Finished watching American Ultra, directed by Nima Nourizadeh and staring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton and Topher Grace. The film opens up with Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) in an interview room being questioned about the events that have transpired in his home town of Liman, as the film flashes back to a few days earlier where Mike and his girlfriend Phoebe (Kristen Stewart) are at an airport about to travel to Hawaii until Mike has a panic attack causing the two to go back home. While working at a local convenience store CIA operative Victoria Lasseter (Connie Britton) reactivates Mike causing him to remember parts of his training in Victoria's Ultra program, allowing him to be able to fend of the agents from Victoria's coworker Adrian Yates' (Topher Grace) Tough Guy program. As the agents have been tasked to dispose of Mike, the last person from the Ultra Program. Overall this was a great film as Mike and Phoebe are very relatable characters particularly Mike with how he reacts to the fight scenes and how he interacts with different characters within the film. Some parts of the film feel a little cliché in some of the action scenes and revelations of some characters which works well for the films tone. 8/10.
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