In her SXSW review of Leigh Whannell's new movie, Daily Dead Managing Editor Heather Wixson called Upgrade "a gritty and stylishly ambitious sci-fi actioner," and BH Tilt's official red band trailer for the film certainly embodies that statement with an adrenaline rush of dark humor and blood-spattered, expertly choreographed combat.
BH Tilt will unleash Upgrade in theaters on June 1st. You can watch the official red band trailer below, and in case you missed it, check here to read Heather's SXSW interview with director Whannell and co-stars Logan Marshall Green and Betty Gabriel.
"UPGRADE is a thrilling and hyper violent vision of the future from the producers of GET OUT and THE PURGE, and the creator of SAW and INSIDIOUS.
After his wife is killed during a brutal mugging that also leaves him paralyzed, Grey Trace (Logan Marshall Green, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, PROMETHEUS) is approached by a billionaire inventor with an experimental cure that will “upgrade” his body. The cure - an Artificial Intelligence implant called STEM - gives Grey physical abilities beyond anything experienced and the ability to relentlessly claim vengeance against those who murdered his wife and left him for dead."
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