Filmmaker Uwe Boll appeared on Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec to discuss his new 2026 film Citizen Vigilante, its distribution and censorship in Germany.
The film, released in select theaters and digitally on June 19, 2026, is a vigilante action thriller written, directed, and produced by Boll. It stars Armie Hammer and Costas Mandylor, and follows a character named Sanders who “decides to take justice into his own hands, killing immigrant criminals and corrupt officials.” The film is currently streaming on X for a short time, shared by Elon Musk.
Boll said during the interview that the film was effectively blocked in Germany after failing to receive a rating. “They have a rating system, and this rating system is also kind of a political rating system,” he said, adding that authorities believed “that movie is like endicing violence, you know, people could basically do what the guy is doing in the film.”
He said the lack of classification meant the film was functionally banned. “So it’s not like banned, but nobody will show it because it doesn’t have a rating. So it’s basically banned,” Boll said. He also confirmed legal action. “And I’m suing them for it. I’m going for... it’s against the constitution.”
Boll criticized the decision as censorship, stating, “it’s completely ridiculous to do this kind of censorship for a movie or a book or anything, you know, and it’s insane, I have to say.”
During the discussion, Jack Posobiec pointed to other violent films as examples of similar content that continues to be shown publicly. Boll agreed, saying, “The violence level of the film is an R rating, period,” and arguing that comparable content is widely available across genres.
Boll also expanded on the film’s themes, saying it reflects concerns about crime and migration in Europe. “Here we have victims, and I put it in the end credits of the film too, that that movie is dedicated to all the women in Europe who got left alone by the law,” he said.
He added, “So many cases of random rapes, random stabbings, random violence happened based on mass migration, period. That are the statistics. That’s the reality.”
Boll criticized what he sees as restrictions on public debate, saying, “I think it’s not solving the situation to disallow movies about it, or to shut people up, or like in England, to put people in jail who say, what’s going on?”
He continued, “If the facts don’t fit the political ideas of the current governments… then it’s like okay, then the facts, nobody should know. Nobody should talk about this, because we look bad with our policies we do.”
Despite the controversy, Boll said the film has found traction internationally. “I’m very happy that the movie in a way, went viral,” he said, adding that “millions and millions of people, at least in the US and Canada right now watching it in on the streaming services, what is good.”
The film, released in select theaters and digitally on June 19, 2026, is a vigilante action thriller written, directed, and produced by Boll. It stars Armie Hammer and Costas Mandylor, and follows a character named Sanders who “decides to take justice into his own hands, killing immigrant criminals and corrupt officials.” The film is currently streaming on X for a short time, shared by Elon Musk.
Boll said during the interview that the film was effectively blocked in Germany after failing to receive a rating. “They have a rating system, and this rating system is also kind of a political rating system,” he said, adding that authorities believed “that movie is like endicing violence, you know, people could basically do what the guy is doing in the film.”
He said the lack of classification meant the film was functionally banned. “So it’s not like banned, but nobody will show it because it doesn’t have a rating. So it’s basically banned,” Boll said. He also confirmed legal action. “And I’m suing them for it. I’m going for... it’s against the constitution.”
Boll criticized the decision as censorship, stating, “it’s completely ridiculous to do this kind of censorship for a movie or a book or anything, you know, and it’s insane, I have to say.”
During the discussion, Jack Posobiec pointed to other violent films as examples of similar content that continues to be shown publicly. Boll agreed, saying, “The violence level of the film is an R rating, period,” and arguing that comparable content is widely available across genres.
Boll also expanded on the film’s themes, saying it reflects concerns about crime and migration in Europe. “Here we have victims, and I put it in the end credits of the film too, that that movie is dedicated to all the women in Europe who got left alone by the law,” he said.
He added, “So many cases of random rapes, random stabbings, random violence happened based on mass migration, period. That are the statistics. That’s the reality.”
Boll criticized what he sees as restrictions on public debate, saying, “I think it’s not solving the situation to disallow movies about it, or to shut people up, or like in England, to put people in jail who say, what’s going on?”
He continued, “If the facts don’t fit the political ideas of the current governments… then it’s like okay, then the facts, nobody should know. Nobody should talk about this, because we look bad with our policies we do.”
Despite the controversy, Boll said the film has found traction internationally. “I’m very happy that the movie in a way, went viral,” he said, adding that “millions and millions of people, at least in the US and Canada right now watching it in on the streaming services, what is good.”
