A far-right film enthusiastically promoted by tech tycoon Elon Musk has white supremacists jumping for joy — as they see the film as a powerful tool to radicalize and recruit new people to the cause.
The movie, "Citizen Vigilante," was directed by controversial German filmmaker Uwe Boll and stars Armie Hammer, who plays a former U.S. soldier named Sanders.
Per Wired, in the film, Sanders "inherited his father’s real estate empire in an unnamed European country," and "angered by what he sees as a Muslim takeover of the continent, Sanders embarks on an extrajudicial killing spree of migrants, youths, and judges he views as complicit." He is motivated further as he gains a following for his cause on social media and is widely praised for his lethal brand of justice.
Even Hammer himself has disavowed the film after starring in it, condemning the finished product as "disgusting" and "hateful."
Boll, for his part, insists he has nothing against Islam, but has added in an interview with Piers Morgan that Muslims “will take over in around 30 years and then will start killing everybody who is not a convert to Islam.” He also dismisses his star actor's criticism, pointing out that Hammer promoted the film in interviews.
According to the report, white supremacists are hailing the film as a way to persuade "normies" to join them.
"Like many of Boll’s other works it was set to be mostly ignored, until Elon Musk, who has spent weeks endorsing it, intervened," said the report.
Musk, who recently became a trillionaire after the IPO of SpaceX, "shared the entire film on X for 48 hours where it was viewed millions of times," and also shared a post that praised the scene where Sanders "murders an entire family of Syrian refugees" when their son commits sexual violence against a 14-year-old girl.
Musk, who heavily backed President Donald Trump's return to office, has grown radicalized by far-right spaces in recent years. His platform has often been a vector for extremism, and his Grok AI model has spread white nationalist conspiracy theories.