MK Ultra (film) explained

MK Ultra is a 2022 American psychological thriller film written and directed by ex-intelligence officer Joseph Sorrentino. Based on a true story about the human experimentation program MKUltra conducted by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the 1960s, the film follows Dr. Ford Strauss (Anson Mount), a psychiatrist who gets involved in a government experiment and conspiracy involving the use of psychedelic and other mind-controlling substances. It was released theatrically and on video on demand on October 7, 2022.

Premise

In the early 1960s, during the CIA's secret and illegal human experimentation program MK-Ultra, Dr. Ford Strauss (Anson Mount), a psychiatrist, is attempting to get medical LSD testings approved; his moral and scientific boundaries are pushed to the limit, as he is approached by CIA agent Galvin Morgan (Jason Patric) to run a subsect of the program in a rural Mississippi psychiatric hospital. As he conducts the experiments on a drug addict, an arsonist, a transgender woman, and an animal killer, Dr. Strauss begins to question Agent Morgan’s ethics and disentangles an incomprehensible conspiracy.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Production

Formerly titled Midnight Climax,^[4] MK Ultra is the third feature film directed by Joseph Sorrentino,^[5] who previously comes from an Intelligence Operations background.^[6] He wrote the film based on a true story about the illegal human experimentation program Project MK-Ultra,^{[7] [8]} conducted by Central Intelligence Agency in the 1960s.^[9] The film is produced by LB Entertainment and Ten Past Nine Productions with Suzy Bergner, Tom Rooker and Sigurjon Sighvatsson as executive producers.^[10]

Release

The official trailer has been released on August 31, 2022.^[11] The film was released theatrically, and on video on demand on October 7, 2022^[12] in the United States through Cinedigm,^[10] and worldwide through Bleiberg Entertainment.^[13]

See also

• Project MK-Ultra
  • Operation Midnight Climax
• Unethical human experimentation
  • in the United States

External links

• • MK Ultra on Mubi
• MK Ultra on Rotten Tomatoes

Notes and References

1. Web site: October 7, 2022 . MK Ultra. Houston Press. October 10, 2022 . en.
2. Web site: Jackson . Gordon . Whitbrook . James . October 6, 2022 . Todd McFarlane's Spawn Movie Finally Has Some New Writers . October 10, 2022 . . en.
3. Web site: Alejandro Marquez . Miguel . October 5, 2022 . MK ULTRA is a sober look into the Psychedelic Age . October 10, 2022 . Moviejawn . en-US.
4. Web site: October 7, 2022 . MK Ultra (2022) - FilmAffinity . October 10, 2022 . FilmAffinity.
5. Web site: Samara . Nadir . October 7, 2022 . MK Ultra Review: Joseph Sorrentino's CIA Thriller Is Detailed & Effective . October 10, 2022 . . en-US.
6. Web site: Lovitt . Maggie . August 30, 2022 . 'MK Ultra' Trailer Ensnares Anson Mount in a Dangerous Government Program [Exclusive] ]. October 10, 2022 . . en-US.
7. Web site: Chapter 3: Supreme Court Dissents Invoke the Nuremberg Code: CIA and DOD Human Subjects Research Scandals . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130331150116/http://www.hss.doe.gov/healthsafety/ohre/roadmap/achre/chap3_4.html . March 31, 2013 . October 10, 2022.
8. Web site: July 27, 2012 . U.S. Senate Report on CIA MKULTRA Behavioral Modification Program 1977 . October 10, 2022 . publicintelligence.net – Public Intelligence.
9. Web site: Katre . Ajay . June 7, 2022 . Is "MK Ultra (2022)" Based On A True Story? . October 10, 2022 . MarvelousVideos.com . en-US.
10. Web site: Grobar . Matt . May 9, 2022 . Cinedigm Acquires CIA Thriller 'MK Ultra' Starring Anson Mount, Jaime Ray Newman And Jason Patric . October 10, 2022 . . en-US.
11. Web site: TRAILER - MK Ultra (2022). October 10, 2022 . Mubi.
12. Web site: P . Maddie . October 7, 2022 . How to Watch 'MK Ultra' . October 10, 2022 . . en-US .
13. Web site: The Film Catalogue. MK Ultra . October 10, 2022 . en . American Film Market.