Renner vs Upgrade
Upgrade has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 5.3/10 for Renner). Renner is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 40m. Upgrade is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Renner
Upgrade| Renner | Upgrade | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Robert Rippberger | Leigh Whannell |
| Main cast | Violett Beane, Marcia Gay Harden, Frankie Muniz, Taylor Gray, Craig Lamar Traylor | Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Ming-Zhu Hii, Simon Maiden, Logan Marshall-Green |
Synopsis
Renner
A computer genius invents an A.I life coach to help him find love, but realizes too late he accidentally programmed his manipulative mother into the code.
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.