American Ultra
American Ultra
A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability
and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high
for them to handle.
Director: Nima Nourizadeh
Writer: Max Landis
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton |
Writer: Max Landis
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton |
Storyline
Small-town stoner Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) spends most of his time getting high and writing a graphic novel about a superhero monkey. What Mike doesn't know is that he was trained by the CIA to be a lethal killing machine. When the agency targets him for termination, his former handler activates his latent skills, turning the mild-mannered slacker into a deadly weapon. Now, the utterly surprised Mike must use his newfound abilities to save himself and his girlfriend from getting wasted. Written by Mr.MoizDetails
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Country: USA | Switzerland
Language: English
Release Date: 21 August 2015 (USA)
Also Known As: Operación Ultra
Filming Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Country: USA | Switzerland
Language: English
Release Date: 21 August 2015 (USA)
Also Known As: Operación Ultra
Filming Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Box Office
Budget:$28,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:$5,454,284 (USA) (21 August 2015)
Gross:$14,434,604 (USA) (2 October 2015
User Reviews
The
story of this movie has been told over a million times in recent years.
A ...special secret (!) program of the CIA that generates Jason
Bourne-like super soldiers. Such programs had over the years lots of
cool names like Daylight, Treadstone, etc. etc....so for this
movie...Wiseman (!) it is! Wiseman is supposed to cost ...$400,000,000
and American Ultra had a budget of $28,000,000 but it doesn't show...
The movie has an amateurish style and direction. It is aesthetically not pleasing and it looks like they shot it in a parking lot over the course of a weekend.
I'm not a fan of Kristen Stewart but I consider her a good actress with a broad range of facial expressions and emotions and she delivers in this movie too. Topher Grace is adequate too but the rest of the cast looks like they prefer to be somewhere else including Connie Britton and the veteran Bill Pullman.
There are some actions scenes where the mighty spy kicks some ass but overall the movie fails to produce a satisfying result.
Maybe in the hands of a more capable director and a reworked script (written by the son of John Landis) this movie could be better. At least for 90 minutes of action fun...
The movie has an amateurish style and direction. It is aesthetically not pleasing and it looks like they shot it in a parking lot over the course of a weekend.
I'm not a fan of Kristen Stewart but I consider her a good actress with a broad range of facial expressions and emotions and she delivers in this movie too. Topher Grace is adequate too but the rest of the cast looks like they prefer to be somewhere else including Connie Britton and the veteran Bill Pullman.
There are some actions scenes where the mighty spy kicks some ass but overall the movie fails to produce a satisfying result.
Maybe in the hands of a more capable director and a reworked script (written by the son of John Landis) this movie could be better. At least for 90 minutes of action fun...
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