"The Purge: Anarchy" is the sequel to the disappointing "The Purge." This time, the director admits that they made some mistakes, and have actually learned from them.

James DeMonaco directed the first movie which had a very interesting and promising premise. However, instead of seeing the plot develop on the concept of The Purge-12 hours where crime becomes legal and the citizens are left on their own-it becomes a cheap home invasion outing.

DeMonaco knows that. He has seen the Cinemascores. Talking to ScreenCrush, he explains what happened:

First off, he understands how the viewers feel:

"Oh, this is 800 times better. The first one pissed me off. With this one, not only does the trailer promise what was intended and kind of promised - or you hope for - It's also a movie about sympathetic people."

"In the first one, these are people making money off of The Purge [by selling home security systems]. They're rich. Tt's a movie that exists in a gray area ... it's a morally ambiguous movie where this white family is tying up a black guy and trying to save their own skin. Yeah, at the end they all realize what they're all doing, but it's never a movie where you're feeling real sympathy toward these people. So, the Cinemascore got hit two ways: They left the theater kind of feeling like, 'Well, we just watched a movie that's very gray and dark and we didn't get what we wanted.' So they went, 'Fuck it, 'C.'"

That's one new angle-there are characters worth rooting for in "Anarchy."

Speaking of angles, an event like The Purge is like opening a Pandora's Box, and they plan to explore the uniqueness of the concept. It may even overflow into another sequel! The interview continues:

"SC: This second 'The Purge' movie sets up a third. What do you want to accomplish with further 'Purge' movies in terms of what you're trying to say?

JDM: I think the revolution and the government conspiracy angle, to me those are the seeds I planted that I want to take forward. And I love Frank Grillo's character, so I'm already getting pressure to get him involved and I love working with him.

SC: Will these movies always take place on the actual day of The Purge?

JDM: I was thinking about that. In the next one, I'd like to show just a normal day."

Some skeptics are wired harder though. What Culture named "The Purge: Anarchy" as part of a list of movies "that are going to suck."