American Ultra isn’t presented as a work of imagination; it draws its premise from the real-life MK Ultra program, where CIA psychiatrists reportedly utilized drugs and hypnosis in covert operations designed to create unwitting assassins. The details of MK Ultra came to light publicly in 1974 thanks to an investigative piece by Seymour Hersh published in The New York Times. As a film, it functions as an enterta…

This felt like something I’d already seen before, and the cast didn't quite deliver what I hoped for. The director’s debut, 'Project X', was a complete surprise – I really enjoyed that one purely for its entertainment value. After that film, I assumed we’d see a series of movies, maybe called 'Project XX,' 'Project Y,' then 'XXX,' and so on, establishing his unique approach to filmmaking. However, this installment di…

What a letdown this film turned out to be! The premise itself held promise; it really had the potential to be something great. But the directing falters right away with that time-shifting device meant to explain things, and the narration just doesn’t work. Things only went downhill after that point. The performances are subpar, the narrative becomes muddled, and the plot twists don't contribute anything of value. …