Upgrade
Not man. Not machine. More.
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.
- Director
- Leigh Whannell
- Worldwide
- $17M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 5 nominations
AACTA Award for Best Editing
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Editing
AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Original Music Score
AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
AACTA Award for Best Production Design
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Production Design
AACTA Award for Best Sound
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Sound
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Upgrade returned 5.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $17M
- Release date
- May 31, 2018
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, United States of America
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