I have to say, it was worth checking out actor Jesse Eisenberg and actress Kristen Stewart in Nima Nourizadeh‘s latest, American Ultra. It does contain an awful share of annoying moments of excess from Eisenberg‘s character as a psychologically-cracked weed head who doesn’t know head from tail about what’s going on most of the time, but it’s the overall character development amid the explosive and gruesome action that makes it all the more redeeming.
This, coupled with Stewart‘s performance as well as that of Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Walter Goggins and Bill Pullman, and you’re left with a zany comedy that can be really engaging and fun to look at, and you won’t walk away from too many regrets. I’d say this one is definitely worth the home purchase or rental on a rainy day, so make note when the film releases on Digital HD on November 10 and on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on November 24.
SYNOPSIS:
American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike (Jesse Eisenberg), a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe (Kristen Stewart), 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.
