Code 8 (2020) Review

Code 8 (2020) Review 

 This film is one of the most watched on Netflix at the moment so I decided to watch Code 8 and here is my review for the film. The premise of the film sees a superpowered person attempt to raise money for their dying mother by making some questionable decisions.

Main Character

Robbie Amell plays the main character and he does an okay job in the role, he has soem charisma too him and I did care about him in the role. However, his character just isn't particularly interesting, his motivations were pretty bland and they didn't help make him a great lead for this film and just serviceable at best.

Supporting Cast

The main supporting character in this film is Robbie Amell's cousin Stephen Amell who is most known for playing the character of Oliver Queen on Arrow and he does a good job in this film and has the best performance in the film. His character does have shades of his character on Arrow and I am worried that after time he is definitley going to be type cast in that role but he worked for this film and thought his character was the best in the film. The rest of the cast though are really underdeveloped and you aren't given a reason to care, whether its the villains, the crew, the police or even his mother I just didn't care about anybody else and it hurt the film for sure. 

Story

Unfortunatley, this films plot is extremely basic but for me it just feels really rushed. There have been rumours that this film was made to set up a TV Show and it is clear a TV show would have been a better idea as some stories and characters aren't given enough screen time or depth to make you care. Also the end of the film is clearly trying to set something up as none of the characters get an end to their story arcs and it ends incredibly abruptly. 

Script

The script is extremely bland, there is absolutley no memorable dramatic dialogue in it at all and a lack of humour anywhere in this film and possibly embracing it's slightly cheesy style of a film. 

Style

This is easily the best part of the film, the style has some great ideas to it and it feels like this film wastes great potential. The design of the technology and the use of the superpowers is really unique and I liked how it was portrayed, the action scenes were exciting enough and the uses of powers worked and I thought this film introduced it well hopefully with more of this franchise to follow. 

Overall

Overall, this is a below average film, if you are looking for a film to watch to turn your brain off then this could be enjoyable but for me this film has so much wasted potential and if we do get this series in the future I hope it focuses up and improves on this interesting premise. 

Rating - 4/10