Review of American Ultra (2015) by Aliceofx — 31 Aug 2015

After I first saw the trailer for American Ultra I became very excited for the film. It seemed like the kind of fun and crazy movie that I would enjoy. Then the mediocre critic reviews came but I still had my hopes that this movie could be good. Sadly I'm now amongst the people holding my thumbs down.

Sure, there were some cool action scenes. But by the time that we got to them I had witnessed so much dullness and boring nonsense that frankly I no longer cared about this film at all. The plot was your typical Hollywood clichés that only sucked the life out of the movie.

I'm actually feeling sad for this film because I really liked the characters of Mike and Phoebe and I think both actors did a great job with them. I just wish they had a better story for them.

The villain was simply laughable. It would be okay if he was only a minor villain, lackey to the more formidable opponent but that was not the case. The rest of the characters were forgettable.

Overall I think I had more fun watching the trailer than the actual movie.