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Paul S @PManRager 2d Bad acting and boring moments waste this movie's potential. Despite its flaws, it had a really intriguing concept with plenty of intense moments to leave you hooked. There are definitely better movies out there, but I could see sci-fi, horror, and thriller fans enjoying this one. See more Leprechaun K @LeprechaunKing Dec 29 It is original and Cronenberg keeps it interesting. It started off well but doesn't really come together toward the end. It is worth the watch for just "one" scene, and everyone who has seen this movie knows it. See more Justin T @RT08580778 Oct 23 So when you read someone’s mind you must make a bedroom face. This is so very Cronenberg, probably one of his best. Much as I enjoy the film, it has its problems like why was there no mess or corpse after the head explosion. The music has not aged well. It lost me a bit when they were using their telepathy on a computer. The first hour is good but there are too many eye roll moments and reveals in the last thirty minutes. Did they forget to act in the final confrontation/exposition? Otherwise it has great writing and a really engaging story with an excellent climax. See more Dallas H @RT53171010 08/20/2025 Oh, you know how things are with a Cronenberg movie. Show something visually disgusting with body horror, throw in a layer of psychological horror that feels like it closely walks the line into the realm of the supernatural, and have the main characters brood harder than anyone from the Twilight Saga could be highly jealous of. The last one is the most ironic, since Cronenberg hired Kristen Stewart to act in one of his films (Crimes of the Future) where she lays the brooding on so hard I thought she would explode. Anyway, Scanners is a good movie if you're interested in Cronenberg's overall style of storytelling. See more jabroKnee t @RT50223580 04/27/2025 Starts slow, but that's not entirely the fault of the actors (although Steven Lack can be wooden). The script doesn't present us with any strong characters to latch onto making the first forty minutes, which are laden with expository dialogue, feel very sluggish aside from one famous head explosion. From the art gallery scene and on things really start to pick up as Vale has finally been given a mission/purpose and I found myself engrossed for the remaining run time, all the way through to a truly spectacular ending. Loved the tone of this movie. It felt like an unpublished Philip K Dick novel with all the tropes: psychic corporate espionage, drugs as tools/weapons, meditation and transcendentalist themes, a scanner used to hunt scanners -- even the film's own title. Maybe it's just the direction SciFi was heading circa late '70s/early '80s. Many of the sequences are bolstered by great cinematography and a soundtrack with lots of lovely analogue synths. Just wish the first 3rd of the movie was a little tighter. 7/10 See more Madam D @Madam1948 02/17/2025 Nothing good about this movie except the scenes with the exploding heads. See more Read all reviews

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