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Poe W Feb 24, 2019 Scanners is intense, very entertaining and with a well utilized premise in it. The special effects are excellent for its time and the score is very effective. The movie's pretty solid across the board, but it needed more sophistication in it as it ended up being just a standard sci-fi horror flick with nothing truly outstanding to offer. See more

Ron R Dec 5, 2018 Scanners jarringly veers from dull and sleep-inducing technobabble to outrageously violent action, and yet once its over it retains a strangely fond memory in the mind despite it all. See more

Han L Oct 21, 2018 This score is amazing and each scene is perfectly shot. The script itself is clever and suspenseful while offering new surprises as it progresses. There is some good acting here and the scenes have a very real quality to them, like they are actually happening in the real world, and the lore is very fun science fiction. Obviously this is a critique of the pharmaceutical industry and it's acceptance of loss of life in exchange for commercial product (which sadly is a necessary evil in many cases or they could never be profitable) but the worst of it is when they don't even attempt to right their wrongs. On the other hand, the legal system makes it so that if they admit fault it can tank their business, so that's another obstacle that I don't see an answer to. You only get funding for a product if it's profitable, and if it rarely does anything bad to anyone there is no financial reason to change it when problems arise because changing the product may cause more issues than it fixes, the new research wouldn't be funded or profitable, and the old product may save many many lives. What if no universal good option can be found? Should the drug then be scrapped for all of the thousands of people it could possibly raise from the grave? It's an interesting question. On the other side of things, the espionage aspect of the film was really fun and it was overall a great thriller. See more

Hermione S May 18, 2018 Cool as hell. Tight, pointed, smart, devastating criticism of propaganda and the military-industrial complex. The effects are dated but not ridiculous. It's very well-acted except the male lead, who is horrible. Stephen Lack is so bad, I wondered whether it was part of the point. See more

Finn R Apr 27, 2018 A typical bizarre and unnerving Cronenberg film. The premise is fascinating and the tone and cinematography are engrossing. While I am not enthralled with the acting, the story, camera work and effects more than make up for it. See more

Luke M Mar 26, 2018 It was a good movie, but not my favourite of Cronenberg's. Definitely worth a watch but it pales in comparison to Videodrome or The Fly. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of head explosions, the trailer made it seem like that would happen a lot. Despite that, it was an interesting story that came together well in the end. See more

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