Connor Reed
Robbie Amell
Connor Reed
Code 8
“Fear is the most dangerous power”
6.3
2019
1h 39m
Science FictionActionCrime
Director: Jeff Chan
Overview
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.)
Trailer
Official Trailer Official
Cast
Garrett
Stephen Amell
Garrett
Mary Reed
Kari Matchett
Mary Reed
Receptionist
Penny Eizenga
Receptionist
Big Joe
Lawrence Bayne
Big Joe
Travis
Jai Jai Jones
Travis
Rainer
Alex Mallari Jr.
Rainer
Dixon
Shaun Benson
Dixon
Park
Sung Kang
Park
Davis
Aaron Abrams
Davis
Captain Milltown
Martin Roach
Captain Milltown
Reporter
Nneka Elliott
Reporter
Reviews
Gimly
I thought the trailer made _Code 8_ look like it was gonna be pretty bad, but I liked the premise, and I wanted to see what Stephen Amell could do in a 2019 feature film, so I gave it a chance, and while I don't think it was great, it was better than I had been expecting. There were some bits that sort of reminded me of last year's _Darkest Minds_, and that's definitely a bad thing, but overall it was actually pretty decent. It goes for both the social commentary, and a *pew pew splodey zap zap* action crime thriller. It doesn't work **spectacularly** as either, but it tries, and its failures certainly are not abysmal ones. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
Read full reviewPeter McGinn
Code 8 never really grabbed me, though I managed to watch it all the way through. Perhaps I am an outlier viewer, but I would have liked to see more time spent on why society lowered the status of the super-powered people to practically second class citizens. To me that might have been more compelling viewing than the details of Connor’s descent into crime or his mother’s rather stereotypical declining health. But within its narrow plot and limited number of interesting characters, it may have been less than great, but it was better than mediocre.
Read full reviewCinemaSerf
Robbie Amell is undoubtedly a good-looking man, but that really does not forgive the fact that as an actor, he is really dead behind the eyes. The concept here is quite interesting - ordinary people have superpowers and are all still pretty much persecuted by the authorities. Amell is down on his luck and has a sick mother so, to pay for her extortionately expensive treatment, he seeks work casually - and soon falls in with the wrong company where he uses his powers (he can generate and focus electricity) to further their petty, but increasingly ambitious criminal activities. This gets him caught up between a drug-smuggling gang and with the pursuing police. Cousin Stephen discards his bow and arrow for this film, instead heading the druggie gang that will betray everyone/anyone as soon as look at them. The dialogue and pace of the film - there are some decent action scenes - keep it moving quite well, and the visual effects do their job - but the acting is just bland and the story an amalgam of B-grade X-men themes.
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