Assassination Nation's reviews
Media reviews
The Hollywood Reporter
"With so much stuff going off, the core cast don?t really have much opportunity to stretch themselves, but nevertheless, Young and Nef stand out particularly with their more dimensional characters."
Fotogramas
We should not underestimate the transgressions of this movie. Even the smallest are great steps forward that many of their successors should imitate (...) And, on top of all that, it is amazingly entertaining and visually powerful.
Indiewire
"Indeed; even Levenson?s movie can?t contain its subject. While ?Assassination Nation? intends to make an assaultive statement on the lunacy incited by the first online generation, the screenplay tends to mistake crass snark and cruel behavior as self-reflexive commentary."
The Playlist
"The climax, which has Levinson framing his ?badass? sword-wielding girls walking in slow-motion down the streets of their suburban neighbourhood, looking to exact their revenge, is ridiculously overwrought and on the nose, but maybe that?s the point."
Variety
"Initially, Levinson leers at their long legs and short shorts. (The film?s advisory caution did include the male gaze.) But when the lens lingers over Lily?s pink socks that read, ?Fatal Attraction,? the Lolita costuming is so over-the-top that he?s also braving a conversation about a woman?s right to dress for male attention without being called ?Salem?s No. 1 slut.?
The Wrap
'Assassination Nation' certainly has style to burn, from the wardrobe color choices to the intensity of the action. Levinson has still created such a recognizable-enough reality that when the story goes to extremes, it feels like the movie?s going off the rails