Citizen Vigilante
Bollfilms
One of the notable tales in Hollywood proper now could be what’s occurring with Citizen Vigilante, the Armie Hammer motion movie directed by Uwe Boll that has turn out to be a rallying level for conservatives throughout the US. Those self same conservatives have now made it one of many highest-rated films on Rotten Tomatoes in 2026, and it’s at present topping Amazon’s paid VOD streaming checklist at #1.
At a 94% Rotten Tomatoes viewers rating, that places Citizen Vigilante within the prime tier alongside different large hits. A comparability checklist:
- Michael – 97% viewers rating
- The Sheep Detectives – 96% viewers rating
- Mission Hail Mary – 95% viewers rating
- Toy Story 5 – 95% viewers rating
- Citizen Vigilante – 94% viewers rating
- Obsession – 94% viewers rating
On the critic aspect, there aren’t even sufficient evaluations in for a Rotten Tomatoes rating, however with seven in thus far, it will have a 14%. A Selection excerpt:
“The movie is so astonishingly dangerous, it virtually looks like writer-director-producer Uwe Boll is intentionally sabotaging his star Armie Hammer, whose meant comeback can solely be harmed by this mission.”
“Astonishingly dangerous” is one thing many would affiliate with director Uwe Boll’s work effectively earlier than Citizen Vigilante, particularly a string of online game films that usually ended up with single-digit scores. However the concept this has harmed Armie Hammer, no less than amongst a sure crowd, is probably not true as he acts out a right-wing-inspired fantasy within the movie and has acquired praised for doing so amongst that movie’s viewers.
Citizen Vigilante
Bollfilms
Citizen Vigilante is harking back to The Boondock Saints, although as an alternative of killing organized crime figures, he’s killing migrants in Europe, displaying assaults and rapes by black and muslim criminals who’re then murdered by the a parody of right-wing fury, Hammer’s Sanders. As are these “permitting” this case to unfold in authorities.
The movie is being lambasted not just for its subject material however the way it works as an precise film. As a political device, nevertheless, the target market is keen to forgive the truth that they’re watching a nasty Uwe Boll movie to provide it these excessive scores, and shell out sufficient cash to shoot it to No. 1 on VOD charts.
Citizen Vigilante’s profile was massively boosted by the world’s first trillionaire, Elon Musk, who, siding with its messaging, streamed the complete film on X for 48 hours as a method of selling it to his 240 million followers. That led to the film securing worldwide distribution shortly thereafter.
It’s a stomach-churning state of affairs for a lot of in Hollywood, although movies like this stay the exception, not the rule. Nonetheless, the web viewers is there for it, and extra so than we’ve seen with different makes an attempt (Gina Carano’s Hunter Biden movie involves thoughts). So sure, it would get a sequel…
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