Assassination Nation

Name: Assassination Nation
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: September 21, 2018
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Abra, Anika Noni Rose, Bella Thorne, Bill Skarsgård, Cody Christian

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Neon | Release Date: September 21, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Abra, Anika Noni Rose, Bella Thorne, Bill Skarsgård, Cody Christian, Colman Domingo, Danny Ramirez, Hari Nef, Joel McHale, Maude Apatow, Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse

Summary: High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the result is absolute madness leaving Lily and her friends questioning whether they'll live throughHigh school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the result is absolute madness leaving Lily and her friends questioning whether they'll live through the night. [Neon]… Expand

Director: Sam Levinson

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Comedy, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 108 min

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Christopher Machell

Nov 28, 2018

Piece by piece, Assassination Nation lays out and deconstructs the misogynistic assumptions that underpin many of our reactions to the girls’ behaviour. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Nov 29, 2018

This is pure genre exploitation – a gleefully gory revenge flick that leaves its small-town streets awash with blood. It may also be one of the smartest, most perceptive commentaries on a contemporary society distorted and magnified by online hysteria that you are likely to wince your way through. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Sep 19, 2018

Hungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév puts himself in the top echelons with his kinetic, vibrant work here, smashing Jacques Jouffret's neon-and-blood visual thrills from "The Purge" series into suburbia with a slick and easy violence, and when the world breaks down – as in one of the most brilliant and sickening home invasions ever filmed – he makes the stylish chaos all too believable. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Sep 18, 2018

Assassination Nation tells you right up front what to be appalled by, then simply delivers what it promised. Unlike the best examples of either horror or satire, it ultimately comforts and confirms rather than challenges. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Sep 24, 2018

Assassination Nation carelessly affirms the idea that all women should be able to fight back at will, and if they don’t, it’s on them. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Sep 8, 2018

Levinson displays some amazing technical chops – most of which can be traced back to Joseph Kahn, but never mind – and there’s one standout home-invasion sequence toward the end. But some warnings are best heeded. Read full review

Nick Schager

Sep 20, 2018

From the get-go, Levinson makes every wrongheaded directorial decision imaginable in an apparent effort to make one loathe Assassination Nation—and his success in that regard proves this teensploitation schlock’s lone triumph. Read full review

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Frankwoods23789

Feb 27, 2021

Sam Levison do a great job in this amazing film that blows your mind and makes you crazy.

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DQ_Slotkins

Oct 1, 2018

Filled with good conversations, frighteningly real, a good script, and great performances (Hari Nef practically steals the show as Bex).
This is the movie that the Purge flicks wishes it were. Thoughtful and fun.

1 of 8 users found this helpful17

LamontRaymond

Sep 26, 2018

I actually thought this film was a LOT of fun. Never boring, visual pyrotechnics, and provocative as hell! Don't see it if you're too sensitive on any side.

3 of 10 users found this helpful37

bataguila

May 6, 2019

Las viejas estan buenas, la historia empieza bien, luego se vuelve una mamada, y el transexual le da en la madre a todo

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JLuis_001

Nov 15, 2018

Destroying fragile male egos, Assassination Nation manages to emerge more or less graceful from its unconventional mix of genres but in one way or another is certainly counterproductive when its message of feminine empowerment ends up being an inevitable bloody and violent male fantasy.

IDestroying fragile male egos, Assassination Nation manages to emerge more or less graceful from its unconventional mix of genres but in one way or another is certainly counterproductive when its message of feminine empowerment ends up being an inevitable bloody and violent male fantasy.

I wouldn't say it was bad but it doesn't have much to excel either.… Expand

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

TVJerry

Oct 2, 2018

The town of Salem goes crazy after a hacker starts exposing people's secrets and 4 girls get the blame and the brunt of it. This is a cross between a witch-hunt mentality and the cruel violence of the "Purge" movies. The opening screams trigger warnings that promise a transgressive,The town of Salem goes crazy after a hacker starts exposing people's secrets and 4 girls get the blame and the brunt of it. This is a cross between a witch-hunt mentality and the cruel violence of the "Purge" movies. The opening screams trigger warnings that promise a transgressive, terrifying experience. Most of it never develops to a level of shock and it takes almost an hour of dumb dialogue before the juicy stuff happens. There are some showy directorial touches and a few moments of suspense, but the overall effect is a jumbled, disoriented attempt to make statements about today's technological morass. One interesting note: this is the first major teen flick that features a trans actor (Hari Nef) playing a mostly-accepted trans student.… Expand

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

Broyax

Apr 14, 2019

Le film démarre coolos avec voix off et ambiance relâchée des jeunes bécasses accros aux réseaux sociaux dans la petite ville provinciale de faux culs... On nous promet monts et merveilles, du sexe, des culottes, du sang et de la violence et on s'en doute (ou on espère) des litres de pureLe film démarre coolos avec voix off et ambiance relâchée des jeunes bécasses accros aux réseaux sociaux dans la petite ville provinciale de faux culs... On nous promet monts et merveilles, du sexe, des culottes, du sang et de la violence et on s'en doute (ou on espère) des litres de pure irrévérence ainsi que de... satire ?!

Puis, au bout d'une cinquantaine de minutes au cours desquelles il ne s'est strictement rien passé, on comprend qu'on s'est bien foutu de notre gueule :c'est juste un pétard mouillé, chiant comme un chacal crevé au bord de la route, car finalement, ça démarre quand cette merde ? Juste du remplissage et du meublage à n'en plus finir, de la fausse provoc' faisandée d'un pauvre film qui s'agite comme une attention whore pathétique et lamentable.… Expand

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