Movie Review Upgrade - Upgrade (2018): Old story but good entertainment

Duration: 100 minutes

Directed by: Leigh Whannell

Actors: Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen

Country: USA

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Crime

Premiere: September 30 , 2020

This movie was released in theaters in 2018 but recently acquired the rights to broadcast by Netflix and quickly reached the top 10 most watched movies in Vietnam these days. Although the story of the movie is relatively predictable with a familiar pattern, WebTech360 believes that the entertainment element of the film is very high and deserves to be enjoyed while waiting for the movie or outside the theater. Come on, let's join WebTech360 movie Upgrade - Upgrade (2018) to learn the interesting points of the movie.

Story: Upgrade is set in the near future when the technology at that time is extremely modern and widely used in everyday life. Gray and his wife are having a very happy life when disaster suddenly strikes, causing him to lose everything in the blink of an eye. Luckily, however, he smiled at him when Gray was implanted with a new type of technology, helping him return to life and even more remarkable abilities. What will Gray do when the body is upgraded like that?

Despite its slow opening, Upgrade is still very attractive to viewers because of the unique and novelties the movie brings to audiences. The life in the near future that the film depicts is really very modern, but still convincing and close to the viewer because the technologies in the movie are present at the present time and only upgraded to optimize the experience. only a little more user experience. Contrary to the general context of the movie, the Stem technology in Upgrade is quite virtual and fictional, but this contributes to create a lot of interesting space for producers to exploit and stimulate the curiosity of the audience.

The story of Upgrading (2018) is quite simple and does not have many clever details, although the film revolves around Gray investigating, collecting each clue to find out who ruined his life. For some reason, watching Upgrade , I think about the movie Bloodshot, but the plot of this movie and the male lead have more emotions than Vin Diesel . Well, perhaps you will guess who is the final boss very early so the movie's surprise is really not too high, but it is the clever way of leading the movie that makes Upgrade so attractive, dramatic and entertaining. more in the eyes of the viewer.

The end of the Upgrade will definitely leave many questions and thoughts for viewers. Some might think the ending lacks drama because it doesn't meet viewers 'expectations of a landslide battle or a scorching turn, but someone else sees the filmmakers' implications from the ending. open the aforementioned. Should we rely too much on technology and whether it's really good to upgrade to perfection, or do we lose ourselves more and more?

The movie circuit of Upgrading (2018) is faster and faster, making it difficult for the audience to take their eyes off the screen, but at the same time, this leads to many details being processed too hastily and causing the movie feeling. do not come yet. Some details in the movie are still heavily arranged and the reasonableness is not high, but in general, the entertainment movie is extremely good and suitable for the general tastes of moviegoers. That is the reason that the movie quickly entered the top of the most-watched movies on Netflix Vietnam these days, so WebTech360 marks this section 6.5 out of 10 .

Image - Sound: If the sound does not leave much impression on the viewer, the image part of Upgrade seems to be the part where the movie does the best - quite a surprise with a small budget. only 5 million USD of Upgrading (2018) . The visualization of buildings, vehicles or indoor technology that the film reproduces is extremely realistic, giving the audience a lot of curiosity and excitement.

Besides, the battles or action scenes in the movie are extremely interesting. They are not like the duel fight scenes that we often see in movies of the same genre where these scenes have reached the level of art when they are both authentic, satisfying and consistent with the nature of the film. It looks like the actors acting in these scenes are no different from dancers dancing extremely smoothly with each other. WebTech360 is quite fond of such Upgrade scenes, so please spend this section 7.5 / 10 .

Acting: Because it is a low-budget movie, the actors in Upgrade are quite unfamiliar faces to our viewers, but all of the film's roles do well in their roles and leave behind. the highlight in the audience. In a few segments, the male lead's acting made me cry because of the pain he had to go through, so WebTech360 thinks that this is a certain success of the film in terms of acting, so I grade this part 7/10 guys.

Assessment scale:

IMDB: 7.5 / 10 (151,174 reviews)

Metascore: 67/100

Rotten Tomatoes: 88/100 (Fresh Tomato)

In short , `` Upgrade - Upgrade '' (2018) is a low-budget entertainment movie, not great, but it turns out it looks quite good with relatively high entertainment. The idea the film comes up with really has the potential to develop more interesting stories in the future, so find and watch the movie now to support the filmmakers to continue exploring the story of Gray and Stem in the next parts (if any).

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