American Ultra

"Everyone's getting smoked."

Aug 21 2015 R 1h 36m
Action, Comedy

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.

Plot

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 by the failed test subjects that are sent after him by the CIA.

Written by

Max Landis

Directed by

Nima Nourizadeh

Production Countries

United States of America, Switzerland

Production Companies

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

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
97,961
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
50
Popularity
NA