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
Jesse Eisenberg
Mike Howell
Kristen Stewart
Phoebe Larson
Topher Grace
Adrian Yates
Connie Britton
Victoria Lasseter
Walton Goggins
Laugher
John Leguizamo
Rose
Bill Pullman
Krueger
Tony Hale
Agent Peter Douglas
Stuart Greer
Sheriff Bernie Watts
Michael Papajohn
Otis
Monique Ganderton
Crane
Nash Edgerton
Beedle
Paul O'Connor
Diesel
Ilram Choi
Newton
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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