2018 Movie
Dir. Leigh Whannell · Australia, United States of America · English
This film really satisfied my craving for an original thriller, despite the fact that I spent most of it thinking about how Logan Marshall-Green looks like a budget Tom Hardy.
He plays a guy whose wife is killed during a violent mugging that also leaves him paralyzed in the aftermath. When a billionaire approaches him with an Artificial Intelligence solution that would “upgrade” his body, he has a chance to take vengeance.
This is Robocop meets Ex Machina meets Blade Runner. It’s original, low-budget without feeling low-budget, and honestly just so thrilling. It gives the genre of sci-fi a much needed upgrade.
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.
"The fight sequences are refreshingly odd in their conception, with Grey an awkward puppet to his own kickass moves."
— Anton Bitel
"A great and grimy little screw-turner of sci-fi schlock, the kind that they truly don't make anymore, the kind that would make Carpenter and Cameron proud."
— Emily Yoshida
Amazing, loved this movie ✨
Yes! A very good movie. When I first saw the hero, I was also wondering the same thing – How the hell did I not know Tom Hardy was in this movie? ????
Showed this as a sort of relief film during a horror movie marathon once and it absolutely (phrasing) killed! There are far too few movies like this one.
Fantastic movie, at last a movie with an original idea.