Synopsis
After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four high school seniors at the center of the maelstrom.
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Cast
- Odessa YoungLily Colson
- Hari NefBex Warren
- ABRAEm Lacey
- Suki WaterhouseSarah Lacey
- Anika Noni RoseNancey Lacey
- Colman DomingoPrincipal Turrell
- Maude ApatowGrace
- Bella ThorneReagan Hall
- Joel McHaleNick Mathers
- Bill SkarsgårdMark
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
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. - 78
Austin Chronicle
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. - 67
IndieWire
As Levinson swings wildly for the fences, Assassination Nation yields a modicum of payoff. - 67
Consequence
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. - 58
The Playlist
The first hour is overwhelmingly exciting as Levinson uses split screens and more stylistic techniques to make his story pop. The dialogue is also delivered in impressively natural fashion, with the leading quartet discussing subjects that capture the zeitgeist. However, the ultra-violent finale goes over the top, lacking the pizzaz and inventiveness of the film’s earlier stages. - 58
The A.V. Club
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. - 50
The Film Stage
Assassination Nation may hit buttons in the moment, but looking back, it fades away as an experience as ugly as it is unpleasant. - 50
Variety
Levinson’s battling more villains than any script can take on, and by the end, his sharp jabs bleed into a gory finale that settles for cathartic cheers.
