

Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, 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.
Acting
Eisenberg's twitchy panic meets lethal precision is *chef's kiss*
Practical Effects
Creative grocery store kills—flour and frying pans as weapons
Direction
Nourizadeh balances blood spray with genuine sweetness

Director
Nima Nourizadeh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eisenberg did extensive weapons training but kept his character's awkward physicality—those panic flinches during kills are intentional.
The film bombed theatrically but found cult status as 'what if Pineapple Express had actual stakes'—it predicted the stoner-action hybrid wave before The Nice Guys or Game Night.
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