Scanners (1981)

One of David Cronenbergs first full feature movies Scanners was a helluva way to break into the movie industry. This movie is very unconventional in many ways, from the directing style to the story it self. The movie is basically about a group of people who have telepathic powers and one guy who is trying to control all of them and a company who is trying to gain these "scanners" as a weapon against Michael Ironside's character Darryl. My biggest problem with this movie i would have to say is the lack of character development that Cronenberg disregards in the script. He nails a decent story but its just not enough for me to care about the characters. I think this is one of his weakest films and you can tell he has only grown as a better director and one of my personnel favorites over the years, from The Fly, Videodrome, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises and Naked Lunch. Still worthy of checking out but if you have only been exposed to his newer crime stuff, i cant say id recommend this one. Start with The Fly or Videodrome.

6/10