Upgrade Movie Review - The Rise Of Machines
Upgrade offers both the fun and dark side of the technology and how it can impact the lives of human beings who are getting very dependent on it. Fast and filled with stylish action scenes, Upgrade offers a basic revenge story which is elevated by a stunning performance from Logan Marshall-Green.
Cast - Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Melanie Vallejo
Directed By - Leigh Whannell
Genre - Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy
When his wife gets killed, and he is left paralysed, Grey (Logan Marshall-Green) decides to let Eron (Harrison Gilbertson) operate on him by putting a device in his spine known as STEM which helps him walk again. Eventually, we find out more about STEM as it not only helps him walk but also talks to him and also helps him executing killer moves during combats. With the help of STEM, he decides to track down his wife's murderers and handle them on his own.
Upgrade has the same old revenge plot which you might have seen previously in movies like John Wick or recently in Death Wish. Director Leigh Whannell "upgrades" this plot by adding new features to it like making the protagonist a half human half robot like character who executes his enemies in style while at the same time looking confused and even apologising for his actions. This film has some of the very well-executed action sequences that are filmed with a steady tilting camera which provides a slick style to it. In spite of being a low budget film, Upgrade never seems cheap or disposable for which the credit must go to the entire cast as they pull it off very neatly. This movie proves that you don't need a big budget for creating a good film as the only thing which matters, in the end, are the actor's capabilities, the director's treatment and the dedication of the entire cast.
A scene involving Grey interrogating an enemy while on top of him shows half of his face covered in red light and the other half in blue light. These lights are used to illustrate the two personalities existing inside Grey with one of it being the human side of him and the other one being the one that STEM produces it in him. One is blue and calm while the other is red with rage and bloody. Things like these make this film very enjoyable to watch, and Leigh Whannell proves himself to be a director with vision who can put a soul in an otherwise ordinary script. His dark future world also helps this film in creating a tense atmosphere and the script dramatically benefits from it.
Basically, the film wants to show us the advantages and the disadvantages of the growing dependencies of human beings on the technology. It also tells us how it is a bad decision on your part if you let someone else take control of you or your body no matter how good the cause or how best it may feel at the time. Many have debated on the topic, and some believe that the dependent nature of human beings on the ever-growing technology will have severe consequences in the future and the film, in my opinion, did a fantastic job of telling this message by taking an approach which entertains and teaches you at the same time.
The film does have its drawbacks like the character of Grey is fleshed out properly, and hence we do feel for him and understand his motives, but the same thing cannot be said for the other characters as they are underdeveloped and lack depth. His wife Asha's (Melanie Vallejo) character suffers significantly from this underdevelopment because we don't feel anything for her and that is a drawback because she is the reason why Grey does what he does in the film and the lack of connectivity with her ends up being less painful to witness during the fatal incident. We also don't come to know anything about the police officer (Betty Gabriel), and thus it just feels like she is just put there for doing some things in the film. The villains too lack depth, and we are just supposed to hate them because they are bad guys. Now because of all these things, the film feels a bit down whenever nothing happens on screen.
All in all, Upgrade is a delightful film coming from Blumhouse which will surprise and entertain you. It's impressive action sequences with a dark climax, and a stunning performance from Logan Marshall-Green make up for its overused cliched plot. Do watch this film if you get a chance.
Rating - 3.5/5
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Cast - Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Melanie Vallejo
Directed By - Leigh Whannell
Genre - Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy
When his wife gets killed, and he is left paralysed, Grey (Logan Marshall-Green) decides to let Eron (Harrison Gilbertson) operate on him by putting a device in his spine known as STEM which helps him walk again. Eventually, we find out more about STEM as it not only helps him walk but also talks to him and also helps him executing killer moves during combats. With the help of STEM, he decides to track down his wife's murderers and handle them on his own.
Upgrade has the same old revenge plot which you might have seen previously in movies like John Wick or recently in Death Wish. Director Leigh Whannell "upgrades" this plot by adding new features to it like making the protagonist a half human half robot like character who executes his enemies in style while at the same time looking confused and even apologising for his actions. This film has some of the very well-executed action sequences that are filmed with a steady tilting camera which provides a slick style to it. In spite of being a low budget film, Upgrade never seems cheap or disposable for which the credit must go to the entire cast as they pull it off very neatly. This movie proves that you don't need a big budget for creating a good film as the only thing which matters, in the end, are the actor's capabilities, the director's treatment and the dedication of the entire cast.
A scene involving Grey interrogating an enemy while on top of him shows half of his face covered in red light and the other half in blue light. These lights are used to illustrate the two personalities existing inside Grey with one of it being the human side of him and the other one being the one that STEM produces it in him. One is blue and calm while the other is red with rage and bloody. Things like these make this film very enjoyable to watch, and Leigh Whannell proves himself to be a director with vision who can put a soul in an otherwise ordinary script. His dark future world also helps this film in creating a tense atmosphere and the script dramatically benefits from it.
Basically, the film wants to show us the advantages and the disadvantages of the growing dependencies of human beings on the technology. It also tells us how it is a bad decision on your part if you let someone else take control of you or your body no matter how good the cause or how best it may feel at the time. Many have debated on the topic, and some believe that the dependent nature of human beings on the ever-growing technology will have severe consequences in the future and the film, in my opinion, did a fantastic job of telling this message by taking an approach which entertains and teaches you at the same time.
The film does have its drawbacks like the character of Grey is fleshed out properly, and hence we do feel for him and understand his motives, but the same thing cannot be said for the other characters as they are underdeveloped and lack depth. His wife Asha's (Melanie Vallejo) character suffers significantly from this underdevelopment because we don't feel anything for her and that is a drawback because she is the reason why Grey does what he does in the film and the lack of connectivity with her ends up being less painful to witness during the fatal incident. We also don't come to know anything about the police officer (Betty Gabriel), and thus it just feels like she is just put there for doing some things in the film. The villains too lack depth, and we are just supposed to hate them because they are bad guys. Now because of all these things, the film feels a bit down whenever nothing happens on screen.
All in all, Upgrade is a delightful film coming from Blumhouse which will surprise and entertain you. It's impressive action sequences with a dark climax, and a stunning performance from Logan Marshall-Green make up for its overused cliched plot. Do watch this film if you get a chance.
Rating - 3.5/5
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