Review of Code 8

Code 8 (2019)
5/10
Never was I ever let down so hard
15 December 2019
Wow, this film.

Great start, cool (although unrealistic) ideas, nice action, good effects and cool designs.

While watching the film I learned that there was a relevant short and this film was crowdfunded. This hyped me up even more. Everything was great (besides some acting and pacing issues) up until the ending.

I try to not get disappointed by films but this film actually hyped me up because I love independent and interesting sci-fi.

And then the ending hit me like a freight train. It's so unimaginative, so boring, so cliche. They never took any risks, they never tried to surprise, to play off the characters they've had.

While watching this I got that Upgrade (2018) vibe. I really thought that they will do something insanely cool with their ending (like Upgrade did). And this one was the most boring and off-putting thing ever imagined.

Sorry, guys, but as much as I wanted to give this film 8/10 just to promote independent sci-fi, this film just struck me right through the heart. What. A. Letdown.
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