American Ultra Page #2

Synopsis: Small-town stoner Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) spends most of his time getting high and writing a graphic novel about a superhero monkey. What Mike doesn'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.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Nima Nourizadeh
Production: Lionsgate Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
2015
96 min
Website
946 Views


It's not going to be

like this always, you know.

Mike, you're like...

...the strongest, kindest person

I've ever met in my whole life.

I f***ing love you.

- You're a f***ing mess, man.

- I know.

- Yates!

- For Christ's sake.

Yes, Victoria?

I need to speak with you right now.

Okay, I guess we were

pretty much done here.

Thanks, guys.

Stop avoiding me.

I've got word that Tough guy

is moving in on my old Wiseman asset.

What is Tough guy?

- And where did you hear that?

- Is it true?

It doesn't concern you. Okay?

Wiseman was my baby.

Yeah, and it's still-born.

So, what are you crying about?

So you're coming after

my still-born baby?

Let's finish this in my office.

I don't understand

why you're so upset here.

Aren't you the one

who shut down the program?

Yeah, because it was a flawed model.

Because we were hurting people.

I didn't expect your yuppie ass

to come riding in on a vulture

and pick at the bones of my operation.

I was made supervisor fair and square.

You were made a temporary supervisor

because you kissed the right asses.

Because I'm the right man for the job.

According to who? Daffy Duck?

Daffy Duck...

I guess I'm doing something right because

I've had the job for about two years.

Yeah, it should have been two months.

You're supposed to protect these assets.

Not kill them!

Victoria, we're clearing the portfolio.

- What?

- Mike Howell keeps trying to leave town.

He needs to be eliminated.

You're going to kill him

for trying to leave town?

That's a security breach.

I'm just doing my job.

He's a human being.

- They're assets.

- He's an American citizen.

They're government property.

Are you actually f***ing insane?

Language.

Listen to me, King Idiot!

If you think I'm just going

to sit back...

No, you listen to me,

you snipey overbearing b*tch!

Howell dies today!

Yeah. And you can't do sh*t.

What are you going to do?

You going to go over me?

You're my f***ing dog here, okay?

Sit. Stay. Behave.

Now get the f***

out of my f***ing office!

Mike, what's happening?

Nothing. Just something.

I have to go to work.

Isn't it early?

Yeah. Yeah.

But they needed me to do a thing.

What thing?

Groceries.

I love you.

- Rose.

- What's up?

- How's it goin', man?

- How you doin', baby?

What's up!

I really appreciate

you doing this for me, man.

Come on, man. Come on, baby,

you know I got you, right?

- Okay.

- I got you.

You're my nigga-nigga-noga.

- You know that sh*t, right?

- All right. Yeah.

All right, right.

Now go open up your trunk.

- Okay, all right.

- It's all cool.

Casual like, no big D.

Stay chill.

You ready? Come on, come on, come on.

All right.

Yo', this is more illegal than the sh*t

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Max Landis

Max Landis (; born August 3, 1985) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer who wrote the films Chronicle (2012), American Ultra (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Bright (2017), as well as a variety of short films including The Death and Return of Superman and Wrestling Isn't Wrestling. He was an executive producer on the Syfy anthology horror series Channel Zero, as well as creator and showrunner for the American adaptation of Douglas Adams' science fiction detective comedy novel series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency on BBC America, which both premiered in October 2016. more…

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