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2018

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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.

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Like its augmented protagonist, Upgrade's old-fashioned innards get a high-tech boost -- one made even more powerful thanks to sharp humor and a solidly well-told story.

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Karl Quinn

The Age (Australia)

01/05/2019

It's funny, violent and full of ideas.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

09/10/2018

3/5

Jed Palmer's excellent 1980s-alike score would alone justify the admission price. Good, clean, gory fun.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

09/07/2018

It takes just the right number of liberties with what you can actually believe in.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

3/5

It’s a rather run of the mill revenge story on paper, but the way it blends sci-fi elements into this common narrative is a welcome mix up.

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Olly Richards

Sunday Times (UK)

09/13/2022

Leigh Whannell’s utopian-future horror is daft but entirely in on the joke.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/14/2022

3/4

Even though it plays like a 90-minute episode of Black Mirror, it would be a pretty good episode.

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Dogcat T

@Dadogcat Mar 30

I didn’t like the ending, but the rest of the movie is so good It’s hard to be too mad at it. And really any form of a bad ending usually leave me unsatisfied so that’s probably just a me problem. Really hard to not recommend though, very well made and fantastic action

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Robert H

@RatHat76 Mar 30

Better than expected. Give it a shot if you like a mix of action and future tech based sci fi. It had a slight cyberpunk edge to it without going overboard. Great story, bit of a twist, and I liked the non bubblegum ending.

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Lukas L

@Luke1970 Mar 9

Well made Good story, makes it look possible and trending

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dustin G.

@bigd805 Feb 27

Great movie! Loved it from start to finish to finish!

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Mo A

@MoFlow Feb 27

I don't know how this movie missed my radar as I'm always on the look-out for good Sci-Fi thrillers. Very unique cyberpunk action film based on our potentially future as a species who are increasingly relying on computers.

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Benjamin W.

@Code70 Feb 17

Really, really cool movie. Had a fairly fun-of-the-mill story, but the action was awesome, the premise is great and it’s highly entertaining. It’s got those signature Leigh Whannell twists, too. It’s a little short, but for me, it was able to wrap things up in a satisfying fashion with its runtime. This is an awesome movie, one I would watch again.

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Leigh Whannell
Producer: Jason Blum, Kylie Du Fresne, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Distributor: BH Tilt
Production Co: Goalpost Pictures, Blumhouse Productions
Rating: R (Language|Grisly Images|Strong Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 14, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.8M
Runtime: 1h 35m

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