In a typical American town called
Salem live best friends Lily Colson (Odessa Young), Sarah Lacy (Suki
Waterhouse), Bex Warren (Hari Nef), and Em Lacey (Abra), who are your typical American
high schoolers defined by promiscuity, parties, and heavy social media use. When a series of hacker attacks exposes to the
world the townspeople’s deepest and darkest secrets, Salem gets plagued by widespread
scandals, paranoia, and hostilities.
Soon, the town spirals into madness and mayhem, and the four friends find
themselves not just fighting for their dignity, but their lives.
This is the black comedy thriller
film Assassination Nation. Basically, it’s just another story about mass
hysteria – a theme explored countless of times before in different forms (one of the
best is The Twilight
Zone episode, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”) – but this time,
something aptly fitted for the Internet Age.
At the same time, the movie also makes
attempts to commentate on several social and cultural issues that American
society faces today. The result is a
narrative that has noticeable pretentiousness.
With so many targets that it’s trying to hit, its misses produces quite
a clutter. Fortunately, it’s kept from turning
into a dumpster fire by an energetic satirical tone.
On the other hand, the charm from
its interesting story concept is ever present.
As far as making something out of its basic premise is concerned – that
is, a town devolving into chaos because a hacker unearths and disseminates everybody’s
hidden sins – it knocks it out of the park.
Thus, all things considered, Assassination Nation ends up being reasonably
fun.
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