Upgrade is the first pleasant surprise of this year's summer movie season here in the United States. The only prominent name in the cast is the breakthrough star of last years Oscar winning Get Out Betty Gabriel. With barely any promotions and under the radar in theaters compared to other blockbusters released at the same time, this sci fi action thriller with some good comedy is just good old classic B movie filmmaking.
The lead actor of the film Logan Marshall-Green is that guy we usually say that we saw in some other movies but we don't know his name. Upgrade will change all of that. In my book, he is a taller lankier version of Tom Hardy. His recent filmography includes Spider-Man Homecoming and Prometheus. Marshall-Green portrays Grey Trace a mechanic who after a carjack gets his wife Asha (Melanie Vallejo) killed and had him turned into a quadriplegic. With the help of his help of his big time tech client Eron Keen (Harrison Gilbertson) and his highly advanced computer chip Stem, Grey can recover at a fast rate. Now this is where all the fun begins as he seeks revenge.
Part Ex-Machina part Netflix's Black Mirror with a dash of John Wick, Upgrade is one smart, tight, sci-fi action thriller that's worth your time at the movies. There's never any dull moment and you'll be definitely cheering on Grey Trace as he fights back from all the evil that surrounds him. It also helps that it's also unpredictable until the very end. Kudos to Australian director Leigh Whannell who also wrote one of the best horror films in recent years Insidious. Blumhouse Productions has done it right again with Upgrade.
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