American Ultra tries reasonably hard, but this action/comedy/stoner hybrid doesn't quite hit the mark until its fairly well-staged finale. Little is added to what is seen in the trailer, and only occasionally the film shows flashes of achieving the promise of its premise with a somewhat undernourished script that plods along for the most part. Kristen Stewart fares best out of the leads and acquits herself particularly well in the second half, but Jesse Eisenberg and Topher Grace, both strong actors generally, feel ill-cast here. Lacking the deftness and consistency of a Vaughn/Goldman vibe that it seems to be striving for, American Ultra ends up as a rather lukewarm experience.
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