Scanners (Dir. David Cronenberg 1981): Cameron Vale is living on the fringe of society ... more
self-induced due to his telepathic ability to read other people's minds. Darryl Revok has the same condition and is the head of an underground association of so-called Scanners that want world domination. When Vale is taken to Dr Paul Ruth as a result of supposed insanity he's enlisted into a program that will involve him in a battle against his fellow Scanners. Scanners 2 - The New Order (Dir. Christian Duguay 1991): In order to take over the city corrupt police commander Forrester intends to use a telepathic breed of human Scanners. To control the Scanners Forrester enlists the help of evil scientist Dr Morse who wants to conduct mind control experiments on the Scanners with a new drug. Unfortunately the side effects render the Scanners incapable so Forrester finds David Kellum a good rational Scanner who unaware of his own powers agrees to work with him. Scanners 3 - The Takeover (Dir. Christian Duguay 1992): A young lovable Scanner with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a murderous megalomaniac after taking one of her father's experimental drugs. After taking over his pharmaceutical drugs company the deranged Scanner runs amok on a killing spree and takes over a television company in her quest for world domination. Will her Scanner brother fresh from a spell in a Thai Monastery have the power to stop her?
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Production Year: 2006 - Horror - Director: Dave Payne - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Michael Ironside, Arielle Kebbel, Derek Richardson, Devon Gummersall
Production Year: 1981 - Horror - Director: David Cronenberg - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside
Advantages: Good Special Effects Disadvantages: Not many
"A Scanner Darkly" is based on the novel by Philip K Dick. Richard Linklater's film stars Keanu Reeves as undercover narcotics policeman; Bob Arctor. This is an interesting film but it didn't really move me deeply. There was some good acting but the story line was simply not exceptional. On deep reflection it is not a film that I would recommend. But if you want to watch it do so at your own risk.
1 hour forty mins
Rating (15)
The Product details
The Actors: Rory Cochrane, Robert Downey Jr., Mitch Baker, Keanu Reeves, Sean Allen (II)
Directors: Richard Linklater
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Language English
Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: Wide Screen:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 15
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: 22 Jan 2007
Run Time: 120 minutes ...
Advantages: Very Stylistic, gerat soundtrack Disadvantages: difficult to follow
Having read Philip K Dicks book, A Scanner Darkly, I was eagerly awaiting the film adaptation. Upon hearing that George Clooney had optioned it no less, and that Richard Linklater was down to direct it I was kind of ecstatic. I have a lot of respect for George Clooney, following his efforts to turn out less main stream Hollywood films, in favour of thought provoking and interesting films. So when I heard that Keanu Reeves had go the lead role as Bob Arctor, my heart sank.
To be fair to Reeves, his last couple of films have been stinkers. Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions were not bad down to his acting, more to the clunky direction of the Wachowski Brothers. But the lead character for A Scanner Darkly, in my opinion would always have needed someone who had a half decent range, and not someone who cam across as a bit of an airhead ...
Advantages: Graphics and humour Disadvantages: Creative licence taken too far?
I first saw this DVD case when i was browsing in Virgin Megastores. The graphical representation of Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. I looked it up on IMDB as i do for most films before i buy them, and it seemed like a good buy.
The way the film works is strange, i had never seen anything like it before, and havent seen anything like it since. The graphical animation of the characters, scenery and settings are amazing!!
Nothing was ever still, which added to the feel of the film as you knew that nobody could trust anybody else, it made each and every character look "sketchy" which is rather relevent for the style of the film.
As well as this, the plot for the film was good, with Keanu Reeves playing the main character who was just as untrustworthy as the drug dealers he was pursuing. The only thing that i found very strange ...
Inside Scanners, The Director David Cronenberg Documentary, Biographies, Film Notes, Stills, Trailers, Inside Scanner The New Order, Inside Scanner The Takeover
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD Description
Three features. In 'Scanners' an evil man, with the power to explode other people's heads with his own thoughts, plots to rule the world. The only way to stop him is to find someone with equally powerful brainwaves... Also features 'Scanners II' and 'Scanners III'.
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