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Code 8 (2019)

NR12/06/2019Science Fiction, Action, Crime1h 39m

Fear is the most dangerous power

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.)

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Robbie Amell

    Connor Reed

  2. Cast 1

    Stephen Amell

    Garrett

  3. Cast 1

    Kari Matchett

    Mary Reed

  4. Cast 1

    Penny Eizenga

    Receptionist

  5. Cast 1

    Lawrence Bayne

    Big Joe

  6. Cast 1

    Jai Jai Jones

    Travis

  7. Cast 1

    Alex Mallari Jr.

    Rainer

  8. Cast 1

    Shaun Benson

    Dixon

  9. Cast 1

    Sung Kang

    Park

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.