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.
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Jesse Eisenberg
Mike Howell
Kristen Stewart
Phoebe Larson
Topher Grace
Adrian Yates
Connie Britton
Victoria Lasseter
Walton Goggins
Laugher
John Leguizamo
Rose
Bill Pullman
Krueger
Tony Hale
Agent Peter Douglas
Stuart Greer
Sheriff Bernie Watts
Michael Papajohn
Otis
Director
Nima Nourizadeh
Screenplay
Max Landis
Tagline
"Everyone's getting smoked."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$28,000,000
Revenue
$27,100,000
Production
Merced Media Partners, Lionsgate, The Bridge Finance Company, Circle of Confusion, FilmNation Entertainment, Likely Story, PalmStar Media
teix
January 24, 2016
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. ...
Reno
February 14, 2016
> 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...
AlfaVitaY2K
May 24, 2026
American Ultra is not fiction. The movie is based on MK Ultra secret experiments by CIA to make unaware people become secret assassins performed by psychiatrists using drugs and hypnosis on victims. MK Ultra was exposed to the public in 1974 by a New York Times investigative report written by journalist Seymour Hersh. The movie itself is a good action comedy about government conspiracy. Unde...
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