American Ultra2015

Victoria Lasseter:
Do you remember when you were arrested when you were 18 for the acid? That was when we first met. I was recruiting for a program called Wiseman. Which was basically designed to take third strike misdemeanor offenders and offer them the opportunity to volunteer.

Mike Howell:
Volunteer? For what?

Victoria Lasseter:
To be an experiment.

Mike Howell:
An experiment?

Victoria Lasseter:
Yeah.

Mike Howell:
That was a mistake.

Victoria Lasseter:
No, but Mike, you worked. All the other subjects that came in, they were all failures. But not you. You were a success, but it was driving you insane. It was driving everybody insane. The risks weren't worth the rewards. So I shut it down, and I gave you all new lives and new identities. A fresh start here.

Mike Howell:
Yeah. So you erased my memories and you f***ed with my head. And you left me here with a fake girlfriend.

Victoria Lasseter:
This isn't who you always were. The slow thinking, the inability to leave town. The phobias. We did that to protect you.

Mike Howell:
To protect me? Well, tell that to the guys who are trying to kill me.