In late June, a low-budget, widely panned violent thriller called *Citizen Vigilante* exploded from obscurity into global streaming charts, propelled not by marketing budgets or critical acclaim, but by a single boost from the world’s richest person: Elon Musk. The film, from German director Uwe Boll and starring Armie Hammer, follows an American vigilante on a killing spree across an unnamed European country. His targets include dozens of police officers, judges, a gang of rapists, a random civilian, and an entire refugee Muslim family – all framed as a righteous crusade against Muslim migration and so-called “woke” government elites. Long after German film regulators refused to grant it an official rating, the movie would have likely faded into obscurity if Musk had not stepped in, making it free to view for 48 hours on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The sudden flood of attention pushed the film to the top of streaming leaderboards on major platforms including Apple TV and Amazon Prime, turning a schlocky, little-seen project into a flashpoint for discussions about Musk’s growing entanglement with far-right politics across Europe.