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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2024

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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 13, 2023

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

All of the central four characters deliver captivating performances.

| Nov 2, 2022

The whole thing wants to be clever and insightful, but also radical and offensive to get your attention. It's never less than painfully obvious.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 4, 2022

Sam Levinson has crafted a confrontational and upsetting film that captures the modern realities of social media, teen girls and mass hysteria. Assassination Nation will be too much for some, but it's incredibly timely and relevant

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 3, 2022

Abrasive and confrontational, Assassination Nation is not for the weak of heart but it has plenty of rewards in store if you've got the stomach for it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 2, 2022

Considering the state of the nation, maybe a loud and unsubtle feature that feels like a direct descendant of Brian De Palma (both in form and in sociopolitical commentary) is exactly what we need right now.

| Sep 17, 2021

In-your-face stuff. A movie that is part slasher flick, part call for revolution.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 1, 2021

The film turns itself on its head to show we all make mistakes... I really enjoyed this film.

| Dec 18, 2020

Born and fuelled in the climate of #MeToo and #TimesUp, Assassination Nation is a timely examination on femininity, double standards and blame culture within the current cauldron of America's societal, political and ethical problems.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2020

A living, breathing paradox of its time: a socially conscious yet aggressively anti-PC film that climaxes in an orgy of violence.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 3, 2020

All the while, aesthetics reveal an infatuation with older movies . . . and revamp its more seminal inspirations into the overstimulation you'd find on a Tumblr gif set.

| Jul 26, 2020

Part cyber thriller, horror, and revenge fantasy, Assassination Nation is an empowering film that slowly and deliberately cranks up the excitement until it peaks at an insane, yet enticing level.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 29, 2019

Director Sam Levinson has managed to create a film that is both thought provoking and just straight forward provoking but despite the content warnings, it's not controversial.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 23, 2019

Assassination Nation is as subtle as a baseball bat to the head. It's loud and angry ... Yet there's something completely cathartic in its deep nihilism.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 20, 2019

'Assassination Nation' is extremely feminist, combative to the point of discomfort, but more intelligent than many of the critics will warn you. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 3, 2019

always offering sympathy to our gun-toting quartet, plus the final line is a killer

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 19, 2019

Not one character I could root for amidst the overblown senseless violence. Tolerance is tested as the meaningless film tries way too hard for jaw drops with little substance.

| Original Score: F | May 23, 2019

What is Assassination Nation bringing to the table, that we don't already know? Parts of its shrill message therefore feel unconvincing, redundant, even dead on arrival.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2019