The Run vs Upgrade
Upgrade has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6/10 for The Run). Upgrade is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 57m. Upgrade is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are action, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Run
Upgrade| The Run | Upgrade | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen de Villiers | Leigh Whannell |
| Main cast | Charlotte Maggi, Callan Mulvey, Nicholas Hope, Felix Cameron, Kidaan Zelleke | Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Ming-Zhu Hii, Simon Maiden, Logan Marshall-Green |
Synopsis
The Run
The near future. A plague has ravaged the land, anarchy reigns, everyone’s on the run. Mac does delivery runs for an unseen manipulator. Aliah seizes her baby and runs for sanctuary.
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.
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