BlazeLime
Strong and Moving!
GrimPrecise
I'll tell you why so serious
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Wizard-8
Of the five "Scanners" movies that have been made to date, "Scanners III: The Takeover" is the least of the series. That is not to say that it isn't fun to watch; if you like B movies, this particular one does have some entertaining elements. It's pretty well made for what was a low budget, there are some pleasing splatter moments here and there, and the core of the story does have some intriguing idea that had potential. However, the actual execution of the story does have some unsatisfying aspects to it. Even though the movie runs only 95 or so minutes, you can really feel the padding; it didn't have to run as long as it did. The expansion of the powers of the scanners gets downright silly and unbelievable at times, even though this is a B movie. And the occasional attempts at humor run all over the map, ranging from being low key effective to downright embarrassing. If you liked the other entries of this series, you'll probably find enough to enjoy here, but you'll still think that the screenplay (by four writers!) should have had some serious rewrites before filming started.
qmtv
Incredibly Bad. "Is it a local call?" What the hell was this? Bad acting. Bad story. Bad cinematography. It was still a little better than Scanners 2. They had a budget and they blew it. Next time, think about it before filming.Incredibly Bad. "Is it a local call?" What the hell was this? Bad acting. Bad story. Bad cinematography. It was still a little better than Scanners 2. They had a budget and they blew it. Next time, think about it before filming.Incredibly Bad. "Is it a local call?" What the hell was this? Bad acting. Bad story. Bad cinematography. It was still a little better than Scanners 2. They had a budget and they blew it. Next time, think about it before filming.
viligeidiot
The first two Scanner movies were actually palatable... this however reeked of exploitation of a good series name, asinine acting, shoddy special effects, HORRIBLE dialogue and story.Whoever has given this a decent rating has either never seen a decent movie in their lives or is somehow attached to the making/production or distribution of this pile of dog crap. It's movies like this that make Canadian cinema regarded as a joke world-wide.I swear to god this was a (mostly) Government funded vacation for some sleazebags who wanted to go to Thailand without paying for it and attached a movie production to it to get the grants.Avoid at all costs. Not even campy enough for a laugh. Someone here mentioned the scanner 'powers' consisted of making dirty faces at each other until someone died or flew away... pretty much on the money except I'd add doing your best 'retard' conniption fit at the same time. Excellent example of horrible french-Canadian cinema.
barlie3000
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.
