American Ultra (2015)
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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Too much of everything
Thanks for the memories!
I'll tell you why so serious
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
I mean, I was expecting waaaaay more jokes. And there are quite enough, but still it wasn't the focus. Of the ones that are there, the majority are well acted and funny. No lazy BS ad lib. Actual jokes.But the movie is actually a well writen, focused story, with "emotions" (not reeeeeally, but at least motivations for all the characters) and a lot of CGI blood (plus some "real" blood too here and there).It's good, its smart. But I could've used a bit more of funny and a little less of narrative sense. For my taste. The performances are optimal.
I really enjoyed this movie. It starts a little slow, but once the leading schlub discovers he's a superweapon, well, things get pretty entertaining, with lots of intense, crazy action involving guns, spoons, and frying pans.This is very much a movie that doesn't want to give you time to stop and think about the story. If you do stop you'll definitely see some issues; for example, the reason given to shut down the original program should still be a problem, but it's just ... not. That's so lazy.But as mindless fun goes, this is a really good example of it. It's also amusing with a surprisingly sweet romance at the heart of it. Torn between giving this a 7 or 8, but because of the less-than-sensible parts I'll go with 7.
Watched this film on Film 4 in the UK (actually still watching it - there's an ad break) and it's hugely entertaining. The thing is, I'd never heard of it, so had no preconceptions. Jesse whossisname killing two CIA operatives with a spoon and a Pot Noodle hooked me. This film is all good!
Shoddy script writing has ruined an interesting concept proving once again that Max Landis is only an idea man.Some (not a lot) of good acting and albeit great action cannot save this snooze-fest which had me rolling my eyes in frustration. This isn't second-degree B movie magic, this is just lame dialog, bad directing and acting choices and frustratingly lack-luster dialog. I give it four stars because of one or two rare moments of interest.