Do people use abilities, or abilities to enslave them?The movie "Upgrade" tells the story of a man who, with the help of a brain chip, avenges his wife and falls into a conspiracy, but actually tells a story about how to get along with his body.
Getting along with one's body can be done very well by an individual. Born, we can tap the keyboard flexibly with our fingers; riding a bicycle with our feet; moves under the basketball stand, brings the strong opponent's back, and sends the ball into the basket. It is a person's instinct to get along with oneself physically.
However, this is limited to normal situations. In films, there are often protagonists whose bodies become unusual due to some abnormal conditions. For example, Jason Statham in "Furious Attack" (yes, that's the big villain in "Fast and Furious 7" or the agile agent in "The Expendables." In 2006, he's not so hot now that I can only sell meat in various grade films. B), because of its poison, it keeps its adrenaline at a very high level. Another example, the police in "Roboman", because of the technology, obtained cold steel armor out of thin air. In addition, various heroes in the Marvel universe, such as Iron Man, Batman, and various heroes, have acquired extraordinary abilities in their bodies for various reasons.
In 2006, Jason Statham was not very popular, he could only sell meat in various B level films.
When the body has certain abilities, how to accept them becomes a problem. Just as Kübler Ross's model depicts people facing disaster, there is also a process for people to accept their own superpowers. In general, this process is divided into three stages. They would first suspect that, for example, after Peter Parker was bitten by a spider and gained superpowers, the first thing he did was try out the spider silk on the roof. Then there's acceptance. For example, in "Superman" filmed by Christopher Reeve in 1978, when farmer Karl's son discovered he was Superman, he ran happily across the fields and then caught up with a train. The last is the application, for example in the film that will be discussed today, "Upgrade",
When Carl learns that he is Superman, he runs happily across the field and then catches up with the train
After people accept their own abilities, the next question is how to get along with those abilities. This question is like the temptation of people, money, and power, a dialectical process. Do people use abilities, or abilities to enslave them? After possessing superhuman strength, the dark thoughts in the heart that are impossible to realize have a chance to manifest. For example, if a girl is walking across the street, you want to see her underwear. Put in the past, it's just wishful thinking, but if you are Jin Carrey in "False God" and have the blessing of God's power, this is also a fight. Humans are complex creatures. Complicated. There is a Pandora's Box deep in everyone's heart. It is the self that hides in the subconscious and will move. It is the animal self. To limit this instinctive power, people created laws, police and prisons. Use all kinds of punishment to lock this instinct firmly in the subconscious, so that no one dares to cross the pool of thunder. But when you have superpowers, these social restraint will be weakened. Just like Wolverine, he can easily board a helicopter with just a pair of steel claws.
When the boundaries of society fail, what all superhuman relies on is self-control. After having superpowers, they will be divided into two paths, one like Marvel heroes, they control their abilities, use abilities, save the world, and become heroes. Another way is to become enslaved by abilities, such as poison corroded by an alien host in the Marvel universe, or like the movie protagonist, while taking revenge on his wife, he is controlled by the brain and gradually falls into his conspiracy. in.
The movie protagonist, while avenging his wife, is controlled by the brain and gradually falls into his conspiracy
The subject of this film is how to adjust to your superpower body. In 2012, the European Union approved the first gene therapy drug Glybera to be marketed; In 2016, a medical team used gene therapy to inject a harmless virus called AVV into little American girl Eliza O'Neill, thereby bringing it under control. She has a rare genetic disease, Symptoms of Saffilibo syndrome type IIIA; in 2017, the Dutch hacker Patrick Paumen who came to attend the China Internet Security Conference drew attention. Fourteen chips were implanted in his body. With this chip, it can interact with various electronic devices such as access control systems and smart phones. Gene therapy, biohacking, these biology-based technologies are increasingly entering our field of vision. It can be predicted that in the future, it is possible to produce a super technology that can transform the human body by implanting a weapon in the arm and extracting visual information from the pupil as described in the movie "Upgrade". However, when this superhuman technology did emerge and be implanted into the human body, were humans really ready to mingle with their superhuman bodies? This is also the question in this film.
What a weird biohacker
Of course, apart from telling about how to get along with the body, this film is also very thorough in detail about the future. For example, voice control, virtual reality, the gap between the rich and the poor, and those who are anti-technology. The director doesn't point the camera specifically at these things, everything happens in an instant, but through this superficial ornate detail, gives us a comprehensive, credible and stable future, which is also a great local film.