Upgrade

(2018)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 5,225 votes

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Year: 2018

Runtime: 100 min

Country: Australia, United States of America

Director: Ли Уоннелл

Cast: Логан Маршалл-Грин, Бетти Гэбриел, Харрисон Слоан Гилбертсон, Мелани Валльехо, Бенедикт Харди

Plot

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.

Grey's a stay-at-home mechanic, whose wife is Asha. One day, Grey asks Asha to help him return a car to his client. Whilst Grey and Asha's self-driving car malfunctions, it crashes. Grey watches helplessly as Asha bleeds to death next to him. Grey returns home - a widowed quadriplegic, under the care of his mother. His wife's death and the inability of police to identify their attackers cause him to sink into a depression. After a suicide attempt, he's offered to have high tech chip implanted - enabling him to walk. Though initially hesitant, he's persuaded to have the surgery.