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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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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)

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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R W

Nov 20

It has to be the best movie with a budget of $3 million when you consider that last John wick's movie budget was 100 million for what? The movie presented a good question of did it all happen or not? The hardware STEM physical appearance was archaic but the idea, could exist by 2050 or 2100? Part of what gives away the budget is the cars which for what '70s to 2010s. The essence of the plot with a consideration of self-driving cars and the future according to Musk, who knows?

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Gokul B

Nov 9

Upgrade" is absolutely phenomenal! Every scene left me inspired and engaged. Huge kudos to the entire cast and crew for crafting such a masterpiece. Thank you for giving us a film that was pure, blissful joy to watch

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VITALII H

Oct 28

Basically the entire movie is about the way how technology & robots will take over the world. Production & directory were decent but writing was poor. Movie shows us the future & how ppl will make huge steps into technology development. You can tell by watching that the movie wasn't filmed for breaking profit records in cinematography, so... I think it's fair to give em a 6.

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robert b

Oct 27

Fast paced and we'll written. HAL from 2001 in his head.

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Tim J

Oct 17

Excellent. Well written with a few twists. Just like terminator its a view into the future

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Josh B

Sep 25

Excellent film. A bit low budget but very well done. Like a modern more realistic Terminator movie

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Betty Gabriel

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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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