Senator ended up in our neighborhood, in your deli. Maybe it's our duty to help protect her. We'll rebuild the deli. Whatever it takes, you and me. I promise.
- Leo Barnes: Where are we headed?
- Laney Rucker: Underground triage center service in the community. It's completely secure.
- Joe Dixon: I told you I ain't no saint. Everybody's got a past. That was a Crip whistle. They just threw it back. If this is the right set, we should be good.
- Leo Barnes: [wary] All right.
- Gang Member with Dying Friend: [Joe opens the van's back doors] We're not gonna hurt you. Just help my fuckin' boy. He's gonna die.
- Leo Barnes: We help you, you do something for us.
- Senator Charlie Roan: What's going on?
- Leo Barnes: Just doing my job.
- Angel Munoz: Senator, it's just a misunderstanding. Why don't we go back outside? Come on.
- Senator Charlie Roan: [looking at what covers the walls] Are you seeing this, Leo?
- Leo Barnes: Yes, Senator.
- Angel Munoz: Senator, why don't we go outside...
- Senator Charlie Roan: Stop. Those are the Minister's biggest financial supporters. The NFFA. Our Lady of Sorrow. Is... is that where the Minister is going to be tonight for the Purge Mass?
- Angel Munoz: We believe so.
- Senator Charlie Roan: You believe... what is all this? Why do you have all this?
- [realizing]
- Senator Charlie Roan: You're gonna assassinate him. You're gonna assassinate the Minister tonight, aren't you?
- Joe Dixon: You know, somebody's got to say it out loud. What in the fuck happened tonight?
- Marcos: Nobody's gonna believe it.
- Laney Rucker: Mm-hmm. Irish Ike's gonna be like, "Bullshit. Now where's my waffles..."
- Joe Dixon, Laney Rucker, Marcos: "... and pussy?"
- Joe Dixon: [laughing] He got that one-track mind. That boy done lost his mind. Shit.
- Dante Bishop: Dawn called. Told me you guys were coming through. So, the NFFA came at you tonight? Can't say I'm surprised. Let me show you around, get you settled in.
- Senator Charlie Roan: You set all this up, Mr. Bishop?
- Dante Bishop: Yes, this is my organization. We have doctors, and nurses, EMTs, paramedics. This is their way of protesting this damn night.
- Leo Barnes: How many people know about this place?
- Dante Bishop: Just the volunteers, and the homeless that we invite in. Look, these are the real victims of the Purge. The people that the NFFA are trying to eliminate so that they don't have to take care of them anymore.
- Leo Barnes: These men that are armed, you'll have them at all the entrances and the rooftop?
- Dante Bishop: Yes. My men will keep you safe. Or as safe as you can be on Purge Night.