Scanner Cop Collection
Scanner Cop II
Nowhere to hide, not even in your mind.
When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is determined to become the most powerful - and ruthless - of his kind.
- Original title
- Scanner Cop II
- Language
- EN
- Country
- CA,US
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- —
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Jul 15, 2023 · via TMDB
This sequel marks the end of the series...or does it? The rookie cop Staziak (Daniel Quinn) is now a plain clothes detective (he must have had one good year), and uses his scanning capabilities to rout criminals and foil evildoers. We meet an evil scanner (Patrick Kilpatrick)- yes, another one- who has escaped from a mental ward and is trying to kill Staziak. It seems he can also suck the "lifeforce" out of other scanners. You see the scanner finale coming as scanner cop and evil scanner do scanner battle. In the beginning of the film, Staziak fools a kidnapper into thinking Staziak is an accomplice, not a cop. He does this by "scanning." The problem is the director uses the exact same special effect from "Scanner Cop," but in a very different scanning context. Another complaint I have had about the entire series, and I have seen all the entries, is that the Scanner power is never explained. We see scanners command others to do their will, we see scanners getting scanned, but what specifically does "scanning" entail? Reading minds? This question has never been adequately explained, but now machines can be scanned as well? The good scanner vs. Evil scanner plot has been done, yet it is still trotted out for this video. This came out a few years ago, without a sequel, but after witnessing the rebirth of movie series like James Bond, Halloween, Friday the 13th, etc., I am not holding my breath. In a complete pageant of unoriginality, every single episode of this film series has had an exploding head, but none of them matched the gore of the first film. This showdown is underwhelming. Also known as "Scanners 4: The Showdown."
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Daniel Quinn
Det. Samuel Staziak
Patrick Kilpatrick
Karl Volkin
Khrystyne Haje
Carrie Goodart
Stephen Mendel
Detective Jim Mullins
Robert Forster
Captain Jack Bitters
Brenda Swanson
Glory Avionis
Jerry Potter
Sheriff Jake
Jewel Shepard
Nurse
Evan MacKenzie
J.J.
Eugene Robert Glazer
Institute Director
Lisa Comshaw
Denise
Kane Hodder
Kidnapper #1
Terrie Snell
Washer Woman
Jim Blumetti
Old Cop
Eric Chambers
Young Cop
Barbara Tarbuck
Rachel Staziak
Allan Kolman
County Doctor Tom Walton
Robert Knott
Deputy Henry
Steve Wilcox
Craig Volkin
Kurt Bryant
Foreman
Richard Assad
Hotel Clerk
Kim Delgado
Sergeant Danny Collins
Ellen Dubin
Cop #1
Marlon Archey
Cop #2
Carl Ciarfalio
Lobby Cop #2
Nicholas Gunn
Scanned Alley Citizen
Aaron Lustig
Doctor Gordon
Brett A. Jones
Institute Guard
Katie Wagner
Reporter
Patricia Place
Old Woman
Rick Avery
Kidnapper #2
Thomas DeWier
Kidnapper #3
Michael Weaver
Second Unit Director of Photography
Thomas L. Callaway
Second Unit Director of Photography
John Carl Buechler
Makeup Designer
Steve Barnett
Post Production Supervisor
Kurt Bryant
Stunt Coordinator
Cole S. McKay
Stunts
David Rowden
Stunts
Denney Pierce
Stunts
Erik Stabenau
Stunts
Joni Avery
Stunts
Steve Barnett
Director
Tom McSweeney
Casting
Joey Paul Jensen
Casting Assistant
Karen James
Casting Assistant
Pierre David
Producer
David Cronenberg
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Republic Pictures #6172 [VHS] 95 minutes
