Scanner Cop II

"Nowhere to hide, not even in your mind."

1995 1h 35m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 59

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Synopsis

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When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is determined to become the most powerful - and ruthless - of his kind.

“Nowhere to hide, not even in your mind.”

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Cast

Daniel Quinn
Det. Samuel Staziak
Patrick Kilpatrick
Karl Volkin
Khrystyne Haje
Carrie Goodart
Stephen Mendel
Detective Jim Mullins
Robert Forster
Captain Jack Bitters
Brenda Swanson
Glory Avionis
Jerry Potter
Sheriff Jake
Jewel Shepard
Nurse

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steve Barnett
Writers: Mark Sevi
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, United States of America, Canada

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Germany, United States of America, Canada.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Scanner Cop Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steve Barnett, shot by Tom Jewett. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard Bowers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Patrick Rand shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Daniel Quinn and Patrick Kilpatrick and Khrystyne Haje carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Steve Barnett directs. Tom Jewett behind the camera. Richard Bowers scores. Patrick Rand cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany, United States of America, Canada. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3International production across 3 countries: Germany, United States of America, Canada.
4Part of the "Scanner Cop Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Steve Barnett, shot by Tom Jewett. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Richard Bowers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Patrick Rand shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Daniel Quinn and Patrick Kilpatrick and Khrystyne Haje carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Nowhere to hide, not even in your mind.".
10IMDB entry: tt0114344 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tom Jewett
Original score: Richard Bowers
Editing: Patrick Rand
Production design: Terri L. Schaetzle
Makeup / hair: Jeffrey S. Farley
Stunt coordinator: Kurt Bryant
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Scanner Cop II (1995)

Part of

Scanner Cop Collection

Series of police-based sequels to David Cronenberg's 'Scanners', about Samuel Staziak, a rookie cop with the LAPD who has a telepathic ability.

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tmdb766221952023-07-15
★ 2/10
This sequel marks the end of the series...or does it? The rookie cop Staziak (Daniel Quinn) is now a plain clothes detective (he must have had one good year), and uses his scanning capabilities to rout criminals and foil evildoers. We meet an evil scanner (Patrick Kilpatrick)- yes, another one- who has escaped from a mental ward and is trying to kill Staziak. It seems he can also suck the "lifeforce" out of other scanners. You see the scanner finale coming as scanner cop and evil scanner do scanner battle. In the beginning of the film, Staziak fools a kidnapper into thinking Staziak is an accomplice, not a cop. He does this by "scanning." The problem is the director uses the exact same special effect from "Scanner Cop," but in a very different scanning context. Another complaint I have had about the entire series, and I have seen all the entries, is that the Scanner power is never explained. We see scanners command others to do their will, we see scanners getting scanned, but what specifically does "scanning" entail? Reading minds? This question has never been adequately explained, but now machines can be scanned as well? The good scanner vs. Evil scanner plot has been done, yet it is still trotted out for this video. This came out a few years ago, without a sequel, but after witnessing the rebirth of movie series like James Bond, Halloween, Friday the 13th, etc., I am not holding my breath. In a complete pageant of unoriginality, every single episode of this film series has had an exploding head, but none of them matched the gore of the first film. This showdown is underwhelming. Also known as "Scanners 4: The Showdown."

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