A power-enabled construction worker teams up with the wrong people to save his dying mother.
Canada strikes back! Only three months after Freaks (2019), Code 8 makes an appearance and leaves a lasting impression. Take the superpowers out, and you are left with a strong existential drama about working-class people who try to survive one day at a time and a son who would do anything wrong under the Sun for his dying mom. Great performances were given by the cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell, as well as Kari Matchett, Laysla De Oliveira, Greg Bryk, Kyla Kane, and Vlad Alexis. Directing, editing (great opening sequence montage), photography, production design, and visual and sound effects are of Hollywood standards, proving that the studios don’t need hundreds of millions to make a decent sci-fi. Also, the music nails it and is not used to tell you how to feel at all times. It is minimal as it is emotional. Through the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, the producers managed to gather over two million dollars from 28,400 backers. Both Freaks and Code 8 come from Canadian film schools and leave a different flavour to the one left to us by the X-Men franchise. A round of applause for all cast and crew!!!
The film’s director, Jeff Chan, and writer, Chris Paré, have already announced the Code 8 spinoff series. I’m really looking forward to it, as there is still so much to unfold in terms of both story and character development.
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