Scanners II: The New Order (1991) (V)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Christian Duguay

Writers:

David Cronenberg (characters)
B.J. Nelson (written by)

Release Date:

28 June 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They can do anything if they put their mind to it !

Plot:

A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners.

Plot Keywords:

Telekinesis | Telepathy | Exploding Head | Extrasensory Perception | Paranormal

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Hewlett	...	David Kellum
Deborah Raffin	...	Julie Vale
Yvan Ponton	...	Commander John Forrester
Isabelle Mejias	...	Alice Leonardo
Tom Butler	...	Doctor Morse
Raoul Trujillo	...	Peter Drak
Vlasta Vrana	...	Lt. Gelson
Murray Westgate	...	George Kellum
Doris Petrie	...	Susan Kellum
Dorothée Berryman	...	Mayor
Michael Rudder	...	Feck
David Francis	...	Gruner
Stephen Zarou	...	Walter
Tom Harvey	...	Chief Stokes
Jason Cavalier	...	Convenience Store Thug

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and graphic sci-fi action.

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Italy:T | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1991) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2003) | Iceland:16 | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Malofilm

Quotes:

[Last lines]
David Kellum: [is finally killing Commander John Forrester with scanner powers, suddenly stops] No more killing. We didn't want this.
[to the press]
David Kellum: We mean you no harm. Just here to help.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Scanners III: The Takeover (1991) (V)

Soundtrack:

Thinking out loud

A great sequel to the original

Scanners II was released in the late 80's or early 90's, it was one of the last true low budget horror films before my town turned into big budget studio depot for films. Scanners II is both visually stunning with some great opening shots of Montreal and has a great comic book style plot. Yeah sure the connection to the first Scanners was kinda cheesy in execution, but this film is alot faster in pace and has more action than the very slow paced Scanners. The FX by Mike Smithson are great and very realistic before our dependence to all that is CGI. But overall the performances are good but nothing to write home about. Overall Scanners II has good cinematography and a clever little story of world domination to entertain fans as well as the casual viewer. I suggest to anyone to check it out and be totally entertained for 100 minutes.