American Ultra
First screened in June 2016
Director: Nima Nourizadeh. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, Tony Hale, Stuart Greer, Michael Papajohn, Monique Ganderton, Nash Edgerton. Screenplay: Max Landis.

Twitter Capsule: Why isn't it obvious that your marijuana highs aren't fun to anyone else? Or your manically violent "comic" farces?

VOR:   I can appreciate the mash-up of genres here and the stab at a heightened, comic-book pitch without a superhero. But that's all I appreciate?



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Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: D+


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