Code 8 Movie Details:
| Based on | Code 8Â (2016) short film |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction Action Crime |
| Release date | October 3, 2019 (Sitges Film Festival) December 13, 2019 (Canada) April 11, 2020 (Netflix) |
| Running time | 1hr 38min |
| Cast | Robbie Amell Stephen Amell Sung Kang Kari Matchett Greg Bryk Aaron Abrams Kyla Kane Laysla De Oliviera Vlad Alexis |
| Directed by | Jeff Chan |
| Screenplay by | Chris Pare |
| Story by | Jeff Chan |
| Produced by | Jeff Chan Robbie Amell Stephen Amell Chris Pare Rebecca Bouck |
| Cinematography by | Alex Disenhof |
| Edited by | Paul Skinner |
| Music by | Ryan Taubert |
| Production Company | XYZ Films Collective Pictures Elevation Pictures |
| Distributor | Elevation Pictures |
Code 8 Movie Cast & Characters:
- Robbie Amell as Connor Reed
- Stephen Amell as Garrett Kelton
- Sung Kang as Officer Park
- Kari Matchett as Mary Reed
- Greg Bryk as Marcus Sutcliffe
- Aaron Abrams as Officer Davis
- Kyla Kane as Nia
- Laysla De Oliveira as Maddy
- Vlad Alexis as Freddie
- Peter Outerbridge as Wesley Cumbo
- Shaun Benson as Dixon
- Martin Roach as Captain Milltown
- Alex Mallari Jr. as Kingston
- Ess Hödlmoser as Copperhead
- Jeff Sinasac as Officer Kuwabara
Storyline:
In a world where people with “special” abilities are living in poverty, Conner Reed (Robbie Amell) is a powerful young man who is struggling to pay for his ailing mother’s medical treatment. To earn money, he joins a lucrative criminal world led by Garrett (Stephen Amell), who works for a drug lord (Greg Bryk).
Code 8 Movie Box Office Collection:
| Box Office Collection | $157,209 |
About Code 8 Movie:
Code 8 is a Canadian science fiction action film written and directed by Jeff Chan, and starring the cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell.
In 2016, Robbie and Stephen Amell released a short film, Code 8, which acted as a teaser for a potential feature film. An Indiegogo fundraising campaign asking for $200,000 was launched on March 23 and reached $2.4 million by April 24. Fundraising closed with $3.4 million on December 31, 2019, with the continued campaign helping recover costs of DVD pressings and the distribution to contributors of perks, wardrobe, and props from the production. A four-minute segment of the film’s closing credits shows a list of only some of the 30,810 contributors[3] to the fundraising campaign.
The first announcement of an additional cast came on June 12, 2017, when Laysla De Oliveira joined.
Principal photography began on June 1, 2017, in Toronto.
Ryan Taubert composed the film score, and Sony Masterworks released the soundtrack.
On February 9, 2017, during the Berlin International Film Festival, XYZ Films acquired the international sales rights for the film.
The film was released theatrically in Canada on 6 December 2019 and in the United States on December 13; its streaming release on Netflix followed on April 11, 2020.
The film’s sequel, Code 8: Part II, was released on Netflix on February 28, 2024.
