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Released Jun 1, 2018

1h 35m

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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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Critics Consensus

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)

It's funny, violent and full of ideas.

Jan 5, 2019

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

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

Rated: 3/5

Sep 10, 2018

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

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

Sep 7, 2018

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

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.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Olly Richards

Sunday Times (UK)

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

Sep 13, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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

Rated: 3/4

Mar 14, 2022

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Matt W.

Fantastic and kept you asking yourself, what's next?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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Sam G

its one of those movies that does everything right but for some reason still isn't a hit the filming and directing is amazing, and the fight scenes could be compared to the best of cinema acting from non major roles is a bit weak

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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John F

Upgrade is an amazing, entertaining, and innovative movie. The action's choreography is noteworthy and leaves me baffled. The slight humor is excellent, too. Although the story is the simple "I must find the man that killed my _____", Upgrade does it very differently.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/24/25

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Robert B

Excellent, original movie. Great fun and very clever with great actors that aren't the usual faces.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/16/25

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CaptainBoulder T

Amazing movie nearly perfect, amazing action and acting. Plot twist is one of the bests

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/16/25

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Daniel N

Enjoyed this. Could spot the twist from a mile away but the action and fight scenes were good fun and the chemistry between Stim and Grey was brilliant. Big fan of Logan Marshall-Paul as well. Very underrated actor.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/09/25

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Leigh Whannell

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Logan Marshall-Green

Grey Trace

Betty Gabriel

Cortez

Harrison Gilbertson

Eron

Christopher Kirby

Tolan

Simon Maiden

Stem

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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
Screenwriter: Leigh Whannell
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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