Set maybe a few years after the first Scanner Cop film, Sam Staziak is now a detective with the police force. He is now able to control his scanning ability better with a newer form of medication that allows him to use his scanning power without the possibility of going insane like other scanners have in the past, like his father. He is given this by his friend and fellow scanner, Carrie who runs a company to help others like them manage their lives free without their minds being swamped with other people’s thoughts. Carrie has also been helping Sam try to trace his biological mother.
During this time another scanner, Volkin is on the hunt for Sam as he holds him responsible for his brother’s death years prior. Volkin while not as strong as Sam has learned while locked up how to drain the power from other scanners to make himself strong enough to exact his revenge.
Volkin stalks Carrie who has recently found out some information regarding Sam's mother. However, Volkin scans Carrie and finds this info but leaves her in a comatose state instead of sapping all her power like the other scanners he has met.
Sam goes to the hospital and manages to bring Carrie out of her state where she informs him that his mother is alive and where she is, and they both head off to try save her from Volkin. Unfortunately, they arrived too late and Sam finds his mother dying after jumping off a ledge in her care home instead of letting Volkin scan her to death.
Sam now angry goes off to face Volkin on a one-on-one battle to put a stop to his evilness...
Scanner Cop 2 is a pretty decent sequel, I would say slightly better than the first one. Sam's character has seemed to between films became less of a nerd to a rugged, seen a lot of shit veteran cop. He does not mess around and gets straight to the point when facing the bad guys and using his powers. There is a nice link to the first film, with them explaining that Volkin is probably doing the same as what Revok tried to do Vale in the finale of Scanners.
The special effects and gore scenes are fantastically done, the face tears are quite terrifying and a nice head explosion in the final showdown, maybe another nod to Cronenberg’s Scanners in particular!
I did read that there had been plans for a Scanners remake or even a TV series. Though nothing yet has materialised and at this moment don't think they will be likely to happen. If a TV show did happen, think it would have been good, depending on how successful it would be if they brought in Staziak as a character. Maybe have him and Vale team up against a bigger threat to scanners/the world.
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