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American Ultra

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 36m
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6.1/10
93K
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Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in American Ultra (2015)
A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high for them to handle.
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A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high for them to handle.A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high for them to handle.A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high for them to handle.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
93K
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  • Director
    • Nima Nourizadeh
  • Writer
    • Max Landis
  • Stars
    • Jesse Eisenberg
    • Kristen Stewart
    • Connie Britton
  • Director
    • Nima Nourizadeh
  • Writer
    • Max Landis
  • Stars
    • Jesse Eisenberg
    • Kristen Stewart
    • Connie Britton
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    • 280User reviews
    • 179Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
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    John Leguizamo and Jesse Eisenberg in American Ultra (2015)
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    Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in American Ultra (2015)
    Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in American Ultra (2015)
    Kristen Stewart in American Ultra (2015)
    Jesse Eisenberg in American Ultra (2015)
    American Ultra (2015)
    Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in American Ultra (2015)
    Connie Britton in American Ultra (2015)
    Tony Hale in American Ultra (2015)
    Jesse Eisenberg and Stuart Greer in American Ultra (2015)
    Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in American Ultra (2015)

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    Jesse Eisenberg
    Jesse Eisenberg
    • Mike Howell
    Kristen Stewart
    Kristen Stewart
    • Phoebe Larson
    Connie Britton
    Connie Britton
    • Victoria Lasseter
    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
    • Rose
    Topher Grace
    Topher Grace
    • Adrian Yates
    Walton Goggins
    Walton Goggins
    • Laugher
    Bill Pullman
    Bill Pullman
    • Krueger
    Tony Hale
    Tony Hale
    • Petey Douglas
    Stuart Greer
    Stuart Greer
    • Sheriff Watts
    Michael Papajohn
    Michael Papajohn
    • Otis
    Monique Ganderton
    Monique Ganderton
    • Crane
    Nash Edgerton
    Nash Edgerton
    • Beedle
    Paul Andrew O'Connor
    • Diesel
    • (as Paul O'Connor)
    Freddie Poole
    Freddie Poole
    • Potter
    Ilram Choi
    Ilram Choi
    • Newton
    James Bendishaw
    • Bourbon
    Lavell Crawford
    Lavell Crawford
    • Big Harold
    Sam Malone
    Sam Malone
    • Quinzin
    • Director
      • Nima Nourizadeh
    • Writer
      • Max Landis
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      As a promotional stunt, Lionsgate gave away/delivered free marijuana at the San Diego Comic Con to anyone with a medical marijuana card.
    • Goofs
      When the CIA kill squad tracks Mile to Rose's house they pump poison gas through the air conditioner. The hose is shown lying next to the air condenser on the outside of the house. However, the condenser does not pull air in the house. In a residential HVAC system is recirculated through the house. The condenser just cools the refrigerant to the coil.
    • Quotes

      Mike Howell: You know what skives me out, Phoebe?

      Phoebe: What?

      Mike Howell: That car down there has moved so much. Like, it was built in a factory, you know, on a production line. And then it was like, shipped here.

      Phoebe: And then, like, this guy drove it all over the place.

      Mike Howell: Yeah, exactly. But all the time, like for years, or really for, like, decades really, this one tree has been sitting in this one place not doing anything until tonight when it, like, stopped the car.

      Phoebe: Yeah?

      Mike Howell: Okay, so this car is always going. And that tree is always just, like, stopping. You know? Like, it's just been stopping there for years until tonight when it met something that it didn't want to keep going, and it was just like, "mmm-mmm! No! You're stopping, too"

      [crying]

      Mike Howell: And then this tree that has never done anything is fucking, like, destroying this beautiful, really beautiful fast-moving thing.

      Phoebe: Why are you crying?

      Mike Howell: Because, Phoebe, like... am I that tree?

      Phoebe: No. No!

      Mike Howell: I think I'm that tree. And I think you're the car and I think I'm stopping you.

      Phoebe: You are not the tree.

      Mike Howell: Okay.

      Phoebe: I love you.

    • Crazy credits
      During the closing credits, there is an "Apollo Ape" cartoon depicting the continuity of the film's final scene.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Kristen Stewart/Jim Belushi/Yolanda Adams (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Pua Nani O Hawaii
      Composed by Leimamo Fish and Michael Scott

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    User reviews280

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    4/10
    Tonal Mess
    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.
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    • Aug 28, 2015

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 21, 2015 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Instagram
    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Ультраамериканці
    • Filming locations
      • Covington, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • PalmStar Media
      • FilmNation Entertainment
      • Likely Story
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $28,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,440,985
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,454,284
      • Aug 23, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $27,262,374
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Auro 11.1
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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