I see a lot of comparisons to the "X-Men" movie franchise for this movie, but it also reminds me of the 2009 movie "Push" (with Chris Evans), except that "Push" was set in Hong Kong and felt a lot more exotic. "Code 8" doesn't feel nearly as futuristic - it's just Toronto or Vancouver with drones and mutants .
The real problem with the movie is that it has a 2nd hand "received" quality to everything. You've seen everything here 100 times before, and the movie makers are relying on that to lend their dialog, characters, and special effects more impact. But in their favor, the tropes they ape and borrow are aped and borrowed effectively, so if that's what you want from your entertainment, this will go down fine.
I quite liked the actors, especially Connor (handsome and earnest in a Dean Cain way), Connor's mother, Garrett (also handsome and as "good" as life will let him be), and the bald-headed invulnerable guy (who was just fierce looking in an interesting way). Everyone else was at least decent, with the possible exception of the actress playing the Healer and Detective Park's sidekick, and I am willing to cut them some slack due to the thankless, cardboard characters they were playing.
So - for a low budget, standalone glimpse into dystopian Vancouver, this did a lot of things right, had a good balance of action, drama, and humanity, and was worth 100 minutes of your time.
The real problem with the movie is that it has a 2nd hand "received" quality to everything. You've seen everything here 100 times before, and the movie makers are relying on that to lend their dialog, characters, and special effects more impact. But in their favor, the tropes they ape and borrow are aped and borrowed effectively, so if that's what you want from your entertainment, this will go down fine.
I quite liked the actors, especially Connor (handsome and earnest in a Dean Cain way), Connor's mother, Garrett (also handsome and as "good" as life will let him be), and the bald-headed invulnerable guy (who was just fierce looking in an interesting way). Everyone else was at least decent, with the possible exception of the actress playing the Healer and Detective Park's sidekick, and I am willing to cut them some slack due to the thankless, cardboard characters they were playing.
So - for a low budget, standalone glimpse into dystopian Vancouver, this did a lot of things right, had a good balance of action, drama, and humanity, and was worth 100 minutes of your time.