It’s one of the zestiest, most effervescently ideas-driven action movies in a long time, and will become an instant favourite as soon as you see it. Driven by a magnetic central performance from Logan Marshall-Green, it walks a whole bunch of tightropes perfectly, dancing between dark hilarity, staggeringly cool action, potent pathos, cleverly layered storytelling, and a drum-tight pace with absolute finesse. Making reverent nods to the genre’s late ‘80s and early ‘90s heyday while delivering a resolutely modern, refined story treatment amid all the chunky, stylised, cyberpunk world-building, and gloriously creative violence, Upgrade is a perfect balance of exhilarating excess and warm humanity.

Why should you watch it? Packing Matrix (opens in new tab)-level ideas and action choreography alongside the wit and charisma of an MCU movie, Upgrade (opens in new tab) is about the freshest, most exciting and energetic sci-fi movie of the year. Connected to his digital world on a level never before imagined, he discovers that he’s on the precipice of a very deep rabbit hole.

What is it? Resolutely analogue mechanic Grey (Logan Marshall-Green) suffers a tragic car crash and finds himself recovered by way of cybernetic upgrades to his body and mind.

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