Movie

MK Ultra

2022 · 97 min

A grim, slow-creeping descent into institutional paranoia that leaves you uneasy and questioning who is really in control.

Tagline: Based on a true story
Overview: Set during the true and unconscionable Central Intelligence Agency MK ULTRA drug experimentations in the early 1960s. The journey of Ford Strauss, a brilliant psychiatrist, whose moral and scientific boundaries are pushed to the limit as he is recruited to run a subsect of the program in a rural Mississippi Mental Hospital.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Conspiracy, morality, power, corruption
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: conspiracy
morality
power
corruption
identity
Places: hospital
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild