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Upgrade (2018)

Action, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

8.7

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Australia, United States of America
English
2018
Leigh Whannell
Abby Craden, Arthur Angel, Benedict Hardie
100 min

Synopsis

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A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

Our Take

8.7
Dylan R

This film really satisfied my craving for an original thriller, despite the fact that I spent most of it thinking about how Logan Marshall-Green looks like a budget Tom Hardy.

He plays a guy whose wife is killed during a violent mugging that also leaves him paralyzed in the aftermath. When a billionaire approaches him with an Artificial Intelligence solution that would “upgrade” his body, he has a chance to take vengeance.

This is Robocop meets Ex Machina meets Blade Runner. It’s original, low-budget without feeling low-budget, and honestly just so thrilling. It gives the genre of sci-fi a much needed upgrade.

Comments

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Ozhog

Fantastic movie, at last a movie with an original idea.

M
metakosmia

Showed this as a sort of relief film during a horror movie marathon once and it absolutely (phrasing) killed! There are far too few movies like this one.

R
RawHit

Yes! A very good movie. When I first saw the hero, I was also wondering the same thing – How the hell did I not know Tom Hardy was in this movie? 🤣

K
Kosai souff

Amazing, loved this movie ✨

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