Assassination Nation

Plot
The film opens with a montage of trigger warnings that show brief scenes depicting topics including bullying, blood, abuse, classism, death, drinking, drug use, sexual content, toxic masculinity, the male gaze, homophobia, transphobia, guns, nationalism, racism, kidnapping, murder, attempted murder, swearing, torture, violence, gore, weapons, and fragile male egos.

In the town of Salem, Lily Colson is a high school senior who regularly hangs out with her three best friends, Bex Warren and sisters Em and Sarah Lacey. The friends go to a party where Bex hooks up with her crush Diamond, while Lily hangs out with her boyfriend Mark, simultaneously texting a man only known as Daddy behind his back. After having sex, Diamond tells Bex to keep their hookup a secret, as Bex is transgender.

Marty, a casual hacker, receives a message from an unknown hacker about Mayor Bartlett, a known anti-gay candidate. He reveals pictures of Bartlett engaging with male escorts and dressing up in women's clothing, which Marty forwards to the entire town. During the press conference in which he's supposed to address the facts, Bartlett publicly commits suicide. Salem High's kindhearted Principal Turrell is the next to be hacked, with pictures of his 6-year-old daughter in the bath making people view him as a pedophile. During the meeting with angry parents, he refuses to resign, intending to set things right for the students and do what is best for the school itself.

As the police question Marty about the hacks, a massive data dump of half the people in Salem is posted. Lily's classmate Grace discovers that her best friend Reagan has sent Grace's nude pictures to her boyfriends and they are now public; Grace strikes Reagan with a baseball bat during her cheerleading practice, rendering her comatose. Daddy is revealed to be Em and Sarah's neighbor Nick Mathers, who Lily used to babysit for. The lewd pictures and videos that Lily sent to Nick are made public when his information is leaked. As a result, she is exposed and humiliated by Mark, then disowned by her family. As she walks down her street, shunned, homeless, and miserable, she is harassed by a man in a truck who films and harasses her before chasing her with a knife. She subdues him with a shovel, before escaping to Em and Sarah's house.

A week later, most of the town has donned masks and taken up arms to get revenge on those they feel have wronged them. Nick, now leading a mob of vigilantes in masks, capture Marty, whom they torture into admitting that Lily's IP address seemed to be the source of the hacks. Before executing Marty, they upload a video of his forced confession. The masked assailants track Lily to Em and Sarah's house, where all four girls are staying, and break in. Their mother, Nance, shoots two of the marauders, but she is shot and killed. Led by Officer Richter, the mob drags Em and Sarah outside and puts them into a police car. Bex kills one of the attackers with a nail gun and escapes, while Lily hides in Nick's house.

Nick at first pretends to help Lily before brandishing a knife, intending to rape and kill her for exposing the townspeople’s secrets and causing the disintegration of his marriage and family. She manages to incapacitate him and hides in the bathroom, where she discovers Marty’s corpse. Nick manages to get inside, but after a brief struggle, Lily kills him with a razor blade. She discovers his large cache of weapons, which she uses to shoot and kill Richter and rescue Sarah and Em. Meanwhile, Bex is captured by Diamond's best friend, Johnny, who tries to force Diamond to hang her as retribution for his humiliation. Bex convinces him to spare her, so Johnny has him tied up. Lily, Em, and Sarah rescue Bex, dispatching Johnny’s friends. Johnny surrenders and begs for his life; Bex spares him and frees Diamond. Lily makes a video proclaiming her innocence and urging everyone in Salem to stand up and fight back against their tormentors; she is joined by a crowd of girls and young women.

After the battle for Salem, Lily's younger brother Donny, the mastermind behind the hacks, is charged for cyberterrorism, murder, and invasion of privacy. When he asked why he did it by his parents, Donny says it was "for the lulz." The Salem High marching band performs Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop" down a street littered with dead bodies and destroyed vehicles.

Why America Asked For It:

 * 1) The Main Flaw is that their is no Action Till the Third Act. Which it makes the movie boring
 * 2) Misleading Title: There is no nation of assassinations its just girls fighting in the third act from being blamed for it and showing series of hacks
 * 3) Some Plot Holes:
 * 4) * The Biggest One is When Lily Was Blamed For The Hack And Them Gonna Get Her. But They Do The Same Thing With Her Friends When They Were Not Blamed For The Hack
 * 5) * When Johnny was cool with Bex. Why dose he help the town kill her


 * 1) The Cinematography is not Very Good
 * 2) False Advertising: The girls dont wear the coats or have the guns till the third act
 * 3) Decent soundtrack
 * 4) The end credits are great with JSU Marching Band playing "We cant stop"
 * 5) There is Content pedophilia when they talk about Principal Turret and his pictures of his daughter naked in a bath tub
 * 6) The Worst Joke: Bex, Sarah, Em and Lily Joke about rape were they say that Dustin Hoffman Should Get Raped
 * 7) Some Unlikable Characters such as Officer Ritcher but when he comes for Bex, Em, Lily and Sarah when they were not being that hack and same thing with Mark. He is very unlikable when he gets mad at Lily
 * 8) The Teaser Trailer Uses the opening which it spoils the movie
 * 9) The Film sometimes is like a Rehash of Heathers, Mean Girls and The Purge

Good Qualities:

 * 1) Misleading Title And Poster: There was no fight till the third act and the poster looks like a movie with violence throughout but most of it is in the third act
 * 2) For the lulz
 * 3) The action scene in the thrid act can be exciting
 * 4) Good soundtrack
 * 5) The end credits are great with JSU Marching Band playing "We cant stop
 * 6) Great Acting and Direction By Sam Levinson

Reception
Assassination Nation received mixed feedback from critics and some audiences but not many. The film has an 74% score on Rotten Tomatoes and the critic consensus reads "Assassination Nation juggles exploitation and socially aware elements with mixed results, but genre fans may find it too stylish and viscerally energetic to ignore" and a 6.0 on IMDb.

Penguinz0 (Mo1stCr1tical) Gives it a 25%