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Why Elon Musk loves Citizen Vigilante but hates The Odyssey | The Global Story

Citizen Vigilante is a low-budget action thriller starring actor Armie Hammer as a vigilante who hunts down migrant criminals in Europe.

The movie faced a muted reception - until Elon Musk posted it

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Maybe because he's against movies that steal mythology and also against importation of r*pe?
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@tex99456 From YouTube ↗ 15 Jul 2026 1
Good movie? A Good Movie is a movie that gets an important message clearly across.
This movie has. Very obvious that.
Now, from the techs standpoint, maybe not a good movie. Because they care about the mechanics - not the message.
Or how very well the message has been received.
No 'failure to communicate' here.
Or, as Charles Bronson once said (about the Death Wish movies)...'critics don't buy tickets'.
The public sure did. And got the message it was longing for then.
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I'd argue, that from biblical epics in Charlton Heston days over John Wayne and Clint Eastwood's directed dramas to other action films like Rambo etc. Hollywood always had a strong republican/conservative side to it. Coincidentally I think most of these movies are silly, but that's another story.
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Why was Disney's live-action version of "Moana" afforded a completely different (higher) the level of cultural protection than "The Odyssey" was? And why did the same media who praised the "diverse" casting of "The Odyssey" (e.g. black actors and actresses, and trans actors, etc) also cheer for the "non-diverse" strictly racially accurate casting of "Moana"?
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De Duitse film Citizen Vigilante, die gaat over een individu dat het recht in eigen handen neemt tegen straatcriminelen, krijgt geen leeftijdsbeoordeling en is daardoor uitgesloten van vertoning in bioscopen, winkels, streamingplatforms en op televisie. Volgens de regisseur ligt de oorzaak hiervan in de wijze waarop migranten in de film worden afgebeeld. Ik vind het uiterst zorgwekkend dat er censuur wordt toegepast, alsof kijkers niet in staat zouden zijn om fictie van werkelijkheid te onderscheiden, of alsof zij niet de complexiteit van maatschappelijke realiteiten kunnen begrijpen. Ter vergelijking: vergelijkbare thema’s en gewelddadige elementen werden ook in klassiekers zoals Dirty Harry, Death Wish en Taxi Driver getoond, zonder dat hier destijds op dezelfde wijze bezwaar tegen werd gemaakt. Het is van groot belang dat we de vrijheid van meningsuiting en openheid blijven koesteren. Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat censuur een gevaarlijke weg is die de democratische pluraliteit ondermijnt. Deze film onderzoekt de complexe morele en maatschappelijke dilemma’s die ontstaan wanneer iemand besluit de wet zelf te handhaven, vooral in een situatie waarin de overheid niet snel of adequaat
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He likes surface level, poorly made movies starring cannibals.
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Great episode!
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@r2hildor From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 1
B-movie, watch "A Vigilante" instead.
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Uwe Boll films normally don't get released theatrically in Germany due to their inferior quality. So, the whole censorship story is pure fabrication.
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@DerArvel From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 1
Why is the BBC pushing the false narrative of this movie ‘being banned’ in Germany. It wasn’t. They chose not to rate it, which gives any movie an automatic 18+ rating.
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Sounds like he described the UK government’s ignorance
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@auro1986 From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 9
bbc, he is making fun of that fleming's bond-james-bond movies
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I thought citizen vigilante was really good best film I’ve seen in years
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No news on the riots in London after Morroco lost?

"Police officer in hospital after clashes with Morocco fans in London

" - telegraph.
Well, where is the BBC? Why aren't you interviewing officers who feared for their lives? Or shop keepers picking up the broken pieces of their businesses? The frightened locals?

Oh, because the rioters aren't English.

Fair.

Carry on.
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Citizen Vigilante was thoroughly entertaining. Not the most amazing movie….but surprisingly satisfying 😂
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The world will be a better world if citizen vigilante is prevalent.
Criminals and their families would think twice before they dare to commit crime.
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Honestly just keep the film 'war' simple. Stop making shite. World cinema rules.
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@SammyBagot From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 27
Ugh, why is it so hard to make movies that are simply frothy entertainment? Everything doesn’t need a message attached to it.
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If the government doesn’t do justice for its citizens, the citizens should be able to do justice themselves.
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IMO , the judge is the worst. He was the ones usually got away from the crimes (legally). In real life, those judges and lawyers r true worst scums , unfortunately, they don’t get the same fates as in the movie. Glad to see that bad judge got what he deserved in the movie though.