Elon Musk posted Armie Hammer’s “Citizen Vigilante” to his X account on Friday, sharing the controversial indie-actioner together with his 240 million followers. The hyperlink was lively for about 48 hours and went darkish on Saturday.
Directed and written by 60-year-old German filmmaker Uwe Boll, “Citizen Vigilante” was notably banned in his dwelling nation for depicting abhorrent violence and for being anti-migrant, in line with The Telegraph. The movie was launched within the U.S. on June 19.
“Citizen Vigilante” follows Hammer as an American overseas in Europe on a blood-soaked mission to get rid of all prison migrants. Different solid members embrace Costas Mandylor, Désirée Giorgetti, Steffen Mennekes, Neb Chupin and Mukit Abdul Hamid.
In Selection’s evaluation of the movie, critic Todd Gilchrist minced no phrases, writing, “Boll, a cinematic embarrassment because the early 2000s, right here delivers a violent, incoherent, morally bankrupt slice of exploitation on the identical qualitative stage as ‘Home of the Lifeless,’ ‘Alone within the Darkish’ and ‘BloodRayne.’ In actual fact, the movie is so astonishingly unhealthy, it virtually feels just like the writer-director-producer is intentionally sabotaging his star Armie Hammer, whose supposed comeback can solely be harmed by this undertaking.”
Hammer, who starred in movies like “The Social Community,” “Name Me By Your Title” and “Sorry to Trouble You,” noticed his profession come crashing down in 2021 after going through allegations of sexual assault. Hammer denied the allegations, and in 2023, prosecutors declined to file expenses in opposition to him.
Boll took to X on Saturday to disclose that “Citizen Vigilante 2” will launch in 2027. The day prior, Musk replied to a submit on X exhibiting “Citizen Vigilante” because the No. 2 film on the Apple TV charts. He wrote, “’Citizen Vigilante 2’ can be even higher.”
