After a brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed and his wife dead, he’s offered an experimental, AI-powered chip called STEM that restores his motor functions. With this upgrade, he gains lethal capabilities — and sets out on a path of vengeance. But as the line between man and machine blurs, he must discover whether he controls STEM, or STEM controls him. Rotten Tomatoes+3Wikipedia+3IMDb+3

MOVIE DETAILS

🎬 Director / Writer: Leigh Whannell Wikipedia
✍️ Producers / Studios: Blumhouse Productions, Goalpost Pictures, Nervous Tick Productions, Film Victoria, Automatik; Produced by Jason Blum, Kylie Du Fresne, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Wikipedia+1
🎭 Main Cast: Logan Marshall-Green (Grey Trace), Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Melanie Vallejo, Simon Maiden Wikipedia+1
⏱️ Runtime: ≈ 100 minutes (sometimes 95-100 depending on source) Wikipedia+2showtimes.com+2
📅 Release Date: Premiered March 10, 2018 at South by Southwest; U.S. theatrical release June 1, 2018; Australia June 14, 2018 Wikipedia+1
💰 Budget / Box Office: Made on about US$3 million, grossed around US$17 million globally Wikipedia+1
🌍 Language / Country: English; Australian-American co-production Wikipedia
🧪 Genre / Rating: Sci-Fi, Action, Horror; Rated R for strong violence, grisly images, and language FilmJabber.com+1
🔎 Plot Notes / Twist: STEM is more than a tool — it has sentience, can take control of Grey’s body, and ultimately reveals darker truths about the events leading to Grey’s injury. IMDb+2Wikipedia+2