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00:00Today I am going to explain an action thriller movie called Upgrade.
00:20Splash ahead, watch out and take care.
00:23The movie is set in a disappointing future where machinists have seamlessly integrated
00:29with everyone aspects of human life.
00:32The world depends almost entirely on technology to even perform the easiest job.
00:37But our hero, Grey Tracey, stands out and someone who didn't quite make it, embarrassed
00:42the technology revolution and still works as a traditional mechanic.
00:47He is married to Asha, who works for Cobalt, a larger technology company that specializes
00:53in human augmentation.
00:55One evening, after finishing a car repair job, Grey asks Asha, accompany him wholly
01:00while he makes his delivery.
01:02The car belongs to his client, because he has to use his self-driving car on the way
01:07back home.
01:08Asha is not interested as she has other things to do, but she somehow convinces him to come
01:14alone.
01:15After some time, the couple reach a distant place with two large stones.
01:19Near the sea, they then descend towards it and eventually arrive at a hidden luxury facility.
01:25Inside there, they meet Grey's client, Aaron, who turns out to be a tech genius and billionaire.
01:30Asha is thrilled to see him and reveals that she is a huge fan of this work.
01:35However, Aaron greets her awkwardly and admits that she lacks social skills as she rarely
01:42leaves this place.
01:43Afterward, Aaron shows the couple his last invention, a machine called a steam.
01:49He reveals that this small device is capable of performing any task better than a human
01:54and has the power to change the world.
01:57It surpasses Asha, but Grey remains unfazed and refuses to believe that this will benefit
02:03humans.
02:04He instead emphasizes how harmful it can be and can lead to an unemployment crisis.
02:10Later on the way home, Grey complains about these advances, fearing that they will make
02:15people like him useless.
02:17However, Asha asks him not to be rude to Aaron, Grey's last paying customer.
02:22He then tries to get close with her.
02:25Self-driving cars take them home.
02:27But when their romantic moment ends, Grey notices that the car is going in the other
02:32direction.
02:33The couple order it to re-route and even try to hit the brakes, but the car ignores the
02:39orders.
02:40After a while, they reach a crime-ridden neighborhood, where the car crashes and happens an accident.
02:46Four men then come and drag the couple from the car.
02:50Meanwhile, a police drone is seen recording the incident.
02:53Grey begs for mercy and even offers money.
02:56But a man named Fritz starts laughing.
02:59He then approaches Asha and says that he hates the privileged.
03:03People like him before they shoot him in the chest.
03:06Grey tries to fight back, but Fritz shoots him too, completely paralyzing him.
03:10After that, the two sleep.
03:12Only Grey helplessly watches his wife die before his eyes.
03:16The scene then cuts to three months later, where Grey is still paralyzed in the hospital.
03:21His mother comes to take him home in a wheelchair, and new machines were installed at home.
03:26To help him, however, Grey is deeply troubled by his wife's death and struggles to move
03:31on.
03:32He and his mother later go to the police station, where they meet Detective Cortez.
03:36Grey inquires about the wife killer, but Cortez reveals that there's no progress.
03:41The lawsuit angers Grey, who criticizes how the technology can read human dental clefts,
03:46feelings but still cannot track down, and a group of gangsters.
03:50However, Cortez reveals that the criminals have discovered a way to build a farewell
03:55around the system, making them impossible to detect.
03:58One day, Holy Grey is home alone.
04:00He tries to save himself from the drug overdose.
04:03He soon leaves, but the home's automated system detects the situation and issues.
04:08Just a few months after the ambulance, we see Grey in the hospital, and Iron comes to
04:13see him.
04:14Still sorry for him, Grey's condition and suggests that he has a steam microchip implanted
04:19in his body, which will allow him to walk again.
04:22Iron explains that he has two surgeries and it must be hidden from the authorities.
04:27A distraught Grey says he doesn't want to start his life over, and rather it will end.
04:33However, Iron advises him to consider what Asha wanted he does.
04:37Hearing this, Grey fell into a deep thought and finally agreed to the procedure.
04:42In the next scene, we see Grey at Iron's facility, where some doctors are implanting
04:46the chip.
04:47When he was done with the procedure, he was shocked to see his limbs and hands moving.
04:52Naturally, Iron is delicate with the results and asks her to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
04:59Grey obeys without hesitation and even agrees to continue pretending to be paralyzed.
05:04Back at the house, Grey finds a parcel from Detective Cortez containing related evidence.
05:10His case appears to be a drone footage of his wife's death.
05:14After watching the video, Grey feels anxious and sips a glass of alcohol.
05:19After a while, he suddenly hears a voice.
05:21The voice to him introduces himself as Steam, which shocks our hero.
05:26He thinks he's gone crazy, but Steam assures him that he's not.
05:31The AI also explains that Grey is the only person who can hear the voice as it communicates
05:36through vibration to his eardrum.
05:39Next Steam picks up some strange details in the drone footage.
05:43The attackers appear it didn't have a gun and shoot Asha with an extended hand.
05:49Also notice a tattoo on one of Steam's men's foreheads, which turned out to be a military
05:54barcode.
05:55Then the AI scans the barcode and initially identifies the culprit, who turns out to be
06:00a Marine named Sir Brenton.
06:03Grey decides to tell Cortez about this, but Steam convinces him not to call him, agreement
06:09that tattoos alone are insufficient evidence.
06:12Instead, the AI suggests that Grey go to Sir Q personally to discover the truth.
06:17In the next scene, Grey arrives at Sir Q's address and breaks into his house.
06:22He sees a laptop, reads the table and its message, but finds all useful information
06:27other than repeated references, a local bar called Port Bonds.
06:32He also discovers evidence that the man was cybernetically upgraded, implants, and bionic
06:38assessing.
06:39Moments later, Sir Q comes in and Grey quickly hides in a corner unfortunately for him.
06:45The man notices his presence and starts attacking him.
06:48Grey tries to find answers about his wife's death, but Sir Q continues to beat him mercilessly.
06:54Just when Grey seems to be beating the dust, he summons Steam for help.
06:59This is the request.
07:00The AI takes control of his body and kills Sir Q horribly.
07:04Later Grey has been given back control of his body and is horrified by what he has done.
07:10He vomited inside the scene, but the truthless AI argues him to erase his mark before the
07:15police show up.
07:17Later, a medical examiner and Detective Cortez inspect Sir Q's body at the morgue.
07:22They discover a large number of implants, including a war burial embedded in his left
07:28hand.
07:29Medical examiner then reveals that they had found traces of an old machine, well-chosen
07:35in Sir Q's home.
07:36This shocks the detective and he assumes it must be the work of a mechanic.
07:41In another sense, Grey arrives at Iron's house for a routine check-up.
07:46But later appears to be the latter.
07:48Very angry, he informs Grey that he has been tracking his movements and discovers that
07:54he has killed a man today.
07:56Iron accuses him of abusing the technology and reminds him of a non-disclosure agreement.
08:02In response, Grey scolds him for not believing what Steam can do to actually talk to people.
08:08This surprises Iron and he simply advises Grey to use the AI with caution.
08:15Manuel Cortez reviews the drone footage outside Shark's house and is shocked.
08:20Grey in a well-gear.
08:21He later visits her and informs her of Shark's death.
08:25Notice that the man was a suspect in his wife's murder.
08:28He then questions why he was seen outside Shark's house.
08:32The time of murder is near.
08:34Grey explains that he was trying to help with the investigation, but he actually did nothing
08:39because he was physically disabled.
08:41Surprisingly, the detective buys her story and leaves without further questions.
08:47Later Grey decides to visit Old Bone's bar, which Sharku frequents.
08:51He shows he got into his wheelchair and quickly attracted everyone's attention.
08:56Grey reveals that his wife was murdered a few months ago and he's appealing for anyone
09:02with information to come forward.
09:04He also mentions that a man named Shark was involved in the murder, but he's now dead.
09:09Hearing this, the man named Trollan approaches Grey and takes him to the restroom with his
09:14friends.
09:15When they arrive, Trollan pushes Grey out of his chair and holds him at knife point.
09:20However, the latter claims that he only wants to know who is responsible for his wife's
09:25murder.
09:26He then asks Trollan had been there that evening, and the man proudly confirms it.
09:31Hearing this, Grey immediately tells Steam to take control and begins attacking the thug
09:36in the room.
09:37After knocking everyone out, he pins Trollan to the ground and begins slashing his face
09:42until he finally agrees to talk.
09:44Trollan admits that a man named Fisk ordered them to kill Grey's wife.
09:48At this point, Steam warns Grey that Iron is trying to manually shut him down, which
09:54is paralyzing him again.
09:55The A.I. needs and delivers him to a nearby hacker named Jammy.
10:00While Grey is referring to his address, Trollan succumbs to his injury and dies.
10:05Grey then left his wheelchair outside the bar and started running towards him.
10:10Jammy's building along the way, Steam means to lose control of his body, makes him very
10:15weak.
10:16Meanwhile, at the bar, Fisk and his friend find the murderer, Trollan.
10:19Fisk then scans the dead man's pupils and learns about the culprit.
10:24Soon Grey arrives at Jammy's apartment and asks him to remove Steam's input guard.
10:29It turns out input guards are pieces of programming that prevent the A.I. from acting autonomously.
10:36Even with the guard removed, Iron is unable to remotely shut down the Steam Jammy removed
10:42successfully.
10:43The input guard but reveals that it will take some time to restart the system.
10:47Just then, he notices Fisk accomplices break into his apartment via surveillance cameras
10:53and decides to run away.
10:55Moments later, the bad guys come to capture Grey and, at the same time, Iron's safety.
11:00The Steam also shows.
11:01It runs out that our hero is going to meet his wife in heaven.
11:04But Steam takes back control just in time.
11:07This allows Grey to get back to his feet and run towards the roof.
11:11Iron man begins to follow him, while Fisk stays behind to fight Iron's security team.
11:15On the elevator roof, Iron man attacks Grey, leading to a fierce fight between the two.
11:20But Grey eventually blows the man's head off with his own bionic arm, gun, and manages
11:24to escape.
11:25In the next scene, Grey returns home, covered in blood, and his mother is shocked to see
11:30him walking.
11:31She finally tells him the truth about Steam and asks him to keep it a secret.
11:36Detective Cortez also arrives at the house soon after, claiming to have found Gates'
11:40wheelchair, but where several people were killed.
11:43She asks what happened, to which he lies that he followed, but some were beaten and tortured.
11:48Luckily, he manages to escape in a taxi and back home.
11:52Cortez pretends to believe her story, but deep down, he knows something.
11:56Up there, he secretly slips an audio transmitter into his core pocket before leaving.
12:02Later, a stressed Grey says he wants to stop killing them, but Steam insists on killing
12:07Fisk.
12:08It reveals that it has found Fisk's address, and they can go there to finish him off now.
12:14Grey refuses, but the AI explains that it isn't, and he needs permission to operate
12:19on his body.
12:20The AI removes the input guard that turns it off.
12:23Not only did Steam separate from Iron, but also gave it autonomy, allowing it to do whatever
12:29it wanted.
12:30Steam justifies its actions by saying that if they do not act, Fisk will eventually kill
12:35the victim.
12:36With no other option, Grey reluctantly agrees to the AI's plan and leaves home.
12:41Manuel, Detective Cortez also overhears the conversation and decides to follow him.
12:46After driving for a while, Grey discovers and notices the listening device in his pocket.
12:52Cortez follows him.
12:53Steam tries to hack his car, but fails because it is mechanical.
12:56However, it successfully hacks into one of the electronic cars on the highway and crashes
13:02it.
13:03Detectives say this led to a minor accident, which allowed Grey to get away.
13:07A year afterwards, a wounded Cortez goes to Grey's house and confronts his mother about
13:12his actions.
13:13Meanwhile, Grey finally arrives at Fisk's apartment and holds him at gunpoint.
13:18D, the latter claims he replaced, revealing that they are actually targeting Grey.
13:23Noting, he admits to himself that he did not shoot Grey with a real bullet that night.
13:28It was right, something to paralyze him.
13:31He then argues him to embarrass these new parts and join their cause.
13:35However, Grey is only concerned with getting his revenge on Fisk.
13:39Then the two have a fierce fight in success, and it is revealed that Fisk's powers are
13:44much stronger than Grey's.
13:46He Grey is about to kill, when Steam suddenly delivers vital information, revealing that
13:52Sork actually Fisk's brother.
13:54Hearing this, Grey scolds Fisk about how he killed his brother.
13:58His mouth opens.
13:59The revelation makes Fisk emotional and Grey sizes the moment to attack.
14:03He then ends up killing the villain by smashing his head against some glasses.
14:08Later, he scans Fisk's phone and finds a shocking voicemail from Iron, instructing him to kill
14:14Grey.
14:15In the following sense, Grey arrives at Iron's lab and accuses him of intentionally miming
14:20him and killed his wife for his taste.
14:23He tries to shoot Iron, but just then Cortez arrives and holds him at gunpoint.
14:27The two then quarrel and Grey pleads not to Steam to harm intelligence.
14:32But when he realizes the AI isn't stopping, he convinces Cortez to use his stun gun on
14:38him.
14:39The plan works, and the effect is so temporary.
14:41Stop Steam.
14:42Afterwards, Iron admits to Grey that it was actually Steam who planned everything, and
14:47convinces him to comply.
14:49Steam shouts a host body and chooses Grey as its carrier, because he had no implants
14:54or chips, which are rare in this world.
14:57The AI caused the accident and sent Thugs to paralyze Grey.
15:00Iron reveals that Steam's ultimate goal is to kill so that he cannot make any more microchips.
15:07And she explains tearfully, he was not in control of the company and was only talking
15:11instructions from the AI.
15:13At this point, Steam regains control of Grey and brutally kills Iron by stabbing him.
15:19It then repeats to finish it off Cortez.
15:21But Grey suddenly points the gun at his own neck.
15:25The scene then cuts to a hospital, where Grey wakes up and finds himself doing his movies.
15:30Naturally, the body.
15:32Asha enters the orb and explains that they were inside an accident and he was unconscious
15:38for days.
15:39Grey finds it hard to believe, but despite her confusion, they share a kiss.
15:43Just then, the scene cuts back to Iron's house, where Cortez orders Grey to put down the gun.
15:48However, Steam reveals that there is no more Grey.
15:52It explains his consciousness now trapped in virtual reality, where he is happy in a
15:57fictional world with his wife.
15:59Steam also reveals that Grey only needed to break his mind to lock him in his subconscious.
16:05It allows him to control his body.
16:08After saying this, Steam coldly shoots Cortez to death and erases the marks to knives and
16:13guns.
16:14As the movie ends, the AI then goes berserk as we see Grey kissing his wife in the imaginary
16:20world.
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