Scanners 2: The New Order

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Scanners 2: The New Order ★★½ 1991 (R)

This notbad sequel to the 1981 cult classic finds a power-mad police official out to build a psychic militia of captured Scanners. More story than last time, plus more and better special effects. 104m/C VHS . 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.