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Armie Hammer Calls ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Hateful, Disgusting

7/10/2026

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Armie Hammer Condemns

Armie Hammer called the final cut of Citizen Vigilante hateful and disgusting, saying it made him cry.
He portrays Michael Sanders, an American veteran in Europe who leads violent attacks on migrants portrayed as criminals.
Directed by Uwe Boll, the film sparked anti-immigrant backlash and German distribution hurdles.
Hammer promoted the project weeks earlier as a career revival after a five-year hiatus, despite sexual-abuse accusations that prosecutors declined to charge.

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Armie Hammer Cashes

Armie Hammer was paid $250,000 for his role in Citizen Vigilante.
The film opened briefly in theaters before moving to video-on-demand, a release pattern typical of Uwe Boll’s productions.
Uwe Boll said a sequel is planned but Armie Hammer would return only for “life-changing money.”
The film holds a 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 4.5-star Amazon rating, and right-wing personalities such as Elon Musk praised it publicly.

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Armie Hammer Propaganda

The climax, in which Hammer’s character kills ten Syrian refugees, has been circulated online as proto-fascist propaganda by extremist groups.
Director Uwe Boll said the film draws on a 2016 German case where teenage boys raped a 14-year-old girl and received suspended sentences.
The opening shows a mother and child stabbed by a migrant, a police massacre set to Muzak, and fabricated social-media posts with staged interviews.

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Armie Hammer Sells

Quiver Distribution bought worldwide rights to Citizen Vigilante after its brief theatrical window.
The film cost roughly $2 million to produce and had earned about $600,000 in North America by late June.
Actor Hammer received a $250,000 salary, roughly one-eighth of the budget, following his first post-allegation role in Western Frontier Crucible.
Director Uwe Boll gave Hammer a 50-page script and employed a fast-track shooting style.

History

Historical Context

In 2008 Dennis Gansel released *Die Welle*, a German thriller that adapts Ron Jones’s 1967 Third Wave classroom experiment. Funded by Berlin’s Medienboard and the German Federal Film Fund, the film drew about 2.3 million viewers in its first ten weeks, sparking nationwide debate on how fascist ideas can resurface in schools.

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Armie Hammer Condemns

Armie Hammer called the final cut of Citizen Vigilante hateful and disgusting, saying it made him cry.
He portrays Michael Sanders, an American veteran in Europe who leads violent attacks on migrants portrayed as criminals.
Directed by Uwe Boll, the film sparked anti-immigrant backlash and German distribution hurdles.
Hammer promoted the project weeks earlier as a career revival after a five-year hiatus, despite sexual-abuse accusations that prosecutors declined to charge.

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