Reeling on Disney's Planes: Fire & Rescue and The Purge: Anarchy

Nobody thought Dusty Crophopper (voice of Dane Cook) could win a round-the-world race, but his spirit proved mightier than his engine.  Now that that engine is damaged beyond the demands of sports racing, Dusty once again finds new purpose, joining a hard-working rescue team led by helicopter Blade Ranger (voice of Ed Harris, "Snowpiercer") just as a raging wildfire threatens Piston Peak National Park in "Planes: Fire & Rescue."

Cowriter (with "Planes's" Jeffrey M. Howard)/director Roberts Gannaway ("Leroy & Stitch") picks up Dusty's tale just as he's about to be the prime attraction for his hometown Propwash Junction's annual Corn Festival.  After learning from Dottie (voice of Teri Hatcher) that the state of his gearbox means he can no longer 'red line' his power, Dusty tests his limits with a night flight that finds him coming in for a rough landing, one which starts a fire that old engine Mayday (voice of Hal Holbrook) can only put out by toppling a water tower.  Faced with the festival being shut down for safety reasons if their emergency services are not upgraded, Dusty decides to become certified as a SEAT (single engine air tanker) to help his old friend.

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After witnessing the Sandin family under siege within their well secured home for 2022's purge, writer/director James DeMonaco takes us to the streets where a cop who's lost his son, a mother and daughter and a couple on the verge of a breakup must withstand bloodthirsty assailants of "The Purge: Anarchy."

"The Purge" was a bad movie that became a surprising hit, its concept of a 12-hour yearly purge where any crime is admissable having cut down on crime the draw.  With his sequel, writer/director James DeMonaco switches his point of view from the Haves to the Have-Nots and those unfortunate to be caught out with them, the class warfare of the first film now more out in the open, the New Founding Fathers of the U.S. Government being challenged by radical activist Carmelo's (Michael K. Williams, HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire') online Call to Arms videos.  It's still not a great movie, but its drive-in aesthetics recall such films as "Escape From New York," "The Most Dangerous Game" elements of the first film magnified in a climactic bit of satire that's a memorable set piece.

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