IFWT #8 - Upgrade (2018)

Writer/Director Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade takes place in the year 2046, in a world is dominated by technology, computers and robots. Grey Trace, a self-described technophobe, is widowed and paralysed after a car accident is immediately followed by a near fatal shooting. Feeling depressed and useless, he is given the chance to walk again by a renowned tech innovator, who places a state-of-the-art chip in his body that fully restores his motor functions. It’s a film that explores our relationship with technology and automation, our dependence on machines, and the dangers these connections can have if they go unchecked.