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American Ultra 720p Movies

  • Writer: ntemcondeipotoftic
    ntemcondeipotoftic
  • Sep 18, 2018
  • 3 min read

Updated: Dec 9, 2020





















































a5c7b9f00b Small-town stoner Mike Howell (<a href=">Jesse Eisenberg) spends most of his time getting high and writing a graphic novel about a superhero monkey. What Mike doesn&#39;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. In Liman, the pothead Mike Howell is hunted down by the CIA under the command of agent Adrian Yates. However Mike is a skilled assassin trained by CIA and his mentor Victoria Lasseter activates him. Soon he learns that Yates wants to shutdown the program and kills him. Now Mike and his girlfriend Phoebe Larson need to escape from a CIA team of assassins. I had fun with this movie. I came in loving Jesse Eisenberg with his movies like, Adventureland, The Social Network,and Zombieland. I was on the fence about Stewart in the picture but i had faith in Jesse to carry the chemistry the two hand in Adventureland. I was pleasantly surprised with the film there was not a dull moment for me i was even invested in the relationship on the two stoner&#39;s.This movie is jam packed with hilarious action, intense scenes, and tons of fun. The best analogy I&#39;ve heard was, &quot;It&#39;s Pineapple Express meets Mr &amp; Mr.s Smith&quot; This movie is full of laughs lots of action.Even if you&#39;re not a stoner, i&#39;m sure you will get &quot;high&quot; on this flick. This stoner action-comedy is completely bonkers. As soon as it opens on a bloody and bruised Jesse Eisenberg, then suddenly whips us back to where it all began via a loud, rapidly edited, and in-reverse montage of the entire story, it&#39;s evident this movie is operating on its own terms. It won&#39;t be to everyone&#39;s liking, however director Nima Nourizadeh obviously doesn&#39;t care. He unleashes a gamut of over-stylised flourishes that are nothing if not interesting, giving your senses an onslaught of vivid images and rocking tunes. The action sequences are surprisingly thrilling too; the supermarket finale – boasting an excellent long take tracking shot – is a gloriously excessive blood bath that somehow walks the tight rope of being cool and taking the mickey. Speaking of balancing acts, the plot zigzags competently between juvenile humour and Bourne-esque adventure thanks to a confident Max Landis script, but there&#39;s a pervading whiff of Tarantino-mimicry throughout. Eisenberg is in fine form as weed-loving nice guy Mike who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be a dormant CIA killing machine, whilst Kristen Stewart is similarly awesome as Mike&#39;s long suffering but highly patient girlfriend Phoebe. The supporting cast is a mixed bag though: John Leguizamo&#39;s colourful drug-dealer and Walton Goggins&#39; unrestrained assassin add flavour, but Connie Britton&#39;s righteous CIA agent and Topher Grace&#39;s douche-bag villain fall flat. From the hyper-energetic direction and twisty turny narrative to the over the top characters and stoner-philosophical dialogue, American Ultra is possibly the craziest, and oddest, film of the year. American Ultra hopes to leave you both shellshocked and blissfully stoned, but as perfect storm of aggressively repulsive choices, it’s a queasy bad trip worth avoiding at all costs. No, but the conclusion of the Manila mission is shown in cartoon form during the credits. See here or here for more information.

 
 
 

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