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Rating: 7.5 stars

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All movies seen on 06/03/2018

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Upgrade (2018)

Directed by Leigh Whannell

Science Fiction | Thriller | Action

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, VicnaLobster, sleestakk, zombiefreak

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Logan Marshall-Green | Betty Gabriel | Harrison Gilbertson | Melanie Vallejo | Benedict Hardie | Linda Cropper | Simon Maiden | Steve Danielsen | Richard Cawthorne | Christopher Kirby | Abby Craden | Richard Anastasios | Kenny Low | Emily Havea | Ming-Zhu Hii | Stephanie Demkiw | Manjot Jassal | Esther Joseph | Sachin Joab | Matt Davis | Clayton Jacobson | Arthur Angel | Puven Pather | Ri-Jie Kwok | Dave Mondon | Rosco Campbell | Kai Bradley | Michael M. Foster | Zia Kelly | Mark Doggett | James Ao | Kylie Azzopardi | Thomas Banda | Douglas Embry | Cat Franke | Savannah Gail | Liam Howarth | David Lieu | Yuki Nagashima | Lorie Raymundo | Yasemin Islek

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Pleasantly surprised by this given that I knew only the barest bit of info going in. It does a good job of giving substance to the primary character and providing a pretty good feel for the state of tech. The action scenes are particularly well done.

If I’m nitpicking it’s that most of the other characters weren’t fleshed out at all. A more involved, in-depth world is hinted at through the characters of the hacker and the ex-military mercenaries that would have definitely been expanded upon in a book for instance.

Still, pretty good.

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