American Ultra

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Action Comedy

Everyone's getting smoked.

Director: Nima Nourizadeh

Producer: Kevin Scott Frakes, David Alpert, Anthony Bregman, Raj Brinder Singh, Britton Rizzio

Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

96 min Rating: 6.093/10 Released
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Top Cast

Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg
 Mike Howell
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart
 Phoebe Larson
Topher Grace
Topher Grace
 Adrian Yates
Connie Britton
Connie Britton
 Victoria Lasseter
Walton Goggins
Walton Goggins
 Laugher
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
 Rose

Movie Info

Director: Nima Nourizadeh

Producer: Kevin Scott Frakes, David Alpert, Anthony Bregman, Raj Brinder Singh, Britton Rizzio

Production Companies: Merced Media Partners, Lionsgate, The Bridge Finance Company, Circle of Confusion, FilmNation Entertainment, Likely Story, PalmStar Media

Countries: Switzerland, United States of America

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video
Starz Apple TV Channel
Starz Apple TV Channel
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MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
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User Reviews

What Others Said

teix: This movie was an extreme disappointment! The story line is good, and it could have been a very cool movie. However, the directing goes wrong from the very beginning with the going back in time to show how we got here trick, and the voice over, narration. From there it just got worst. The acting/characters are bad, the story gets lost in it self, and the twists don't add anything to the movie. I can't see how this is good entertainment. They could have done to the spy genre what Shaun of the Dead did to the zombie genre.
Reno: > A very familiar theme, as well as a small quantity entertainer. The second movie for the director. His first, 'Project X' was an unexpected full treat. I simply loved that one, just for the entertainment's sake. I anticipated, 'Project XX' or 'Project Y', followed by 'XXX' or 'Z', but that never happened. I thought the director was setting up his own style of filmmaking, but this film did not clinch well. There's no story, just based on one evening event that stretches as far as another day by adding brief oral flashbacks to match with the rest of the storyline. But the fact is it was a comedy version of 'Hitman'. The red band trailer I saw revealed many stuffs, but the movie still offered lots of variety from the different angles of the same stuffs. Jesse Eisenberg, I never expected him to play a character like this, he was good. But it was only a partial display, if there is a sequel, I expect that would be an uncompromised when it comes to the stunts and heroic adventure. Although I enjoyed the end credit animation. Kristen Stewart was just hanging around, though her character had potential to be a game changer, so let's hope the sequel strengthens that part. Yeah, I'm kind of certain about the follow-up after seeing this film's ending, if they don't consider to make one, that would be theirs great loss. Anyway, the movie is a good entertainer, but not your unusual story as you expect it to be. 6/10