Set in 2033, Upload imagines a process by which living humans can upload their consciousness to a digital avatar in a virtual world. Typically, this occurs when death is imminent, though that may or may not be the case for Nathan (Robbie Amell), whose pushy girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards) urges him to do it after his self-driving car smashes into the back of a truck.
He waxed on about his military deployment in Washington DC, but also about the possible system that decides the fate of your everlasting soul. There has to be some kind of a report card up there someplace, y'know, like: Let's go to heaven, let's get into heaven.' It's sort of a beautiful thing, he said to Starnes. He's probably hoping they grade on a curve.