Upgrade (2018) Limited Edition Blu-Ray Review Cult Movies & TV
My Bloody Reviews Verdict 10

Upgrade (2018) Limited Edition Blu-Ray Review In a near-future world, where technology controls everything, technophobe Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green – The Invitation, Spider-Man: Homecoming) is the victim of a brutal mugging that leaves his wife dead and him paralysed. A reclusive billionaire inventor offers him an experimental cure, an A.I. implant called STEM. Grey accepts ..

Summary Rating: 10.0 from 10 10 great

Upgrade (2018) Limited Edition Blu-Ray Review

Upgrade (2018) Limited Edition Blu-Ray Review

In a near-future world, where technology controls everything, technophobe Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green – The Invitation, Spider-Man: Homecoming) is the victim of a brutal mugging that leaves his wife dead and him paralysed. A reclusive billionaire inventor offers him an experimental cure, an A.I. implant called STEM. Grey accepts and is immediately transformed into an unstoppable killing machine with enhanced strength and agility. Now it’s payback time.

UPGRADE (originally entitled STEM) is both a pleasing and surprising melting pot of influences/ideas from other sources that rises above its B-movie origins and thrills in a way that many higher budgeted fare simply cannot. UPGRADE also sees Australian writer/director Leigh Whannell move away from the horror fare that made his name (SAW, INSIDIOUS) and arguably find better form in the realms of science-fiction.

If I have one complaint it’s this, UPGRADE takes a little too long to warm up, however when things properly kick off Whannell’s film more than makes up for its sluggish start. Brutally violent and a cult film in the making (if it isn’t already), this cyberpunk classic was one of my favourite releases last year so I have no reservation in recommending that you purchase this limited Blu-Ray edition. UPGRADE does what great, unforgettable cinema is meant to do, surpass your expectations and keep you enthralled until the very end, and it does both in spades.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Audio Commentary with director Leigh Whannell
  • Not Action. Not Sci-Fi. More: A New Interview with Leigh Whannell
  • Permission Granted: A New Interview with producer Kylie Du Fresne
  • Future Noir: A New Interview with cinematographer Stefan Duscio
  • Hacking Upgrade: A New Interview with Editor Andy Canny
  • The Art of Fighting Without Fighting: A New Interview with fight choreographer Chris Weir
  • Optional English subtitles for the hard of hearing

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

  • Rigid slipcase featuring new artwork by Adam Stothard
  • Poster featuring new artwork
  • 40 page soft cover book with new essays by Jon Towlson and Scott Harrison
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