"Upgrade"
tells the story of the wife's death and the husband's revenge after being implanted with high-tech products. As a sci-fi movie,
must first be the sense of technology. The beginning of the
film is to show the protagonist’s artificial intelligence home life and voice-controlled high-end cars. The wife of the protagonist
entered the painting as a high-tech car with a gold body and black border. The window is a control screen with voice and touch screen, and she even actively cares about the owner.
And the male protagonist loves cars no less than his wife. His profession is car repair. The first line is to say "I love you" to the car. In fact, the sentence
is not only about the car, but also a strong motivation for revenge for his wife.
After they entered the house, the room's automatic control system reported the indoor temperature and home condition to remind the owner of the lack of eggs. The desktop touch screen is a must.
Then, the two went to visit a friend Ellen.
Ellen is "caressing" his cloud and showing the protagonist another high-tech product "Sting".
Sting is the new most powerful brain, able to control everything, communicate with anything, and super computing power, which can be said to be omnipotent. This is the premise.
here, the film has prepared the ending, the boss behind the scenes and his abilities have been pointed out.
audiences who are sensitive to lines may be able to guess the ending. It doesn't matter if you guess it, the best part of the film is not the sense of technology and plot trend shown in the front. What
didn't guess, I won't disclose it anymore.
"Upgrade" is in the cyberpunk style, with a feeling of "Blade Runner" in color. The
film uses a large number of contrasting lights of orange and yellow and cyan, and the color is more advanced, and there is no extra color. On the soundtrack of
, the early stage is full of horror and disturbing sounds, which are also alluding to the darkening of Sting, such as the background sound when the protagonist is traveling and the hero is in hospital.
is also very good in lens language. The
lens is raised and overlapped, skipping the process of the male lead’s hospitalization.
This is when the male lead was just discharged from the hospital. The dark scene of
makes the male protagonist seem to have only one head, and the mechanical arms on both sides are knives. The head is placed on the table and left to be killed.
is still in the same machine position. After being implanted with "Sting", the male lead stood up, and the manipulator in the distance was turned off.
But at this time, the male lead is facing away from the audience. Although the movements seem to be autonomous, the male lead is actually controlled by Sting, and he can't see his face.
In addition, the use of shots in the action scene in "Upgrade" is particularly interesting. The action speed of
is accelerated, and the camera angle is fixed on the male protagonist’s head and the body does not move in the background.
Its look and feel is a bit like VR, like a game, with a sense of substitution.
's relaxed, powerful, and effective action scenes have a taste of Chinese kung fu, and they are completely "no effort".
no matter how many times you watch it, it will make people feel very cool. Although
is called a "ninja" in the film, as a celestial person, Xiao Qi expressed dissatisfaction.
Although the plot of the film is still old-fashioned, the screenwriter has spent a lot of attention on the details.
When the protagonist encounters a car accident, the other party directly pulls his wife out and shoots him, simply neatly. Such direct and purposeful behavior of
is fully in line with Ellen's explanation and Sting's goal at the end. When the protagonist of
was looking for a hacker, there were a few players who were addicted to VR in the hacker's house. The question and answer between the hero
and the hacker is as follows.
By the end, Sting allowed the spirit of the hero to stay in the virtual world with his wife forever. The
script has also done a very good job of transforming human and machine power. At the beginning, Sting could not control his body by his own will. The man mainly drank water, and Sting started to take water.
Later in the process of revenge, Sting used the male lead's trust in him to continuously provide combat commands and plans, and gradually turned into the male lead to listen to Sting.
still seems to be the male protagonist in control of his body, but in fact he has slowly passed the control to Sting.
When the hero and Sting have opposite opinions, the hero sendsNow that I couldn't leave Sting, I remembered that I was still a disabled person and couldn't help but listen to Sting.
It was not until Sting asked the male protagonist to find a hacker to remove the built-in protection system, unlock his own consciousness and authority, and not need to obtain the authorization of the male protagonist before using the body, and finally completed the process of power transfer.
Even though the ending hero shouted "I control my body" and tried to shoot himself, but Sting arranged to go to the virtual world. The director of the film
is actually Ray Warner, the screenwriter of "Chain Saw" and "Dead Silence", so in terms of fear, the layout is relatively sophisticated. Director
has very few works. Before "Upgrade", there was only "Latent 3". Of course, it has nothing to do with the domestic drama "Latent", and it is also a thriller.
"Upgrade" is the first work that he completely controls from beginning to end. The director, screenwriter, and producer are all responsible for himself. The result of
is also quite good, people look forward to his future works. The actor of
is Logan Marshall Green. He has participated in many works in TV series, movies, and dramas. He is a relatively comprehensive actor.
For domestic audiences, the most familiar work should be the alien prequel "Prometheus" as the starring role.
Logan's performance in "Upgrade" is really in place, including his sadness towards his wife, the urgency of revenge, and the mechanical nature of his actions when he was first implanted in "Sting". For the first time,
and Sting defeated the enemy together. While physically violent at each other, the scene of the face full of resistance and shouting "Oh my God" was also very happy.
Although the cost of the film is relatively low, it does have all the internal organs, and there is no unbalanced side.
is a relatively mature work in all aspects, "Upgrade" is worth watching more audiences.
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