At first glance, Logan Marshall-Green looks like Tom Hardy’s missing twin brother. But the American has his very own acting qualities to offer, which you can discover in the insider tip Upgrade, among other things. The furious mix of science fiction and action will air Monday night on Nitro.
Upgrade is a gory sci-fi mayhem made from many movie references
The film is set in the future and follows a car mechanic, Gray (Logan Marshall-Green), who is involved in a car accident with his wife Asha (Melanie Vallejo), after which his lover is shot by gangsters. Grey’s life is saved by a mysterious client who gives him a… new type of computer chip called STEM implanted. However, the technically advanced miraculous healing soon turns out to be a nightmare in which the main character has to wage a war against his own body.
A mix of movie icons like RoboCop, A Man Sees Red and body horror à la David Cronenberg, Upgrade is a nasty little genre gem. Director Leigh Whannell, who, among other things, co-wrote the screenplay for the first Saw film, realized the insider tip with a budget of only 5 million dollars. However, he made the most of the limited resources.
Upgrade is a festival for action fans between powerfully choreographed splatter orgy and entertaining comedy that is definitely worth discovering. The strip didn’t even get a theatrical release in Germany back then, but now you can catch up on it on TV.
When is Upgrade on TV?
Nitro is beaming the sci-fi secret tip with the Tom Hardy clone on the night of September 4th to September 5th at 00:10 out of. The film is nowhere to be seen in a streaming flat rate. You can rent or buy an upgrade from Amazon Prime, for example. *
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