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14/01/1981 Science Fiction, Horror 1h 43m
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10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.

Overview

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

  1. David Cronenberg

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Stephen Lack

    Cameron Vale

  2. Jennifer O'Neill

    Kim Obrist

  3. Michael Ironside

    Darryl Revok

  4. Patrick McGoohan

    Dr. Paul Ruth

  5. Lawrence Dane

    Braedon Keller

  6. Robert A. Silverman

    Benjamin Pierce

  7. Lee Broker

    Security One

  8. Mavor Moore

    Trevellyan

  9. Adam Ludwig

    Arno Crostic

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-08
When a demonstration to potential investors goes quite spectacularly wrong, it is clear that the eponymous characters have astonishing psychic powers and that creates dollar signs in the eyes of the executives at "ConSec". Thing is, chief amongst the "scanners" is the quite literally mind-blowing "Revok" (Michael Ironside) and he is determined to galvanise all of his kind, destroy this company and take over the world! A few years later and "Vale" (Stephen Lack) is minesweeping from a burger joint in a mall when an altercation with two judgemental women results in an escalator chase throughout ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,100,000.00

Revenue
$14,225,876.00

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