Scanners 2: The New Order Movie Review

Non-Cronenberg sequel to the 1981 cult classic finds police out to build an effective crime-fighting unit out of the Scanners, but one power-mad official is using the enslaved mutants in his own underground psychic militia. Not as visceral as the first film, but a stronger storyline and special effects make it an agreeable followup, with sympathy quotient for the Scanners actually outstripping the grossout stuff.

1991 (R) 104m/C CA David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin, Yvan Ponton, Isabelle Mejias, Valentin Trujillo, Tom Butler, Vlasta Vrana, Dorothee Berryman, Raoul Trujillo; D: Christian Duguay; W: B.J. Nelson; M: Marty Simon. VHS, Beta, LV MED, IME, VTR