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Films like Upgrade.

Upgrade (2018) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

The Predator (2018) poster
1. The Predator2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lockout (2012) poster
2. Lockout2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Space/Time (2025) poster
3. Space/Time2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Greenland (2020) poster
4. Greenland2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) poster
5. Terminator: Dark Fate2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Battleship (2012) poster
6. Battleship2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Code 8 (2019) poster
7. Code 82019

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Am Number Four (2011) poster
8. I Am Number Four2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Outside the Wire (2021) poster
9. Outside the Wire2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Déjà Vu (2006) poster
10. Déjà Vu2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Prey (2022) poster
11. Prey2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Total Recall (2012) poster
12. Total Recall2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Upgrade’s neighbours — where are yours?

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