片田舎のコンビニでバイトをしているダメ青年マイクは、一緒に住んでいる恋人フィービーとハワイ旅行に出て結婚を申し込もうと決意する。だが、出発前にパニック発作を起こして旅行は中止に。ある日、彼は店に乱入してきた暴漢たちを無意識のまま瞬殺してしまう。それを機に、マイクがCIAの極秘マインドトレーニング計画で育成されたエージェントであったことが判明。やがて計画の封印を進めるCIAから次々と刺客を放たれ、フィービーを誘拐されてしまう。
製作費: $28,000,000 (42億円)
興行収入: $27,100,000 (41億円)
推定収支: $-900,000 (-1億円)
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This movie was an extreme disappointment! The story line is good, and it could have been a very cool movie. However, the directing goes wrong from the very beginning with the going back in time to show how we got here trick, and the voice over, narration. From there it just got worst. The acting/characters are bad, the story gets lost in it self, and the twists don't add anything to the movie. I can't see how this is good entertainment. They could have done to the spy genre what Shaun of the Dead did to the zombie genre.
> A very familiar theme, as well as a small quantity entertainer. The second movie for the director. His first, 'Project X' was an unexpected full treat. I simply loved that one, just for the entertainment's sake. I anticipated, 'Project XX' or 'Project Y', followed by 'XXX' or 'Z', but that never happened. I thought the director was setting up his own style of filmmaking, but this film did not clinch well. There's no story, just based on one evening event that stretches as far as another day by adding brief oral flashbacks to match with the rest of the storyline. But the fact is it was a comedy version of 'Hitman'. The red band trailer I saw revealed many stuffs, but the movie still offered lots of variety from the different angles of the same stuffs. Jesse Eisenberg, I never expected him to play a character like this, he was good. But it was only a partial display, if there is a sequel, I expect that would be an uncompromised when it comes to the stunts and heroic adventure. Although I enjoyed the end credit animation. Kristen Stewart was just hanging around, though her character had potential to be a game changer, so let's hope the sequel strengthens that part. Yeah, I'm kind of certain about the follow-up after seeing this film's ending, if they don't consider to make one, that would be theirs great loss. Anyway, the movie is a good entertainer, but not your unusual story as you expect it to be. 6/10
