[Blu-Ray Review] David Cronenberg’s ‘Scanners’ Shines Like Never Before With The Criterion Treatment; Now Available on Blu-Ray & DVD From The Criterion Collection

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Scanners (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-Ray]

Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: Jennifer O’Neill, Stephen Lack, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan

Release Date: Now Available on Criterion Dual Format Blu-Ray & DVD

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 7/10
Disc Rating: 10/10

 

Plot Summary:

Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn’t, and converts him to their cause – to destroy the underground movement. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] David Cronenberg’s ‘Scanners’ Shines Like Never Before With The Criterion Treatment; Now Available on Blu-Ray & DVD From The Criterion Collection”