Review of Scanners (1981) by Andrew K — 08 Dec 2013

I felt the beginning and early part of the middle (I'd say up until the point when they get out of the school bus) was really good and rather strong. I liked that Cronenberg portrayed the Scanners more as social misfits as opposed to just science fiction robots, which was different and exceeded my expectations.

However, the latter part of the movie slowed down, lacked energy and became very expositional. I do have to say the showdown at the end was awesome, as is the exploding head. Acting is mostly not very good though, with a few exceptions.

Overall, this is my third favorite Cronenberg film (after The Fly and The Dead Zone).