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American Ultra
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American Ultra is a 2015 English-language comedy drama and action film directed by Nima Nourizadeh and written by Max Landis. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, and Connie Britton. It was produced in the United States and Switzerland, with filming taking place in New Orleans and the narrative set in the Appalachian Mountains. The score was composed by Marcelo Zarvos.
The film has a runtime of 96 minutes and carries an R rating. It was distributed by Netflix via video on demand and released in 2015. Production companies involved include Merced Media Partners, Lionsgate, The Bridge Finance Company, Circle of Confusion, and FilmNation Entertainment. The budget was 28,000,000, and the revenue reached 27,100,000.
Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. Review scores vary, with ratings of 44%, 5.4 out of 10, and 50 out of 100. The Metascore is 50, and the IMDb rating is 6.1 based on 98,692 votes. The TMDb vote average is 6.094. Keywords associated with the film include small town, central intelligence agency, slacker, memory loss, and stoner.
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6.1Mike 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.
Cast
- Jesse Eisenberg as Mike Howell
- Kristen Stewart as Phoebe Larson
- Topher Grace as Adrian Yates
- Connie Britton as Victoria Lasseter
- Walton Goggins as Laugher
- John Leguizamo as Rose
Themes
- small town
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- slacker
- memory loss
- stoner
- boyfriend girlfriend relationship
- surprising
- black ops
- neurotic
- woman agent
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
98,692 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
Metacritic
50/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Nima Nourizadeh
- Screenwriter
- Max Landis
- Cast member
- Billy Slaughter
- Composer
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Narrative location
- Appalachian Mountains
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 943681
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.americanultrathemovie.com
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- publication date
- 2015-08-20
- title
- American Ultra
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 50/100
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