Upgrade

Name: Upgrade
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 2018-05-31
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Benedict Hardie, Kai Bradley, Michael M. Foster, Lorie Raymundo, Rosco Campbell

Not man. Not machine. More.

Rating

4.5 (2)

Release Date

5/31/2018

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Action Science Fiction Thriller

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$16,706,680

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A visceral, unflinching revenge thriller that weaponizes body horror and AI horror into propulsive action. The film channels rage through spectacle while keeping you unsettled by what it costs the protagonist to become this weapon.

Mood

Dread-soakedAngryExhilaratingUnsettling

Themes

RevengeTechnologyIdentityGriefMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

High-contrastHandheldStylized genre

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violenceBody horror

Logan Marshall-Green

Grey Trace

Betty Gabriel

Detective Cortez

Harrison Gilbertson

Eron Keen

Melanie Vallejo

Asha Trace

Benedict Hardie

Fisk

Linda Cropper

Pamela

Simon Maiden

Stem (voice)

Steve Danielsen

Jeff Handley

Richard Cawthorne

Serk

Christopher Kirby

Tolan

Abby Craden

Kara (voice)

Richard Anastasios

Wen

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

Aug 27, 2026

Bro got enough v bucks to get a new item

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brett

Jul 27, 2020

I’ve heard people say that Logan Marshall-Green is the poor man’s Tom Hardy, but I disagree. LMG can handle his own, as proven in Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade. The set designs and technology throughout the film are eye-poppers, but the film itself is a must-see.

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