Upgrade

  • Theatrical - Wide 2018-06-01
Box Office Gross: $16,976,561
Running Time: 100 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Goalpost Pictures, Automatik Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions, Nervous Tick Productions, Film Victoria, BH Tilt, Fulcrum Media Finance
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JoBlo's Rating

7/10

Synopsis

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... See more that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

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Producer Jason Blum says they're working on the scripts for the Upgrade TV series and hoping to get a straight-to-series order.Producer Jason Blum says they're working on the scripts for the Upgrade TV series and hoping to get a straight-to-series order.

Horror Movie News

Upgrade TV series: Jason Blum says they’re working on the scripts

Released in less than 1500 theatres back in 2018, writer/director Leigh Whannell’s sci-fi action thriller Upgrade (watch it HERE) was not seen by many people; its domestic box office haul was under $12 million, and the international release didn’t even...

Upgrade sequel series in development from Blumhouse!

UPGRADE is – to put it mildly – f*cking awesome! It's action-packed, bloody, humorous, and even has some clever plot points and a relatively decent heart at its core. It's basically everything you'd want in a badass sci-fi action romp! Now,...
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Reviews

Upgrade (Movie Review)

PLOT: Following an unspeakable tragedy, quadriplegic mechanic Grey Trace (Logan Marshall Green) undergoes a surgical procedure called Stem that technologically upgrades his body. REVIEW: Three years after acquitting himself well enough from the director’s chair with INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3, Aussie...

Review: Upgrade

PLOT: Grey Trace is a man living in a modern world, still holding on to a less complicated time. When he and his wife are brutally attacked, he is paralyzed from the neck down – a hostage to modern medical technology....

Movie Posters

DVD/Blu-ray Release Dates: August & September 2018

Here we go again! August puts out Leigh Whannell's UPGRADE, PREDATOR in 4K, THE CHANGELING finally on Blu-Ray, the awesome DEADPOOOL 2, MARY SHELLEY, the Steelbook of ARMY OF DARKNESS. While September nade drops the critical darling HEREDITARY, CHRISTINE in...

Blumhouse & Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade hits Blu-ray this August

For those of you, like me, that somehow went and missed Blumhouse and Leigh Whannell's sci-fi horror-action flick UPGRADE in theaters, no worries, as today we have word on just when we will be able to view all the sci-fi action/horror carnage from...

Exclusive: Leigh Whannell on the inspirations behind Upgrade

Last weekend, Blumhouse and Leigh Whannell’s sci-fi horror-action flick UPGRADE starring Logan Marshall-Green, Rosco Campbell, Richard Cawthorne, and Betty Gabriel hit theaters. It took in a (relatively) impressive opening weekend total of $4.6 million and currently holds a fresh 86% over...

Top 10 Cinematic Cyborgs!

Yo, how many of y’all are scheduled for an UPGRADE this weekend? Mild recommendations are in order, for despite some sizable flaws, the movie remains pretty damn entertaining throughout. If you cop a peek, be sure to report back with...

Upgrade (Movie Review)

PLOT: Following an unspeakable tragedy, quadriplegic mechanic Grey Trace (Logan Marshall Green) undergoes a surgical procedure called Stem that technologically upgrades his body. REVIEW: Three years after acquitting himself well enough from the director’s chair with INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3, Aussie...

Upgrade gets killer retro 80’s action VHS trailer

Haha. This is f*cking awesome. It looks like the team over at CryptTV have just put together a badass throwback trailer for Blumhouse and Leigh Whannell’s upcoming sci-fi horror-action flick UPGRADE starring Logan Marshall-Green, Rosco Campbell, Richard Cawthorne, and Betty...

Review: Upgrade

PLOT: Grey Trace is a man living in a modern world, still holding on to a less complicated time. When he and his wife are brutally attacked, he is paralyzed from the neck down – a hostage to modern medical technology....

Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade gets badass new TV spot

I don't know about you but I love a good TV spot. Usually, these are the prime places where a studio will throw every cool thing a flick contains up on the screen in a last-ditch effort to get the...