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Title: American Ultra (2015)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | ... | Petey Douglas | |
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Stuart Greer | ... | Sheriff Watts |
| Michael Papajohn | ... | Otis | |
| Monique Ganderton | ... | Crane | |
| Nash Edgerton | ... | Beedle | |
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Paul Andrew O'Connor | ... | Diesel |
| Freddie Poole | ... | Potter | |
| Ilram Choi | ... | Newton | |
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 Mr.Moiz
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If the new movie American Ultra was half as clever as it seems to think it is, it would be a bawdy treat. The design is extremely stylish and even nobly unique, but underneath those flairs of fun is one of the most identity-confused films ever, a true mess of genres and tones that never quite finds its footing. The cool premise and individual moments of fun can't overcome how poorly executed the final product is. Ultimately, AU is proof that a mash-up of good scenes without a cohesive center does not a good movie make. Eisenberg and Stewart play a pot-loving couple who learn that their lives may be more than they seem as they run into trouble with the CIA. It's Pineapple Express meets Bourne, but can't decide which one it more wants to emulate. At both times absurdly funny and oddly sincere, all the performers seem to be in different movies. On the villain side, we've got Goggins giving a Joker-like performance as a darkly hilarious, mentally disturbed madman, while Grace seems to think he's still on a sitcom, delivering lines with off-putting snark. On the other end, Stewart and Eisenberg fumble between broad comedy and indie drama with little clarity or success blending the two. Not that it's devoid of laughs; it manages some humor when it focuses on the identity crisis of a slacker-turned-trained-killer. Unfortunately, our hero wasn't the only one trying to awkwardly discover himself; so was the movie. What could've been an inventive little comedy ala Scott Pilgrim or Zombieland is an ultra-mess.