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Release Date: 1992 Categories: Movies, Sci-Fi Horror, Horror, Science Fiction Scanners III: The Takeover (also known as Scanner Force in UK) is the second sequel to the film Scanners, and the last film in the trilogy. It was directed by Christian Duguay. The story has nothing to do with the previous films, other than the Ephemerol drug. The film received negative reception from fans and viewers, and is considered the worst Scanners film to be released.
A young female scanner is troubled by the painful side-effects of her powers. This drives her to try her adoptive father's experimental drug called Eph3 (pronounced F-3) - a variant of the Ephemerol, which cuts off... MORE
Scanners III: The Takeover (also known as Scanner Force in UK) is the second sequel to the film Scanners, and the last film in the trilogy. It was directed by Christian Duguay. The story has nothing to do with the previous films, other than the Ephemerol drug. The film received negative reception from fans and viewers, and is considered the worst Scanners film to be released.
A young female scanner is troubled by the painful side-effects of her powers. This drives her to try her adoptive father's experimental drug called Eph3 (pronounced F-3) - a variant of the Ephemerol, which cuts off moral conscience and causes her to become a megalomaniac. She kills her father and takes over his pharmaceutical company. Her long-lost adopted brother, also a Scanner, is alerted to her dangerous behavior and returns to stop her.
As her rise to power and desire for global dominance gains momentum, her brother must fend off the attackers sent after him and ultimately defeat his sister to save the world.
The film was released on VHS in the United States by Republic Pictures and in Canada by Malofilm Home Video. A DVD version of the film is included in the Scanners Trilogy box set released only in the LESS
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