Scanner Cop is a 1994 Canadian film. It is the fourth film in the Scanners

Scanners

Scanners is a 1981 science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan...

series and the first film in the Scanner Cop series. It was written, produced, and directed by Pierre David

Pierre David

Pierre David is a Canadian film producer and film financier.David is best known for executive-producing iconic films directed by David Cronenberg, such as Scanners, Videodrome, and The Brood. He is also credited as "production executive" on the Academy Award-winning film Platoon, directed by...

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Plot

Sam Staziak played by Daniel Quinn

Daniel Quinn (actor)

Daniel Quinn is an American actor.-Biography:Daniel Quinn is from Milwaukee, where his father Roger worked for Pabst Brewing Company and his mother Rosemary owned and operated an employment agency. He was raised in Wisconsin with his two older sisters, Kathleen and Colleen. He began performing at...

, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'Scanner' (a person born with telepathic

Telepathy

Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...

 and telekinetic

Psychokinesis

The term psychokinesis , also referred to as telekinesis with respect to strictly describing movement of matter, sometimes abbreviated PK and TK respectively, is a term...

 abilities). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he uses his powers to hunt the man responsible for the killings.

Release

The film was released on VHS by Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....

. A DVD has been released in Canada, along with the sequel Scanners: The Showdown

Scanners: The Showdown

Scanners: The Showdown is the 1995 sequel to Scanner Cop. It is the last film in both the Scanners series and the Scanner Cop series.-Synopsis:...

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