Scanner Cop

Tagline : Imagine a cop who can read your mind... then blow it away.

Runtime : 95 mins

Genre : Science Fiction Horror Action

Vote Rating : 5.8/10

Release Date : 27 July 1994

Plot : Sam Staziak, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'scanner' (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he uses his powers to hunt the man responsible for the killings.

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Cast Members

Samuel Staziak
played by
Daniel Quinn

Dr. Joan Alden
played by
Darlanne Fluegel

Commander Peter Harrigan
played by
Richard Grove

Lieutenant Harry Brown
played by
Mark Rolston

Karl Glock
played by
Richard Lynch

Zena
played by
Hilary Shepard

Melvin
played by
James Horan

Damon Pratt
played by
Gary Hudson

Sarah Kopek
played by
Cyndi Pass

Reviews

The producers of the "Scanners" series decided to take this in a whole new direction. This time out, we meet young scanner Samuel whose birth father goes insane. He is adopted by an understanding cop. Years later, his adopted dad is police commander and Samuel Staziak (Daniel Quinn) is a rookie cop. He is on drugs to keep his scanning under control, but helps out his dad after a bunch of cops are shot by usually normal people. It seems Karl Glock (perennial villain Richard Lynch) is programming people to kill cops as revenge for his being shot by the commander. The whole plot is just fine and dandy, but this film feels like one of those old syndicated TV action shows like "VIP" or "Silk Stalkings." Better action has been witnessed on "T.J. Hooker." It seems all the budget was spent on the special effects by John Carl Buechler, which are fine except for a hilarious finale involving a defibrillator. The film makers also do not remember their own mythology, as we see the scanner cop chase someone in an elevator by taking the next elevator that comes along. As we know, and the film shows us, scanners can "control" machines, so why doesn't he just scan and tell the elevator with the criminal in it to stop? In the finale, as the scanner cop is running all over a hospital looking for his injured dad, he scans everyone he comes in contact with. The facial contortions and scanning take longer than just using his mouth and asking where his father is. I had the same reaction to this that I did with "Scanners" I and II. Fine, I have now seen them, time to go outside. This is average in the purest sense of the word, and I wish the film makers had taken more chances with this by-the-numbers production.

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