Armie Hammer, once an Oscar-nominated actor for Call Me By Your Name, has returned to the screen in Citizen Vigilante, a low-budget exploitation film directed by Germany's Uwe Boll. The film is a revenge fantasy where Hammer's character, Sanders, an American ex-soldier, takes on migrants and the judiciary in Zagreb, Croatia, whom he accuses of an 'unfriendly takeover by Islamist extremists and the blind-sided woke left.'
Hammer's fall from grace
Hammer's career plummeted in 2021 following allegations of sexual assault by former partners, which he maintained were consensual. Criminal charges were later dropped for lack of evidence. Now, he stars in this incoherent schlocker, which has been promoted globally by Elon Musk, according to the review. The film cannibalizes revenge tropes and lacks the style, passion, or competent production values of classics like Death Wish or Taxi Driver.
Plot and reception
In the film, Sanders uses a large cache of weapons to kill migrants, gang-rapists, and police officers, while posting videos ranting about the situation. The review criticizes the film as 'embarrassingly badly acted' and a 'piece of shit to flood the zone.' It suggests that if Boll and Musk want to make a hard-hitting film about establishment corruption, they should focus on Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump instead.
