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...
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Title: Scanners III: The Takeover (1991)
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| Liliana Komorowska | ... | Helena Monet | |
| Valérie Valois | ... | Joyce Stone | |
| Steve Parrish | ... | Alex Monet | |
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Colin Fox | ... | Elton Monet |
| Daniel Pilon | ... | Michael | |
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Peter Wright | ... | Mark Dragon |
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Sith Sekae | ... | Monk |
| Harry Hill | ... | Dr. Baumann | |
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Claire Cellucci | ... | Suzy |
| Michael Copeman | ... | Mitch | |
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Chip Chuipka | ... | Thomas |
| Jean Frenette | ... | Max | |
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Sylvain Beauchamps | ... | Rufus |
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Gaston Perreault | ... | Bennie |
| Michel Perron | ... | Charlie | |
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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. Written by Anonymous
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Composed by Brian Greenway and Marty Simon
Performed by Brian Greenway
Produced by Marty Simon with Paul Northfield
Published by Windfall Music, Roxamillion, Sock - Cymbal Music, Ripple Music / Polygram
Courtesy of Atlantic Records
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Playin' to WinComposed by Brian Greenway and Marty Simon
Performed by Brian Greenway
Produced by Marty Simon with Paul Northfield
Published by Windfall Music, Roxamillion, Sock - Cymbal Music, Ripple Music / Polygram
Courtesy of Atlantic Records
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Of the five "Scanners" movies that have been made to date, "Scanners III: The Takeover" is the least of the series. That is not to say that it isn't fun to watch; if you like B movies, this particular one does have some entertaining elements. It's pretty well made for what was a low budget, there are some pleasing splatter moments here and there, and the core of the story does have some intriguing idea that had potential. However, the actual execution of the story does have some unsatisfying aspects to it. Even though the movie runs only 95 or so minutes, you can really feel the padding; it didn't have to run as long as it did. The expansion of the powers of the scanners gets downright silly and unbelievable at times, even though this is a B movie. And the occasional attempts at humor run all over the map, ranging from being low key effective to downright embarrassing. If you liked the other entries of this series, you'll probably find enough to enjoy here, but you'll still think that the screenplay (by four writers!) should have had some serious rewrites before filming started.