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wired.comWhite Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New MovieDescribed as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie ‘Citizen Vigilante’ has been hailed by the far right as a way to convert moderates to their cause.

The movie repeats the baseless great replacement conspiracy theory that Muslim immigrants have overrun the European continent, and it was widely panned by critics who called it “astonishingly bad” and “racist, xenophobic, ethnocentrist, alt-right agitprop.”

wired.comWhite Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New MovieDescribed as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie ‘Citizen Vigilante’ has been hailed by the far right as a way to convert moderates to their cause.

Hammer has reportedly disavowed the movie, telling sources it was “disgusting” and “hateful.” But director Uwe Boll pushed back, pointing out that Hammer had taken part in the film’s promotion. Hammer could not be reached for comment.

wired.comWhite Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New MovieDescribed as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie ‘Citizen Vigilante’ has been hailed by the far right as a way to convert moderates to their cause.

The movie was essentially banned in Boll’s native Germany for “inciting violence against immigrants,” and it was set to be mostly ignored, until Elon Musk intervened, sharing the entire film on X for 48 hours where it was viewed millions of times.

wired.comWhite Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New MovieDescribed as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie ‘Citizen Vigilante’ has been hailed by the far right as a way to convert moderates to their cause.

"Equally disturbing to the racist violence depicted in this movie is the fact that anti-migrant ferocity has been normalized to the point that the film could even be made and distributed,” says Wendy Via, cofounder and president of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism.

Eugene Hetzel

@eugenehetzel.bsky.social