Scanners 3: The Takeover

Directed by Christian Duguay, Scanners 3: The Takeover follows Liliana Komorowska’s Helena Monet as she uses her psychic powers to rise to the top of her family’s business empire – with the character’s ascension eventually threatened by her concerned brother (Steve Parrish’s Alex). There’s little doubt that Scanners 3: The Takeover ultimately fares much, much worse than one might’ve anticipated, as Duguay, working from a script by B.J. Nelson, Julie Richard, David Preston, and RenĂ© Malo, delivers a sluggish misfire that’s been suffused with a whole host of incompetent, low-rent elements – including (and especially) a laughably inept performance by Komorowska that’s ultimately emblematic of the picture’s mostly amateurish atmosphere. (The cheaply-done, distracting dubbing does Komorowska and her costars absolutely no favors, as well.) The arms-length vibe is compounded by an opening hour that contains virtually nothing of interest and only perpetuates the decidedly worthless feel, and although Duguay admittedly does offer up a small handful of appreciatively violent interludes within the over-the-top third act, Scanners 3: The Takeover has long-since cemented its place as a predominantly irrelevant sequel that makes its lackluster immediate predecessor look virtually masterful by comparison.

*1/2 out of ****

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