Scanner Force (Video 1991)
"Scanners III: The Takeover" (original title)

A young female scanner turns from a sweet young thing into a murderous, power-crazed villain after she takes an experimental drug developed by her father. Her brother, who is also a scanner... See full summary »

Director:

Christian Duguay

Writers:

David Cronenberg (characters), B.J. Nelson,

Stars:

Liliana Komorowska, Valérie Valois, Steve Parrish

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liliana Komorowska	...	Helena Monet
Valérie Valois	...	Joyce Stone
Steve Parrish	...	Alex Monet
Colin Fox	...	Dr. Elton Monet
Daniel Pilon	...	Michael
Peter Wight	...	Mark Dragon (as Peter Wright)
Sith Sekae	...	Monk
Harry Hill	...	Dr. Baumann
Claire Cellucci	...	Suzy
Michael Copeman	...	Mitch
Chip Chuipka	...	Thomas Drake
Jean Frenette	...	Max
Sylvain Beauchamps	...	Rufus
Gaston Perreault	...	Bernie
Michel Perron	...	Darius

Storyline

A young female scanner turns from a sweet young thing into a murderous, power-crazed villain after she takes an experimental drug developed by her father. Her brother, who is also a scanner, is the only one powerful enough to stop her.

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Plot Keywords:

drug | cult film | third part | kickboxing | buddhism | 

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Taglines:

Scanners against scanners... The battle for total control has begun.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, and for sensuality

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Scanners III

Filming Locations:

Thailand

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmtech, Image Organization, Lance Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Alex scans a security guard to fly off his chair, one can clearly see that the wall the guard hits, shakes and moves as if made from cardboard.

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Quotes

Helena Monet: Let's make it with the naked nasty.

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Connections

References Deadly Surveillance (1991)

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Soundtracks

"Just an Old-Fashioned Dance"
Lyrics by Tony Roman
Music by Tony Roman
Performed by Tony Roman

User Reviews

Terrible

I recently picked up the scanners box set which contains one, two and three. Afetr having seen the first two movies and enjoying them hugely I decided to watch the third in the series. I found this movie to be a huge let down with absolutely no redeeming features what so ever, i think that this movie is an insult to the series, so much so that could not actually watch it all the way through, I really would rather that this abomination was forgotten. The film could possibly have been better with the help of good friend alcohol but then i don't think even this could have made any difference. It's very unusual for me to dislike a film this much and considering the job that Christian Duguay did with the second movie I can't work out what happened. Complete tripe.