According to Variety, director Uwe Boll's new thriller, 'Citizen Vigilante,' stars Armie Hammer as a man who takes justice into his own hands when conventional systems fail. While cinema has long explored the appeal of vigilantism—think Batman and countless others—Variety's Todd Gilchrist argues that Boll's film fails to grapple with the genuine moral and human costs of such actions. Instead, the review finds the film is less a thoughtful reckoning and more a morally hollow exercise. For those seeking a serious examination of what it means to operate outside the law, 'Citizen Vigilante' apparently doesn't deliver.

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