In the not too distant future, nearly everybody is plugged into online systems somewhere. And after a tragedy, car-repairer Grey, paralysed and mourning his wife, finds out he can be restored by a simple chip implanted on his spine, STEM. But STEM proves to be vocal and interactive, and points Grey towards investigating the men who killed his wife and left him paralysed - and that proves to be only the start of what STEM can do....
Part body horror, part action thriller, part wild physical comedy, this is an incredibly enjoyable action-horror-thriller hybrid. Logan Marshall-Green as our hero has great physicality when his body is taken over by STEM, with his face bewhildered by what his body is getting up to - and writer-director Leigh Whannel builds the story effecitvely, widening the world and keeping us engrossed in a series of ever-escalating set-pieces. This is pure pulp but it's bloody enjoyable pulp.
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