Assassination Nation
Neon | Release Date: September 21, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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12
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4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSep 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
100
CineVueChristopher MachellNov 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
67
ConsequenceSarah KurchakSep 18, 2018
I might not be able to tell you what exactly Assassination Nation is, but the one thing I can confidently say is that it’s not easy to forget or dismiss. Read full review
80
EmpireAndrew LowryNov 19, 2018
Like a real-life stroppy teen, Assassination Nation is pissed off with something new every five minutes — but there’s style and sophistication here. The Trump era has its first dorm-room classic. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattSep 27, 2018
There’s a kinetic energy in Levinson’s telling, and real catharsis in a riotous final sequence that feels all the more triumphant for the unlikeliness of such a bloody, happy ending. Read full review
90
Film ThreatMatthew RoeSep 21, 2018
Although skirting the inexplicable and the absurd, Assassination Nation is a pulpy and immensely entertaining roller coaster, hallmarked by its relentless sociocritical bite and refined cinematic craft. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric Kohn
As Levinson swings wildly for the fences, Assassination Nation yields a modicum of payoff. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 22, 2018
Equal parts “The Crucible,” “Kill Bill” and well, hell — “Carrie” — Assassination Nation is straight up action exploitation, a scantily clad, sexed-up slut-shamed girls satire about scantily clad, sexed-up and slut-shamed girls who get even. Read full review
67
Original-CinJim SlotekSep 20, 2018
Assassination Nation may be empty calories as social satire, but it’s a dark, wry, of-the-moment story of run-amok panic that will entertain horror fans. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie Felperin
Energetically lurid, gratuitously violent and a hell of a lot of fun, horror-satire Assassination Nation is a throwback to black-comedy teen flicks of yore, but with a bitingly timely feel. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeNov 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
65
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeSep 21, 2018
It’s always apparent what Assassination Nation is going for, and it more often than not fulfills its ambitions, and the hits more than make up for the misses. Read full review
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