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Scanner Cop

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Sam scans the memories of a coroner (Gary Hudson) who committed suicide, providing clues to find Glock. Police psychiatrist Dr Arden discovers puncture marks. indicating those who have been killing officers were drugged. A scan by Sam of a wife who killed her police officer husband shows the drug
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A scanner goes crazy and is shot by officer Pete Harrigan (Richard Grove). Harrigan discovers the scanner had a child and adopts him. 15 years later Harrigan is now the leader of the LAPD and the child, Sam Staziak (Daniel Quinn), is a rookie cop with the same Los Angeles Police Department.
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series in a new direction, describing it as "a tightly-written and paced cop thriller". Moira gave the film two stars, found it not a dire as the other films in the franchise, and it was competently made but otherwise found it pedestrian.
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found that the movie depends a bit too much on the police procedural portion of the plot, but overall the movie is intriguing and works as a solid exploitation movie. It did note that Glock should have been given more screen time
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Glock traps Sam, but Sam escapes. Sam attempts to scan Glock but is blocked by a metal plate in Glock's head. Glock attempts to pose as Harrigan's surgeon, but Sam scans the plate out of Glock's head, killing him.
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As the string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he reluctantly uses his powers to hunt the man responsible for the killings.
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abilities), although he keeps the powers hidden. Dr. Karl Glock (Richard Lynch) is a psychiatrist who is using a cult he leads to brainwash individuals to kill police.
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rated it 2/5 stars and described it as a "moderately enjoyable horror movie, that suffers for its cast and script".
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rated it 2/4 stars and wrote that the film "works as a solid exploitation item", though it criticized the
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sub-series. It is written, produced, and directed by longtime series producer
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was shot in the United States with an American cast. Filming took place in
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makes the victim see a giant version of whatever phobia they have.
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Unlike the previous films, which were all shot in Canada,
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Pierre David
David Cronenberg
Daniel Quinn
Darlanne Fluegel
Richard Lynch
Mark Rolston
Jacques Haitkin
Louis Febre
Malofilm
Republic Pictures
science fiction
action horror film
Scanners
Pierre David
Daniel Quinn
Darlanne Fluegel
Mark Rolston
Richard Lynch
telepathic
telekinetic
Daniel Quinn
Darlanne Fluegel
Mark Rolston
Richard Lynch
Hilary Shepard
Luca Bercovici
Gary Hudson
Savannah Smith Boucher
Ben Reed

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