Code 8

Code 8 is a decent enough film, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was worth skipping by, superhero builders and drugs taken from people's body bits, but it really isn't bad. Some nice ideas and some good special effects, it's not a huge budget film, but somehow they make it work. Don't expect Marvel, and don't expect Breaking Bad, but do expect a few interesting moments. Every single cliche under the sun is here, there's not a huge amount of originality, but enjoy it for what it is. I wonder if those that have given this 1 and 10 star reviews have actually seen this, those I've read with such extreme scores do not relate to this movie. Decent acting, Robbie Amell will of course have his fans, 6/10.

______________________________________________________ A ~{ Micro }~ review . This is probably the best use of an Operating-budget that was ( based on ALL the information that I could find after a fairly exhaustive search - something in " the likely neighbourhood " of - ) USD 1.725 Million ....... that I've seen in a long, long time . Spearheaded by the actor-producer team of Real Life cousins Robbie Amell & Stephen Amell ..( TV's "Firestorm" & "The Green Arrow", respectively )... & helmed by the extraordinarily talented relative newcomer Jeff Chan, this picture grips you from the start, & keeps you on the edge of your seat right the way thru ; not by way of Multi-million dollar special effects, but by getting you ~{ Deeply }~ - invested in the humanity of its Lead-protagonists. I must confess that I found the ending a tad bit abrupt... but reveling in the GENUINELY Flawed { & thereby -( Thoroughly )- Believable } nature of said characters ..helped ( s o m e w h a t ) , in making up for that particular shortcoming . It May - W e l l - Hold Its own With The " Big Boys " { Meaning Its Contemporaneous -( And ' Huge ' )- Cinematic Releases } . . . . . A Wholehearted 7.25 Marks Out Of 10 👊❗.