Upgrade - Midnight Screenings Review

Brad and Laura review the sci-fi action film Upgrade!
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[@BrogiNaric]

This movie was FANTASTIC!!! A future cult-classic!!!

[@Spthomas47]

Agreed. Stoked to see it again

[@CharifRocka]

Brogi Naric hell yeah

[@thepopeofatheism]

This movie is seriously as good as they say it is, even if you rest on the performance of the lead actor alone. His line delivery can be a tad hit or miss but his physicality is astounding. He uses his body to believeably convey his circumstances and it is impressive to see. There are times when he turns his head and his body into two separate characters and you BELIEVE it. It really is something to see and I couldn't impress upon you enough to check it out.

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

@@djvibekiller his line delivery is fine.

[@ChekovWessels]

Leigh Whannell is a hell of a screenplay writer. I still maintain that one of the biggest reasons Saw went downhill after 3 is Leigh was no longer a writer for it. He's a very funny, very creative, talented guy and I was JAZZED as hell to see this. It's as good as they say, I promise. James Wan is amazing but now its Leighs time to shine!

[@heymistercarter.]

Oh Brad, my man, just wait until you see Hereditary! You are in for a ride with THAT one!

[@doctordoom85]

I'll second that, that was an excellent film! Seriously, I would say it has one of the best "once you see it, you'll shit bricks" moment in a horror film IMHO (referring to a certain shot in a dark room in the final act).

[@heymistercarter.]

I actually saw the film early at a film festival in April, and yea, there are a lot of those moments for me with that film. There was one moment (which I won't spoil for those who haven't seen the movie, but for those who have, the hint I'll give is that it involves a car) where I could barely BREATHE when it happened. It really is one of those "Did that really just happen?" scenes in a film, and one that works so well. And the way the movie handles it afterwards, it really is one of those things where you have to ask yourself how on earth you would deal with or even explain something like this in the situation the characters are in.

[@sagelobu]

fucking emotional terrorism. I might go see it again.

[@pln9fos]

Bonus disturbing points when one of the antagonists shares names with your own mother; that's ALWAYS fun in horror films that are genuine mindfucks in their own right.

[@eustacequinlank7418]

"It felt like watching RoboCop for the first time" Shit, really? I remember when I watched RoboCop for the first time I had to close my eyes when ED-209 gunned down Mr. Kinney... I was 8. Can it really be that good? Hmm, I shall have to find out myself.

[@Spthomas47]

It's a good damn time, bud. Saw it the other day and start to finish I enjoyed the fcuk out of it. Couple small problems with it, but nothing distracting enough to take me out of it. Not that my opinion matters, but I recommend it as well.

[@wolfspider4484]

My friend brought me in to this movie. Knew nothing about it beforehand. Heard it was by Blumhouse so I was a bit nervous (not particularly a normal fan of Blumhouse) but wow, awesome. And it's still a relatively low budget? It was- like- 3-5 million dollars or something. Eat your heart out Justice League- with your 300 million dollar budget.

[@weirdguy1495]

With Blumhouse, it's basically a jelly bean tasting challenge. Sometimes, it's a Get Out, Quiet Place, or Upgrade. Sometimes it's The Purge, the Black Christmas remake, or Truth or Dare.

[@marikotrue3488]

It is a very good film with the lead (Logan Marshall-Green) making this movie exceptional. I kind of wish the humor had been carried to the end, but that is more personal preference than for any other reason. Kudos to Leigh Whannell (director/writer) for being courageous enough to end this movie as he did.

[@RockinRhinox]

When brad was talking about the plot I was thinking of a different Spider-Man villain. I was thinking of Dr. Octopus, mainly the Alfred Molina version.

[@williamwong1982]

Saw it last night at the Sydney Film Festival and loved it. A great throwback to 80s revenge film with a sci-fi twist. So much fun.

[@canderia]

I loved it. Great ending. Also I really wanna see Logan Marshall-Green as the new Wolverine.

[@h.haydon8044]

STEM stands for Science Technology Engineering Mathematics

[@Claypidgeon162]

I'm glad to see Logan Marshall-Green getting some starring roles. I was kind of mad when he got killed off so quickly in Spiderman.

[@Wired4Life2]

Dang, I totally forgot he was in Homecoming.

[@MrKahlerHahn]

never heard of that one before, BUT NOW I WANNA SEE THIS SO BAD!!!

[@mitkitty]

a lot of this concept (at least the computer taking over the brain) reminds me of the musical Be More Chill, even if that's more of a high school drama thing...it really is more horror than anything else

[@stephaniewozny3852]

mitkitty, I was thinking of Be More Chill, too.

[@Cheesefist]

If they added Romance, porn addiction, ands beautiful song number about getting a panic attack in a bathroom, it would be exactly like Be More Chill

[@spooplegeist5260]

Is that based on the Ned Vizzini book?

[@mitkitty]

Spooplegeist yeah but it takes some liberties. Mostly the latter half where the SQUIP is trying to brainwash everyone and it nearly goes apocalyptic

[@TonySki]

Upgrade was an awesome movie. My friend and I got the redband trailer for it before Deadpool 2 and it peaked our interest. Saw it opening night and was pleasantly surprised. Had no idea it existed but the Drafthouse knew that people seeing DP2 would like the story and action of Upgrade.

[@stonecoldku4161]

Sorry I missed you guys at Wizard World Des Moines. I just couldn't make it out. If you come back to the event next year and want to do some Midnight Screenings in Des Moines so you don't have to do a marathon when you get back home there a lot of good theaters in and around central Iowa. First is the Cinemark Theater which is attached to the Jordan Creek Mall in West Des Moines. It has the most screens and times available. The down side is that it is attached to a mall so the parking lot is usually pretty busy. The second is the AMC theater in Johnston. A little bit more of a drive, but it is just off I-80 North. And finally Flix Brewhouse (which is one of those theaters that serves meals during the show). It is also inside a mall, but is probably one of the better theater experiences. Every opening weekend that a superhero movie comes out there are cosplayers in their lobby taking pictures with the customers. As the name of theater suggests they do brew their own beers there as well. There are some smaller theaters around as well, but they're not as easy to get to.

[@Magey_McMage]

I loved how the soundtrack would be Blade Runner sounding Vangelus ethereal music one minute, then Drive synthwave you're grooving along to the next. Such a pleasant surprise of a movie

[@JQXJQ]

Nice shirt, I hope you enjoyed your time in Des Moines!

[@Oddtracknumbers]

"Like seeing Robocop for the first time"....can't wait to watch this 😊

[@Cheesefist]

He was great in “The invitation”.

[@daviddrouant2852]

did he play Shaw's husband in Prometheus?

[@Claypidgeon162]

Yup

[@overlookers]

*discount Tom Hardy*

[@rolandog5424]

Yeah Logan Marshall Green was an asshole in Prometheus when he was being verbally condescending to Android David not Walter from Convenant

[@MontyPythonFanatic2]

overlookers If Venom does turn out to be "Upgrade: The Crappy Version," does that make Tom Hardy "discount this-guy?"

[@jasonlasica7651]

Yeah! He was excellent in a tiny little thriller by Karyn Kusama from a few years ago called The Invitation, and that movie is frickin' great

[@9-bitfox]

13:31 I LOVE THIS JOKE SOOO MUCH LOL

[@hornyhornyhippos4091]

I really wish I didn't have to wait until August to watch this. It's not out til then in the UK.

[@JamesThomasJeans]

I saw this on opening weekend, and it was damn good. It's a shame it opened at number 6, but given that it didn't quite get a wide release, that makes more sense now. The (small) audience I saw it with loved it.

[@the.seagull.35]

I went in with no expectations and was very happily surprised, this movie kicked ass in an old-school, B-action movie kind of way.

[@kwade1120]

I loved this movie! Definitely the best movie of the summer.

[@Ksawarrior]

After watching Upgrade, the best non-spoiler description I can give is the Crow meets the 6 Million Dollar Man, with a dash of Frankenstein.

[@alejandrogutierrez3789]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@M6nst6r6]

Damn you sold that movie to me, gonna watch it now!

[@evolo123]

Just saw this movie today it was so good!!!

[@jonathanstmartin]

Paul Verhooven is exactly what I was thinking while I watched it

[@mathieuleader8601]

somebody should put beds and nightstands in cinemas

[@JayeAnarkitty]

As soon as I got out of this movie I immediately texted all my friends that they need to see this movie immediately. It's all the most fun parts of John Wick, the fun Saw movies, and the internet memes of Mark Zuckerberg combined.

[@TheWatchmanReviews]

Wow! Same feeling as the first time you saw Robocop?!?! That’s a huge call!!! I thought this film was great though. You can tell Leigh watched all the same movies as us growing up.

[@joeyleggz3676]

So It lives up to the hype. I'll have to check it out.

[@CharifRocka]

Dope Flick, seen it twice already.

[@ZimMan2]

Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought of Robocop. Nowhere near that level for me, but it channels that same mixture of smart science fiction and trashy exploitation.

[@Citrakite]

Thank you. I saw the trailer and thought of Venom, lead even looks like Tom Hardy.

[@culwin]

Upgrayedd

[@GusselSprout]

I liked Upgrade because of the world it built & the style it conveyed. My friends harp on the limited acting & dialogue. Here’s a review that covers it all well: thefilmguys.blog/reviews/andrews-reviews/upgrade-2018/

[@Cinehotties]

THIS MOVIE IS IN MY TOP 3 OF 2018

[@Valdagast]

They've tried such a chip for monkeys, and it worked fine. No report on whether it took over for the monkey though.

[@LOC-Ness]

that's just what it wants you to think /s

[@zaneseibert]

When I got out of the movie I liked it a lot, but then started thinking about how completely nonsensical the actual villain's plan was. Like they could've cut out like 5 steps and not killed a dozen dudes if they just picked an already quadriplegic guy already at some hospital and bullshitted some excuse to have the hacker take the limiters off. It's especially glaring since the movie made a big deal out of disabled veterans being around since you could just grab one of them instead of ruining a completely random person's life, hiring and betraying a bunch of hitmen, and killing 3 police officers. If the movie didn't as suddenly as it did, you'd see the villain get arrested the next day since there was a goddamn mountain of evidence including at least 3 witnesses!

[@grvonny]

The less I know about this movie the better. I'll watch this one later after I see the movie, guys.

[@davidlass8409]

I got a real Shakespearean Tragedy vibe from Upgrade. What I mean by that is that all the named characters end up worse off by the end of the movie than at the beginning.

[@LokDesaad6]

2:30 through about 2:40, 2:45, it sounds like you are describing a reboot of "M.A.N.T.I.S.".

[@hypnojon32]

Wow, this MUST be good because you guys, (the League) hate everything! You guys are so cute! Did you move far? Are you still going to me able to do MS's with the other regulars?

[@jdzencelowcz]

I was gonna review this as well, but my day job wiped me, so I blew it off. Hoping to review Hereditary though. I red this film's plot off wiki, it was...meh IMHO.

[@emberparadox458]

What's funny is based upon reviews right now, this movie really IS better than Venom. Brad called it.

[@AlexBabbage]

This isn't playing anywhere in my city, and that is very frustrating.

[@JetblackThemeTime]

It kinda sounds a bit like The 6 Million Dollar Man as well as robocop.

[@Spthomas47]

That's not a _terrible_ way to describe it.

[@atlanime]

8:30 G-G-G-G-G-G-GHOOOOOOOOOOOST!!!!!

[@Cinehotties]

Get logan marshall green (Main character) in more movies.

[@Cinehotties]

This movie is a combonation of robocop and iron man if jarvis could control tonys body

[@yusefedwardsproductions2148]

hi😀

[@lostinthemasses]

Did Brad just give away the plot for 80's Dan: The Movie?

[@rikukicksass07]

I didn’t like the downer ending so my headcannon is that since stem is a computer it forgets that humans need to eat and he starves to death.

[@Kmax1424]

Nice shirt

[@jekblom123]

So it's Robocop... without the "cop" part.

[@overlookers]

Yeah my theatre is getting Action Point but not Upgrade. *I fucking hate you Cineplex*

[@ZDanimations]

not to mention the twist doesnt make sense, the fact that stem can talk and it a suprise to aaron doesnt make sense, the fact that aaron is intimidated and manipulated by his own creation doesnt make sense, the fact stem randomly knows specialized detail implies that it was programmed with that intention (nonsense given the reason it was developed in the first place). The implanted guns were stupid... you load them just like a regular gun.. i mean tbh is it really even an improvement from a handgun? I enjoyed the movie not taking the cheap "it was all a dream" route at the end but fuck was it poorly written.

[@queenfan45]

This almost came across as a demonic possession film in the end.

[@Lmbianchi33]

Nope where’s Brian

[@CommanderZx2]

The way you describe this movie it just sounds like a ripoff of RoboCop.

[@Spthomas47]

It really isn't though

[@ZDanimations]

i wasnt a fan, i felt like a lot of the plot was poorly thought out, i instantly knew the ending and the film baddie within the first 10 minutes. I wasnt impressed, in fact I was moderately annoyed.. I found it hilarious that the hacker was using sudo commands on a presumably linux/unix terminal... So some genius can have his network connection to STEM blocked and stem rebooted withing 2 minutes of sudo commands...... bitch please, aaron didnt plan for that? then it shows him crying.. it was a shitty movie.. please explain the sound effects you here when "stem" takes over. i mean, the guy is still flesh and bone, with a GAL chip in his spine lol... the lead actor was top notch though, the plot and inconsistencies were shit.

[@ramboraph4life]

A movie ruined by its' twist ending.

[@kyokosakura6724]

This movie was baby’s first cyberpunk movie. It was hilariously corny and face palmy. Action was fine but the trailer shows all the good stuff. Robocop is 100x better than this forgettable trash.