“Everyone's getting smoked.”
Overview
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.
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
Written by Max Landis
Produced by Anthony Bregman, David Alpert, Britton Rizzio
Box OfficeBudget: $28.0MRevenue: $27.1M
About American Ultra
American Ultra is a action, comedy film released in 2015 exploring themes of small town, central intelligence agency (cia), slacker, memory loss, stoner, boyfriend girlfriend relationship. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh, it stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace. 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.