Apex vs Upgrade
Upgrade has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 5.2/10 for Apex). Upgrade is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 48m. Upgrade is the older of the two (2018 against 2021). Both are action, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Apex
Upgrade| Apex | Upgrade | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.2/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Drake | Leigh Whannell |
| Main cast | Neal McDonough, Lochlyn Munro, Bruce Willis, Nels Lennarson, Trevor Gretzky | Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Ming-Zhu Hii, Simon Maiden, Logan Marshall-Green |
Synopsis
Apex
Ex-cop Thomas Malone is serving a life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. He is offered a chance at freedom if he can survive a deadly game of Apex, in which six hunters pay for the pleasure of hunting another human on a remote island. He accepts, and once he arrives, all hell breaks loose.
Upgrade
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.