

Code 8
Fear is the most dangerous power.
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.)
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $157.2K
- Language
- English
- drug trafficking
- dystopia
- superhero
- remake
- co-workers relationship
- super power
- criminal gang
- robot cop
- combat drone
- mother son relationship
- based on short film
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Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NR13 Dec 2019
- Digital / OTTNR13 Dec 2019
United KingdomGB
- Physical15DVD13 Apr 2020
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMA 15+24 Dec 2019
- Digital / OTTMA 15+11 Apr 2020
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)14A6 Dec 2019
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT1813 Dec 2019
FinlandFI
- PremiereNight Visions International Film Festival20 Nov 2019
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT11 Mar 2020
GermanyDE
- Physical16Blu-ray30 Jan 2020
IrelandIE
- Physical1513 Apr 2020
ItalyIT
- PremiereTTrieste Science+Fiction Festival31 Oct 2019
RussiaRU
- Digital / OTT18+13 Dec 2019
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical152 Jul 2020
Frequently asked questions
Code 8 was released on 6 December 2019.
Audience reviews
5- G5/10
Gimly
12/30/2019
I thought the trailer made _Code 8_ look like it was gonna be pretty bad, but I liked the premise, and I wanted to see what Stephen Amell could do in a 2019 feature film, so I gave it a chance, and while I don't think it was great, it was better than I had been expecting. There were some bits that sort of reminded me of last year's _Darkest Minds_, and that's definitely a bad thing, but overall it was actually pretty…
- P6/10
Peter McGinn
7/27/2021
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 wi…
- C5/10
CinemaSerf
3/27/2022
Robbie Amell is undoubtedly a good-looking man, but that really does not forgive the fact that as an actor, he is really dead behind the eyes. The concept here is quite interesting - ordinary people have superpowers and are all still pretty much persecuted by the authorities. Amell is down on his luck and has a sick mother so, to pay for her extortionately expensive treatment, he seeks work casually - and soon falls …
- T2/10
tmdb28039023
8/25/2022
Code 8 is X-Men minus the budget and the A-list cast, and that's the good news. Unfortunately, the movie suffers more, not when it deviates from, but when it copies Marvel's mutants. Code 8 is set in a world where 4% of the population are born with various supernatural abilities, but instead of being rich and famous, they face discrimination, live in poverty, and often turn to crime. As far as I can tell, Code 8 i…
- C6/10
Chandler Danier
3/6/2024
Good use of budget. Interesting enough. Good ideas. I watched it because I thought I had to because Code 8 part two was out as well. I probably wouldn't have watched it without that. I'm glad I watched it.
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