Age of The Nerd
Blumhouse Productions has unveiled the first trailer and poster for the sic-fi/revenge film, ‘Upgrade‘. The film marks the directorial debut of Leigh Whannell, the writer behind the Saw and Insidious franchises. The plot follows Logan Marshall-Green‘s Grey Trace who, after being paralyzed in a mugging that kills his wife, is presented with an experimental cure to his paralysis called STEM–an artificial implant that gives him abilities beyond anything than he could have imagined. Described as a “Thrilling and hyper violent vision of the future”, the film premiered a this year’s SXSW festival, and this is what one critic had to say:
[quote]Leigh Whannell’s latest film Upgrade is one of the most strikingly invigorated sci-fi watches I’ve been awestruck by in quite some time. I’m talking *hard* sci-fi, with callbacks to anything from eXistenZ to The Matrix to Minority Report. Whannell customizes an “efficient” future not so far from our own, where self-driving Loop Dash vehicles chauffeur around bioengineered super-beings and pizzas aren’t ordered, they’re printed. It’s the kind of SmartHouse, techno-takeover world that Apple users dream of, blackened and revenge-ified by Whannell’s oddly apt Her meets Weekend At Bernie’s scramble – with way more splattered blood and guts.[/quote]This first trailer for the film seems to lean into this idea of mixing familiar sic-fi tropes into what seems to be a fun ride. The film also seems to tap into the idea of society working toward an human-integrated AI system, something that doesn’t seem too far-fetched these days. Either way, the trailer paints the film to be a cleaver entry into the science fiction genre. I just hope that Whannell’s directing capabilities have the ability to watch his writing skills. The film also stars Betty Gabriel and arrives in theaters June 1, 2018. Here’s the red-band trailer for ‘Upgrade‘ and the safe for work version, along with the first poster & synopsis below:
[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/1hTLGlgZ4Z8″] [su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/1hTLGlgZ4Z8″]“UPGRADE is a thrilling and hyper violent vision of the future from the producers of GET OUT and THE PURGE, and the creator of SAW and INSIDIOUS.
After his wife is killed during a brutal mugging that also leaves him paralyzed, Grey Trace (Logan Marshall Green, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, PROMETHEUS) is approached by a billionaire inventor with an experimental cure that will “upgrade” his body. The cure – an Artificial Intelligence implant called STEM – gives Grey physical abilities beyond anything experienced and the ability to relentlessly claim vengeance against those who murdered his wife and left him for dead.”
