terrible... so disappointed.

Awesome Movie

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

When I saw this listed as horror and read the description I assumed this film was going to be about technology gaining more and more influence on society and it's unsettling effects on regular citizens but the movie depicts a different story with some aspects of what I expected to see. While the plot is centered in the near future the environment barely looks different aside from few futuristic cars and drones patrolling the city which is something that I have no problem with since the movie's plot isn't about depicting some global event. Our main character, Grey, is ambushed, has his wife killed and is left paralyzed from neck down by the weapon used on him by the assailants. However, a man he works for, who is a director of a leading tech company offers him a chance to regain mobility with a newly developed cutting-edge chip. The experiment turns out to be a massive success enabling Grey to move his body again, but the implanted chip, Stem turns out to be much more than Grey bargained for which sets up the revenge plot for the film.The idea while not entirely original, is very well executed. With Stem's charismatic yet stoic personality and the lead actor's convincing performance which makes it quite believable that the character's body is being controlled by a foreign entity during the action scenes which are very well choreographed for this movie's budget which isn't of MCU's magnitude for sure. The action scenes were actually quite unique, making it look like that Grey's body is using Stem's precise calculation instead of a martial art to fight which is quite neat. While the movie's acting is pretty decent with every actor making the most of what their given, barely anyone is flashed out aside from the main cast. The spotlight is 95% on Grey which is not a negative trait, but would have been better if we could have seen a little more of his relationship with his wife and more development with the villains.One thing I genuinely dislike about this film is the ever annoying "Stubborn female detective who originally came to help the main character but instead ends up trying to arrest him for vigilantism of taking down criminals SHE was supposed to find." trope which I admit I detest. There's this guy who is eliminating dangerous criminals, making the environment safer and yet HE is the main target for your investigation? that in my opinion is very contradictory in every film this trope is used in. But I'm not gonna get into dissecting that cliche. The "main" villain of this film, Mercenary named Fisk seemed interesting enough but barely had any screen time aside from a fight scene in which he somehow outperforms a supreme AI with basic Cyborg modifications and experience to the point where even Stem pleads to Grey to think of something, it was interesting but wasn't explained how. One thing I also enjoyed was the main character's cocky attitude which did seem unnatural given what Grey has been through, but enjoyable non the less. Now what sealed the deal for me was the twist. Because maybe I didn't bother analyzing this film too thoroughly but I definitely did not see it coming. That and the ending really came as a pleasant surprise which brought everything to full circle for me. Now the movie is not a masterpiece and might not be for everyone, but I suggest you give it a shot, you might like it or end up disappointed. See for yourself.

I've never written a review but this movie warrants one. This movie is pretty amazing. Objectively it does have a few issues such as Stem deciding not to tell Grey about the off switch plot device in advance and not explaining how Stem was able to control Eron but subjectively I just loved this movie to death. The movie (much like its protagonist) is an old fashioned action film that was upgraded with some high-tech innards. The performances are all pretty great and they really did the best they could with the material they were given. Now onto the meat and potatoes of the movie; the action sequences in this movie are so well choreographed and the cinematography during these scenes is fantastic and they really wouldn't be the same if they had not been filmed the same way so major props to the filmmakers. Finally onto the plot; the movie's plot is actually really well done, I felt invested in Grey and some parts actually made me feel a little bit which is something most action movies really dont do. The twist at the end is also pretty great even though the reasoning behind the twist isnt really explained I'm willing to just gloss over that because the ending is just so good, it's very reminiscent of Black Mirror, especially the White Christmas episode. Overall freaking fantastic movie 10/10 I'm going to watch it again.

I was saying,"typical...the whole movie has been good until now,"as I was watching Grey waking up in the hospital and seeing his wife. But that's not how this movie ends....the director just blew me in the head at the end...This one is of those movies that I find myself frozen while the ending credit is being displayed... A Great movie.

Have watched around 5 times, love the movie only thing that held this movie back was the lack of investment of funds on behalf of the investors and producers. it seems like they were hesitant to move all the way with this movie and invest big, and take the risk, cause if they had i think we may have had another terminator 2 or mad max fury road on or hands. the movie was short but beautiful all the same hats off to all involved they really did a fantastic job. but damn every time i watch this movie i get a sense of peace in my soul lol, stem is just so brutal and efficient its beautiful. but at the end of the day i am left a bit said because i know blumhouse had a potential masterpiece on its hands, the gore was lovely, as an ex mma-fighter the fight scenes were brilliant in that stem dispatched opponents in a truly computer like fashion bravo blumhouse i hope you capitalize on this theme cause it is one of the coolest themes in the movie industry, computers enhancing humans to super soldiers loved it good luck.