CODE 8: The Surprising Sci-Fi Flick Dominating Netflix
Mike Sprague
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Writer-director Jeff Chan’s Code 8 starring Stephen Amell (Arrow) and Robbie Amell (The Babysitter) is currently the number one movie on Netflix’s top ten. The 2019 Canadian film is based on Chan’s short film of the same name which he turned into a feature-length production.
Check out the trailer below!
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Code 8 is set in a world where 4% of the population is born with varying supernatural abilities, but instead of being billionaires or superheroes, they face discrimination and live in poverty, often resorting to crime. Connor Reed (Robbie Amell), a power-enabled young man, is struggling to pay for his ailing mother’s (Kari Matchett) health treatment. Fighting to earn enough money as a day laborer, Connor is lured into a lucrative criminal world by Garrett (Stephen Amell) who works for Lincoln City’s reigning drug lord, Marcus Sutcliffe (Greg Bryk). Garrett helps Connor sharpen his powers in order to execute a series of crimes on behalf of Sutcliffe, while a militarized police unit, led by Agent Park (Sung Kang) and Agent Davis (Aaron Abrams), hunts them down.
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It stars Robbie Amell as Connor Reed, Stephen Amell as Garrett, Sung Kang as Park, Kari Matchett as Mary Reed, Greg Bryk as Marcus Suttcliffe, Alex Mallari Jr. as Rainer, Aaron Abrams as Davis, Kyla Kane as Nia, Laysla De Oliveira as Maddy, Vlad Alexis as Freddie, and Peter Outerbridge.
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