Scanners II: The New Order
Time Out says
It is telling that this superfluous sequel to Cronenberg's mind-blowing 1980 movie opens, not with an exploding head, but with a psycho scanner using his telepathic powers to trash a video games arcade. The plot suggests a computer game called 'RoboCop meets the Scanners', while Duguay's visual style consists entirely of pop promo clichés. For years, Dr Morse (Butler) and ambitious police commander Forrester (Ponton) have been trying to harness the scanners' powers, frustrated by the addictive drugs needed to control their volatile guinea-pigs. Then they stumble upon 'clean' scanner David Kellum (Hewlett), a naive country boy whose latent powers they plan to use to fight crime and instigate a fascistic New Order. The cast is anonymous, the plot confused and sluggish; only Michael Smithson's cheap, inventive special effects warrant attention.
Details
Release details
Duration:
105 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Christian Duguay
Screenwriter:
BJ Nelson
Cast:
David Hewlett
Deborah Raffin
Yvan Ponton
Isabelle Mejias
Tom Butler
Raoul Trujillo
Vlasta Vrana
Deborah Raffin
Yvan Ponton
Isabelle Mejias
Tom Butler
Raoul Trujillo
Vlasta Vrana