Review #157: Upgrade (2018)
This review was originally written in 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #12 - Upgrade (2018) Hot dang! I knew basically nothing going into this movie, and now I'm SHOCKED that I haven't heard anyone raving about it for the past four years. Opinion spoilers: This is the best movie I've seen all year, and definitely the best one I've watched for this bucket list, hands-down. The only problem- I really don't feel right calling it a horror film. Yes, parts of it are horrific, but it's more of an action/revenge movie than a horror film, something akin to a sci-fi-focused John Wick rather than, say, Carrie. But that's not a bad thing! I encourage everyone to go watch this film if you haven't already, just don't go in expecting straight-up horror. The plot is fairly simple: Logan Marshall-Green plays Grey, a near-futuristic everyman whose wife is murdered and he is left quadriplegic. He's given a cybernetic implant that lets him regai...