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American Ultra

Everyone's getting smoked.

6.1(3,058)20151h 36m5

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$28M
Box office
$27.1M
Language
English
  • small town
  • central intelligence agency (cia)
  • slacker
  • memory loss
  • stoner
  • boyfriend girlfriend relationship
  • surprising
  • black ops
  • neurotic
  • woman agent
  • secret project
  • secret

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Behind the camera

Writers

Max Landis

Produced in

Switzerland, United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical21 Aug 2015
  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR21 Aug 2015
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical154 Sept 2015
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA15+9 Sept 2015
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical18A20 Aug 2015
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical7 Oct 2015
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1626 Nov 2015
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical7 Oct 2015
  • ChinaCN

    • Theatrical15 Apr 2016
  • DenmarkDK

    • Physical154 Jan 2016
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU19 Aug 2015
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1615 Oct 2015
    • Physical16DvD16 Feb 2016

Frequently asked questions

American Ultra was released on 19 August 2015.

Audience reviews

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    teix

    1/24/2016

    0.5/10

    This movie was an extreme disappointment! The story line is good, and it could have been a very cool movie. However, the directing goes wrong from the very beginning with the going back in time to show how we got here trick, and the voice over, narration. From there it just got worst. The acting/characters are bad, the story gets lost in it self, and the twists don't add anything to the movie. I can't see how t…

  • R

    Reno

    2/14/2016

    6/10

    > A very familiar theme, as well as a small quantity entertainer. The second movie for the director. His first, 'Project X' was an unexpected full treat. I simply loved that one, just for the entertainment's sake. I anticipated, 'Project XX' or 'Project Y', followed by 'XXX' or 'Z', but that never happened. I thought the director was setting up his own style of filmmaking, but this film did not clinch well. There'…

  • A

    AlfaVitaY2K

    5/24/2026

    10/10

    American Ultra is not fiction. The movie is based on MK Ultra secret experiments by CIA to make unaware people become secret assassins performed by psychiatrists using drugs and hypnosis on victims. MK Ultra was exposed to the public in 1974 by a New York Times investigative report written by journalist Seymour Hersh. The movie itself is a good action comedy about government conspiracy. Under the comedy premise…

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