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Scanners III: The Takeover (1991)

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 »

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Cast

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Helena Monet
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Joyce Stone
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Alex Monet
Colin Fox ...
Elton Monet
Daniel Pilon ...
Michael
Peter Wright ...
Mark Dragon
Sith Sekae ...
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Harry Hill ...
Dr. Baumann
Claire Cellucci ...
Suzy
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Mitch
Chip Chuipka ...
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Max
Sylvain Beauchamps ...
Rufus
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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The terror has not ended. It has just begun... again. See more »

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Rated R for horror violence, and for sensuality | See all certifications »
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14 May 1992 (USA)  »

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Mastermind - Total Kontroll  »

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CAD 5,400,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Shot in 9 weeks. See more »

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. See more »

Quotes

Thomas Drake: Hey Alex! It's a long way from Baumann's clinic, huh?
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Connections

Follows Scanners II: The New Order (1991) See more »

Soundtracks

Playin' to Win
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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6 September 2006 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

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.


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