2018 Directed by Leigh Whannell
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.
Logan Marshall-Green Betty Gabriel Harrison Gilbertson Melanie Vallejo Benedict Hardie Linda Cropper Simon Maiden Steve Danielsen Richard Cawthorne Christopher Kirby Abby Craden Richard Anastasios Kenny Low Emily Havea Ming-Zhu Hii Stephanie Demkiw Manjot Jassal Esther Joseph Sachin Joab Matt Davis Clayton Jacobson Arthur Angel Puven Pather Ri-Jie Kwok Dave Mondon Rosco Campbell Kai Bradley Michael M. Foster Zia Kelly Show All…
Steve Baine Chris Terhune Will Files Emma Bortignon Joel Dougherty P.K. Hooker Ryan Cole Andrew Ramage Ken McGill Peter Persaud Gina Gyles Adam Baker Daniel Moctezuma
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Monsters, aliens, sci-fi and the apocalypse High speed and special ops Epic heroes Thought-provoking sci-fi action and future technology Explosive and action-packed heroes vs. villains Intense combat and martial arts Action-packed space and alien sagas Imaginative space odysseys and alien encounters Show All…
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2001 meets Robocop meets The Crow meets Blade Runner meets Her meets Death Wish meets Minority Report. And that's a major compliment. Leigh Whannell kicks ass with this one. Really impressive set pieces and a narrative that doesn't take itself so seriously yet is complex, funny and is constantly delivering.
So fun. See it in the theater with a crowd.
There must be some legal reason why this isn't called Stem.
Watched at AMC Sunset 5
a little cheesy sometimes, but i did really get a kick out of this. the camerawork in the action scenes alone make it worthwhile. i do have something to say however, and i don’t know where else to put these thoughts, so it’s gonna have to be here:
hollywood and the media in general has such an obsession with stories about disabled people becoming able bodied again. through science or even a miracle, rarely are physically disabled characters given spotlight unless for this specific reason. often shown as able bodied first, and then tragedy strikes, and someone who was once whole and full of life because of their body is now broken, worthless and almost always suicidal. it’s ok to…
Goddamn. The writing, the direction, the performances, the action & cinematography(!), the editing, the score; holy shit. This is easily the best thing that Leigh Whannell has ever been a part of - better than Saw, better than the very undervalued Dead Silence, even better than Insidious... all three of which I'm a big fan. One of the darkest and most nihilistic films I've seen in some time (fuck, that ending). The formal precision and emotional weight elevate it above its more pulpy, b-aspects, into a poignantly complex and morally intricate piece of cinematic cynicism.
Imagine if ratatouille was all neon and remy went full-on john wick mode and picked some sexy mechanic version of linguini
Watching Logan Marshall-Green's A.I.-controlled body absolutely wreck people is one of the purest cinematic pleasures of 2018
Can’t help but wonder what Cronenberg would have done with this material, but Whannell is coming into his own as a director. It’s obviously made on a low budget (takes place in a giant mega city with a population of about 25 people) and like a lot of B sci-fi, it’s much more interested in violence than in fully exploring this setting. On the other hand, the effects and camera work are definitely slicker than you expect in a movie of this size. I liked it!
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Scrappy, speculative sci-fi with a satisfying spin on body-horror and autonomy. Often felt constricted due to budget, but it's focused on a thrilling pulp vibe rather than grand ideas so it evens out.
by the end of the movie, i couldn't stand the fucking camerawork. it's flashy (and meant to be) but it seriously obscured your ability to even understand what was happening through a lot of the action. the dialogue of this movie is awful and i dunno that i care for any of the acting... but some of the action is outstanding. just outstanding enough that the cheese surrounding it is ignorable!! and i think i liked the ending. i think.
also... the main character's name is "Grey Trace." come on. Grey. Trace. what are we doing here
that said– this movie cost only $5 million?!?!
Hmm turns out overreliance on technology might have unforseen consequences! Anyway this is really stupid and pretty fun instead of really stupid and a huge self-satisfied drag, making it the best "Black Mirror" episode yet. Not sure why it cribbed its future production design from FREEJACK but hey when's the last time anyone wanted to ripoff FREEJACK, at least that's sort of novel.
