Assassination Nation

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Assassination Nation

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Released Sep 21, 2018

1h 50m

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High school senior Lily and her three best friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats -- just like the rest of the world. Their small town gets turned upside down when an anonymous hacker starts to reveal personal messages and secrets of thousands of people. As anger erupts into full-blown violence, the four girls soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an armed mob.

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Critics Consensus

Assassination Nation juggles exploitation and socially aware elements with mixed results, but genre fans may find it too stylish and viscerally energetic to ignore.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

Every point the film wants to make has to be roared via lengthy speeches and declarations made straight down the lens. Any deeper meaning becomes lost. When the fires finally subside, there's not that much to be found in the ashes.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 3, 2018

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Gleeful... I turned to myself and went, "wow."

Nov 27, 2018

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

Here it is, the definitive movie for the Donald Trump era. Like Trump, it's crass, disturbing and devoid of subtext. Unlike him, it has style, self-awareness and a sense of humour.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 27, 2018

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

As violent as the film can get, it purposefully does so to show us the absurd extremes we as a society can go to deflect blame and responsibility.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Serena Seghedoni

Loud and Clear Reviews

Assassination Nation is Sam Levinson’s modern-day take on the Salem Witch Trials, and a “movie for absolutely right now” that you won’t be able to forget.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 13, 2023

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

If Joker, Euphoria, Kill Bill and The Purge did the same TikTok dance, but Sam Levinson was the one who came up with the moves…yeah.

Feb 2, 2023

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Audience Member

Something scary comes out of this movie, whether it’s social Somme Gary getting it dead right, or the verdict given to us right at the end. This flick seems like the Social Media apocalypse told exactly as it would happen.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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w1sh r

The first 20-25 minutes were excruciatingly drab; the cinematic equivalent of licking sandpaper. It wasn’t until the 60-minute mark that the film finally awoke from its narrative slumber and remembered it had a story to tell -much like a hamster who, after an hour of aimless wheel-spinning, suddenly realizes there's an entire cage to explore. A cage full of hamster feces and ditzy acting. That being said, highly recommended viewing. Also the cage is full of mustard gas. - w1sh and reverend :D

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

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Audience Member

Es hat interessant angefangen aber danach war’s labgweilig

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/16/24

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Terry M

I had to turn it off after 20 minutes because it was so horrible I couldn't make it through it. It was very offensive to me. I have no idea what it was about because it seemed just to be sensationalism and it was jumbled in the beginning before I turned it off. Should never have been made.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/24

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Pat G

Interesting premise, poor execution, especially after a few years. Characters are shallow tropes at best, and the movie quickly decays into a bunch of stereotypes hamhandedly crashing into each other. If you think this is representative of America it’s probably time to unplug your phone or TV and go talk to your neighbors.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

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KerryWhite's S

Rating: 5/10. 58/100

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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Synopsis

High school senior Lily and her three best friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats -- just like the rest of the world. Their small town gets turned upside down when an anonymous hacker starts to reveal personal messages and secrets of thousands of people. As anger erupts into full-blown violence, the four girls soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an armed mob.

Director: Sam Levinson
Producer: David S. Goyer, Kevin Turen, Anita Gou, Matthew J. Malek, Manu Gargi, Aaron L. Gilbert
Screenwriter: Sam Levinson
Distributor: Neon
Production Co: Phantom Four
Rating: R (Drug and Alcohol Use|Disturbing Bloody Violence|Menace|Pervasive Language|Strong Sexual Material)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 21, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 18, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.0M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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