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Posted inFilm Reviews

Dialogue Distress: Despite Some Cool Moments, ‘Upgrade’ Is Doomed by Amateurish Acting

Some well-choreographed action scenes can’t help low-budget sci-fi thriller Upgrade, well, make the grade. Logan Marshall-Green stars as Grey, a muscle-car-loving geek who fixes classic autos for rich people in the future. After he and his girlfriend (Betty Gabriel) have an accident in her self-driving car (I don’t know how I will ever be able […]

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