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Film · 2018

Upgrade

Directed by Leigh Whannell · starring Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel and Melanie Vallejo

  • 1 h 35 min
  • 15
  • Action · Thriller · Science fiction
  • Australia
  • Released in the UK 30 August 2018
  • 6.7 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.9 Users3 votes
  • 6.4 Critics7 reviews
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Synopsis

Gray Trace lives a happy and normal life with his wife, but he still doesn't know that everything around him is about to change dramatically. After becoming paralyzed and losing his wife in an assault, Gray Trace decides to accept an experimental treatment to regain mobility, something that is risky but willing to accept. Thanks to an artificial intelligence implant called STEM, Trace returns to normal but soon realizes that the implant is much more than he thought, since it provides him with skills that he had never counted on and that will be a strong Change in your life. Thanks to his new skills, he decides to go in search of the assailants to be able to take revenge, a path that will eventually turn him into a high-tech killing machine. Gray Trace must face all kinds of dangers and find itself in high-risk situations that will put it at the limit of its capabilities.

Starring Logan Marshall-Green, he is accompanied in the cast by Rosco Campbell, Richard Cawthorne, Michael M. Foster and Betty Gabriel, among others. The film is directed by Leigh Whannell, creator of 'Saw' and 'Insidious'. This film of the year 2018 has been going through several festivals, among which we highlight the Sitges Festival and the Australian Film Awards.

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The essentials

Runtime
95 min1 hour and 35 minutes
Budget
$5mBlumhouse Productions
Box office
$11.1m2.2 times its budget
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is Upgrade?
1 hour and 35 minutes (95 minutes).
When was Upgrade released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 30 August 2018.
Who directed Upgrade?
Leigh Whannell.
Who is in Upgrade?
It stars Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Melanie Vallejo and Harrison Gilbertson.
Where can I watch Upgrade?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Prime Video and to rent on Apple TV.
How much did Upgrade make?
It took $11.1 million in US. It cost $5 million.
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Cast

Full cast (16)
Director
Leigh Whannell
Writers
Leigh Whannell
Producers
Jason Blum, Leigh Whannell
Cinematography
Stefan Duscio

Videos and trailers

All 4 videos
'Upgrade' Trailer 2:424 April 2018

Photos and posters

All 36 photos

Reviews

All 8 reviews
6.9 3 votes

What the critics say average 6.4 from 7 outlets

  • 8.0 The WrapDave White "If it all sounds a little familiar and reductive, like an electronically enhanced ?Death Wish,? that?s only because the film?s silly secrets and brutal set pieces are an integral part of the plot… Read
  • 8.0 VultureEmily Yoshida " 'Upgrade' exists for those fight scenes ? not only for their chop-socky glory, but for the subsequent horror and delight and guilt on Marshall-Green?s face as STEM eviscerates his enemies for him." Read
  • 5.8 IndiewireJason Bailey "Those action beats are kinetic and ingenious, and director Leigh Whannell (who wrote several ?Saw? movies and all of the ?Insidious? films, as well as directing the third in that series) stages… Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $5m
  • US $11.1m

Soundtrack

All 3 songs
  1. Smokestack LightningHowlin' Wolf, Published Arc Music Corp, Jewel Music, Australia Spotify
  2. CapitalismKollaps Spotify
  3. Sibling LoversKollaps

Trivia

All 7 facts

  • Hume Freeway

    Part of the film is filmed on the Hume Freeway in Cragieburn, Melbourne, Australia.

  • James Wan's reference

    When Gray is entering the apartment block to find "Jamie", he pauses at some apartment buzzers. One of them says "J. Wan" - James Wan has been Leigh Whannel's main collaborator since the first "Saw" film.

  • First title

    The film was originally titled "Stem".

  • Saw reference

    During the various scenes involving the hacker Jamie's building, a painting of Billy the Puppet (from the Saw franchise) can be seen on the wall.

  • Linux

    The chip is running Linux, as is shown by the shutdown command "sudo shutdown -h now", which should be taken as an in-joke.

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