In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)
Stephen Amell Robbie Amell Kari Matchett Penny Eizenga Lawrence Bayne Jai Jai Jones Alex Mallari Jr. Shaun Benson Sung Kang Aaron Abrams Martin Roach Nneka Elliott Matthew Gouveia Kevin Claydon Laysla De Oliveira Vlad Alexis Ho Chow Simon Northwood Peter Outerbridge Sarah Hoedlmoser Greg Bryk Kyla Kane Karissa Strain Max Laferriere Merwin Mondesir Casey Hudecki Darrin Baker JaNae Armogan Jeff Sinasac Show All…
Robert Jones Sung Kang Mary Anne Waterhouse Stephen Amell Jeff Chan Wayne Marc Godfrey Robbie Amell Chris Paré Lee Kim Cynthia Guidry William Chang Sascha Penn Lainie Guidry Jay Douglas Eric Diep Omar Spahi
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In my opinion, this should be a TV series of at least 4-5 seasons. The plot has so much potential.
The movie is good. Robbie and Stephen did really well. The special effects and the direction is good too.
Heard it got a tv series with the same cast. Well, that's very good news, I'll be waiting for that.
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After hearing about this film for months; I had to check it out. Code 8 is an interesting idea that just wasn’t executed to its full potential. It is showcasing elements of RoboCop, X-Men, and pretty much any superpower-filled film along those lines. We have a construction worker who falls in with a group of criminals in order to raise the funds to help his ill mother. Robbie Amell plays Conner, and he gives a solid-enough performance. The story with his mother is an overused trope, but it’s one that brings us enough emotion to feel connected. What interests me most is this world. We are apparently getting more from it, so that’s a plus,…
Interesting premise? ✅
Nice bit of world building? ✅
Cool action sequences? Well....kinda.
Interesting characters? Ehm. Well. That's a nope.
Cool plot then? Nope. Big noperoony there.
So, generic, beige vanilla then? ✅
This movie came across as somewhat mediocre. I wasn’t overly impressed with the storyline, the action scenes or the overall outcome of the movie
The only thing that impressed me were the special effects and “powers” that these super-powered people have.
Whilst there are many synergies to everyday life and the levels of isolation and segregation of different types of people for various reasons, this movie was simply just another “kids mum is dying and he does the wrong thing to see her” type of movie
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Code 8 is the passion project of Stephan Amell and Robbie Amell with both producing and staring in the film while Jeff Chan directs. This film is a spin off of the short 11 minute film called Code 8.
To me, this low budget film is so easy to watch, it’s not trying to be the next biggest block buster, just a passion project. Both brothers shine in what is an indie version of X-Men (a very good indie version). Code 8 is a well crafted crime melodrama and fantasy that pays of by surrounding itself in a grim urban setting.
With good cinematography and great acting Code 8 is a film that’s definitely worth watching when you…
Proposed present day sci-fi where humans with abilities beyond known senses have been reduced to a quietly detested minority class under tight government control. A young man with electrical powers begins taking shady jobs to help his ailing mother, but as he gets deeper suspicions from police, including a new cybernetic division, are raised.
Working like a dystopian social concept from John Carpenter's playbook mated with TV-style crime drama and Neill Blomkamp visuals, Code 8 punches above its budget and plays a nice show-and-tell with the abilities of its characters. Some can melt steel with their barehands, some read minds, while others can apply invisible force to objects like Luke had to master in another galaxy long ago. The abilites…
"You cross that line, there's no coming back."
I have a line when it comes to derivative content. Once it becomes clear that a given movie is seemingly set on recreating something, it needs to do at least one amazing thing with its take in order for me to forgive its stepping over that line of blanket familiarity. Code 8, the low-fi X-Men spinoff that first came to existence through a promising short film I caught years ago, never manages to be anything other than just that. It's surprisingly well-made with some pretty impressive low budget CGI and interesting glimpses of genre innovation (not to mention the fact that its well-paced and an overall easy watch). But too much of…
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In der alternativen Realität von Code 8 sind Superkräfte Normalität, aber Meldepflichtig und die Polizei setzt zur Unterstützung auf mechanische Kollegen und Luftüberwachung per Drohnen. Inmitten dieses Szenarios baut sich eine Geschichte um Ausgrenzung, Zweiklassengesellschaft und Revolution auf, erzählt mittels einem Fantasy-Crime-Thriller.
Dabei hat man zwar stets das Gefühl das alles schon mal gesehen zu haben, dafür unterhält der Stoff aber solide. Exposition spart sich Code 8 weitestgehend, denn Superkräfte und militärische Polizei kennt man zu genüge aus anderen Filmen, ebenso wie eine begehrte Superdroge. Daher erklären sich diese Elemente auch von selbst, sodass der Film hier keine Zeit verschwenden muss.
Das Indiegogo-Projekt startete als Kurzfilm und…
it may not have the most original concept - there are humans with superpowers and the world is scared and treats them like crap and drives them underground and to criminal activity etc etc - but it's executed very well, does have a few unique twists, and is well-acted and directed.
the amell brothers (green arrow and firestorm, to me) do a good job in the two main roles, and it's always a treat to see sung fucking kang (though i wish he'd had a bigger role)
all in all, a movie that deserves some attention beyond being thrown in itunes' new release section for people to randomly stumble upon, as i did
An interesting premise delivered without too many protruding seams. The emotional beats of the screenplay are horrendous but with effort can be overlooked by focusing your anticipation on the next action sequence. Undeniably a successful attempt at world building, it certainly seems to have the momentum to sustain sequels or a series.
Although I didn't care for it I can imagine a significantly sized audience did. I'd only recommend it if you like those DC CW shows.
the amell brothers are really out there thinking that they're actually superheroes huh
This was actually....good? And creative? And entertaining? Direct to video films can usually go one of two ways: downright unwatchable or surprisingly entertaining. I'm happy to report this was the latter. I saw this was "trending" on Netflix and it featured Robbie and Stephen Amell, who I also like.
Now, it's not perfect. Some of the acting, particularly from the side characters, is pretty bad. The movie also tries to have emotional beats that don't land for me at all. But when the Amell's are on screen, I am enjoying this popcorn flick for what it is.
The basic premise is that there are folks with superpowers, and the government discriminates them. Sounds a lot like X-Men, eh? The special effects are nothing to write home about, but for a film with this budget I think they looked fine (I've seen so much worse....). The robot cops were pretty cool too.
Bored and needed movie to watch
Idk about this one
Might be the definition of mid but the ending honestly just loses me
Interesting concept but it just doesn’t land anywhere in particular for me
I remember the Short aaaaages ago. It was so impressive. The production value and the energy. This had the same, in the beginning at least, however overtime the turill of the world and of the plot fizzled. Tis a shame, but I imagine they had a real shoe-string budget.
the amell brothers are really out there thinking that they're actually superheroes huh
What a wonderful hidden gem of a movie. Very low budget but didn't really feel like it. The premise of super powered beings treated as second class citizens has been done many times before but this still manages to feel fresh. I'm sure that we are supposed to draw parallels to the illegal immigrants in our country but that's ok. Great performances from the Amell cousins and the rest of the cast were quite good. If you like movies like Chronicle or Blomkamp's movies you should give it a watch.
I thought it would work way better as a TV series rather than a film but regardless it’s quite a good film. Definitely would recommend checking it out.
Its good, but the ending is wrapped up a bit too neatly.. Not really a problem, but they could have done a bit more there
Man darf nicht vergessen, das dieser Film mit einem Budget von wenigen Millionen USD gedreht wurde!!!
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