Thriller, Action, Crime  •  2026  •  89 min

Citizen Vigilante (2026)

Citizen Vigilante poster

Citizen Vigilante (2026)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Islam: Negative

Viewer Rating
5.5

Overview

Citizen Vigilante follows Sanders, a wealthy man who loses faith in official justice and starts killing criminals himself, gaining public acclaim while drawing the attention of an Interpol chief who sees him as the real danger. Directed by Uwe Boll, the film sits firmly in the tradition of hardline vigilante cinema. The Traditional label follows from the film's core political argument: that immigration-linked crime and institutional corruption justify armed individual action, with a white male protagonist positioned as the natural corrective. Islam is framed negatively in the context of one family targeted for elimination. No LGBTQ, transgender, or gender-swap signals appear. The story has no interest in complicating its own premises.


Starring Cast

Armie Hammer  •   Costas Mandylor  •   Dora Dimić Rakar


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Traditional

Primary

Political: Strong Right
Confidence: Medium

The film's central thesis frames migrant crime and institutional failure as justification for targeted extralegal killings, including of entire families, positioning individual armed action as the proper corrective.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium

Traditional casting dominates with white actors in lead roles and no demographic swaps of established characters. The story positively centers a white male protagonist confronting immigrant crime without critiquing traditional identities.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium

Family structures appear only in isolated scenes of loss and retribution, with the protagonist's childhood trauma stemming from his mother's murder and his inheritance of a paternal real-estate empire providing the sole domestic anchor. The narrative frames one immigrant family's religious and parental norms as justification for their elimination, offering neither endorsement of traditional bonds nor celebration of alternative arrangements.

Islam: Negative
Confidence: Low

The film links Islamic family teachings on the Quran to criminal acts and frames the execution of an entire Muslim household as justified retribution.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

No transgender characters or themes appear in the film.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: Medium

Available plot summaries and reviews detail only male-led combat sequences with no depictions of female characters defeating male opponents in close-quarters physical fights.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

No gender swaps occur. All named characters are original creations with no prior canonical or historical gender baselines in source material, adaptations, or records.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

No race swaps occur. All characters originate in this production with no prior canonical depictions in source material, prior films, or historical records to alter.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.1
The Movie Database logo
5.9

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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