Review of Assassination Nation (2018) by Tvjerry — 01 Oct 2018

The town of Salem goes crazy after a hacker starts exposing people's secrets and 4 girls get the blame and the brunt of it. This is a cross between a witch-hunt mentality and the cruel violence of the "Purge" movies.

The opening screams trigger warnings that promise a transgressive, terrifying experience. Most of it never develops to a level of shock and it takes almost an hour of dumb dialogue before the juicy stuff happens.

There are some showy directorial touches and a few moments of suspense, but the overall effect is a jumbled, disoriented attempt to make statements about today's technological morass. One interesting note: this is the first major teen flick that features a trans actor (Hari Nef) playing a mostly-accepted trans student.