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Scanners

Scanners

1981 103 min ★ 6.7 Science Fiction, Horror

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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Cast

Stephen Lack

Stephen Lack

Cameron Vale

Jennifer O'Neill

Jennifer O'Neill

Kim Obrist

Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside

Darryl Revok

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

Dr. Paul Ruth

Lawrence Dane

Lawrence Dane

Braedon Keller

Robert A. Silverman

Robert A. Silverman

Benjamin Pierce

Lee Broker

Security One

Mavor Moore

Trevellyan

Adam Ludwig

Arno Crostic

Murray Cruchley

Programmer 1

Details

Director

David Cronenberg

Tagline

"10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$4,100,000

Revenue

$14,225,876

Production

Filmplan International, Canadian Film Development Corporation, Montreal Trust Company of Canada

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

February 8, 2024

★ 7/10

When a demonstration to potential investors goes quite spectacularly wrong, it is clear that the eponymous characters have astonishing psychic powers and that creates dollar signs in the eyes of the executives at "ConSec". Thing is, chief amongst the "scanners" is the quite literally mind-blowing "Revok" (Michael Ironside) and he is determined to galvanise all of his kind, destroy this company and...

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