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David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin, Yvan Ponton, Isabelle Mejias, Raoul Trujillo ... see more see more... , Tom Butler , Vlasta Vrana , Dorothée Berryman , Michael Rudder , David J. Francis , Stephan Zarou , Carl Alacchi , Roy Anderson , Tyrone Benskin , Mark Camacho , Jason Cavalier , Dorian Joe Clark , Thomas Dane , Kevin Fenlon , Jean Frenette , Simon Elise Girard , Tom Harvey , Mark Hellman , Barbara Jones , Victor Knight , Michael McGill , Minor Mustain , Jean-Guy Normand , Doris Petrie , David Rigby , Claire Rodger , Paul Rutledge , Perry Schneiderman , Ais Snyder , Philip Spensley , Anthony Ulc , Al Vandercruys , Dawn Tyler Watson , Murray Westgate , Russell Yuen , Richard Zeman , Yves Langlois , Vicki Barkoff , Anne Tait , Paul Stewart , John Walsh

Picking up where Scanners left off, this sequel has good and evil scanners combatting when a crooked politician schemes to gain control of a major city. Scanners are people who, because their mothers ... read more read more...had taken a certain drug during pregnancy, have acquired telepathic powers. Here, a "bad-guy" scanner escapes from a mental center and is hired by the politician to use his powers to gain control of others' minds, and then, their actions. A "good-guy" scanner teams with his sister to thwart these plans. ~ Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Christian Duguay

Release Date: June 28, 1991

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DVD Release Date: November 14, 1991

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  • October 1, 2009
    It's rubbish. Everything about it is rubbish. A poor sequel to a great film, shame on you all!
  • June 1, 2009
    An inferior sequel with poor directing and un-impressive exploding heads! David Hewlett, who Stargate fans will recognise, is a pretty capable lead, there are a few effective sequences, and... erm, the music score was ok, I guess. I was more disappointed in this than your ... read moreaverage sequel because the original film had so many unexplored threads and ideas, but sadly The New Order doesn't really offer anything fresh, and instead tries to predictably reference the original. This film seems much more of its time than Cronenberg's original, which had a futuristic feel. Tom Butler is a lousy bad guy, too.

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