The concept of 'The Purge,' an annual event allowing all crime including murder for 12 hours, was introduced in the first movie released.
The powerful political organization called the New Founding Fathers of America is established, setting the stage for the Purge experiment.
The NFFA initiates the first experimental Purge, a 12-hour period where all crimes, including murder, are legal in Staten Island, to reduce crime and unemployment rates.
The NFFA implements a secret eugenics program to control and reduce the population of marginalized communities under the guise of the Purge experiment.
Skeletor, a local gang leader, is enlisted by the NFFA to help manage and orchestrate the violence during the first Purge to keep control.
Dr. May Updale conducts behavioral experiments on the quarantined Staten Island community to analyze the effects of the Purge.
In an effort to incite violence and chaos, the NFFA distributes crack cocaine for free to increase aggression during the Purge.
The 12-hour purge officially starts at 7 pm; citizens are advised to stay inside or participate in criminal activity without legal consequence.
Skeletor's gang uses the opportunity to loot and terrorize residents to consolidate local power during the Purge.
Agents equipped with technology oversee the Purge, filming and manipulating events to ensure maximum social control.
Nya, her husband Dmitri, and their neighbors band together to survive the Purge and fight back against Skeletor’s gang.
Nya organizes a defense and retaliation movement with survivors against the aggressors in their community.
At the conclusion of the 12-hour Purge, law and order are restored but Staten Island is heavily damaged and many residents killed.
The NFFA evaluates the results of the first Purge and uses the data and footage to justify extending the Purge nationwide.
