Halloween movie review: Scanners
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"Before there was The Fly, there was Scanners, a 1981 science ficition horror film directed by David Cronenberg. Much like Cronenberg’s other work, Scanners deals with the effects of technological advancements on humanity. In this case, manufactured drugs come into play, as well as questions about the morality and culpability of large corporations.
The story is straightforward: Scanners are people with telekinetic abilities, and they can get into other people’s minds (hence the scanning). ConSec is a drug and weapons manufacturing company that wants to use the scanners for their own purposes. ConSec’s problem is that their last scanner on payroll got himself killed during a press conference when he tried to scan someone as a demonstration, but the volunteer turns the tables and scans him back. This volunteer is actually Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, Highlander 2: The Quickening), the leader of the scanner underground, and he’s trying to gather all the willing scanners together to they can take over the world."
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The story is straightforward: Scanners are people with telekinetic abilities, and they can get into other people’s minds (hence the scanning). ConSec is a drug and weapons manufacturing company that wants to use the scanners for their own purposes. ConSec’s problem is that their last scanner on payroll got himself killed during a press conference when he tried to scan someone as a demonstration, but the volunteer turns the tables and scans him back. This volunteer is actually Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, Highlander 2: The Quickening), the leader of the scanner underground, and he’s trying to gather all the willing scanners together to they can take over the world."
read the rest at the link -> http://www.examiner.com/x-7322-Orlando-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Halloween-movi...
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