--- title: Jesse Eisenberg is Funny in 'American Ultra' Trailer description: “I feel kind of amazing” canonical: https://time.com/3966369/american-ultra-trailer/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-21T18:09:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:26:36.100Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Jesse Eisenberg Make Jason Bourne Funny in 'American Ultra' Trailer og:description: “I feel kind of amazing” og:url: https://time.com/3966369/american-ultra-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt901ece607056ee10/69885bcf2dce01f08f9e4b90/jesse-eisenberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jesse Eisenberg at the Warner Bros. 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' presentation during Comic-Con International 2015 in San Diego on July 11, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jesse Eisenberg Make Jason Bourne Funny in 'American Ultra' Trailer twitter:description: “I feel kind of amazing” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt901ece607056ee10/69885bcf2dce01f08f9e4b90/jesse-eisenberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jesse Eisenberg Make Jason Bourne Funny in the _American Ultra_ Trailer by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Jul 21, 2015 6:09 PM UTC  Jesse Eisenberg at the Warner Bros. 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' presentation during Comic-Con International 2015 in San Diego on July 11, 2015. Jesse Eisenberg at the Warner Bros. 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' presentation during Comic-Con International 2015 in San Diego on July 11, 2015.Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Jul 21, 2015 6:09 PM UTC In the upcoming _American Ultra_, Jesse Eisenberg plays a stoner Jason Bourne, a gas station cashier who is secretly a government superspy. Where [the first trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLGFwkRx2HA) for the film showed off Eisenberg’s comically druggy persona, the new one goes deep on both his relationship with co-star Kristen Stewart and the full extent of his super soldier abilities. The _Adventureland_ stars trade in their Velvet Underground mix CDs for tasers as soldiers and drones pursue the suddenly activated Eisenberg. On the run from government soldiers, Eisenberg uses a spoon, a cup of noodles, a frying pan, and a rack of lightbulbs as weapons over the course of the two-minute trailer. “I feel kind of amazing,” he says, covered in blood and blacklight. _American Ultra_ is out Aug. 21. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/20/american-ultra-trailer) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3966369/american-ultra-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3966369/american-ultra-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch Jesse Eisenberg Make Jason Bourne Funny in the American Ultra Trailer","datePublished":"2015-07-21T18:09:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:26:36.100Z","description":"“I feel kind of amazing”","url":"https://time.com/3966369/american-ultra-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Kristen Stewart","spy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt901ece607056ee10/69885bcf2dce01f08f9e4b90/jesse-eisenberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt901ece607056ee10/69885bcf2dce01f08f9e4b90/jesse-eisenberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jesse Eisenberg at the Warner Bros. 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