Brainscan

Starring:Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, T. Ryder Smith, Amy Hargreaves, James Marsh (II), Victor Ertmanis, David Hemblen, Vlasta Vrana, Domenico Fiore, Claire Riley, Tod Fennell, MichÃ¨le-Barbara Pelletier, Dean Hagopian, Donna Baccala, JÃ©rÃ´me Tiberghien, Don Jordan, Pete White (II), Peter Colvey, Paul Stewart (II), Richard Zeman
Director: John Flynn
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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A virtual reality game that allows players to commit murders is the crux for the high-tech thriller Brainscan. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2) stars as a monster movie/video game fanatic who receives a CD-ROM that challenges players to carry out brutal killings. When Furlong discovers that the murder has also occurred in real life, he attempts to rid himself of the game, but its hideous "referee," Trickster (T. Ryder Smith), refuses to let him quit until he has eliminated all witnesses--including the girl he loves (Amy Hargreaves). A flavorless retread of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Brainscanis undone by its principals' lack of interest in producing a suspenseful film. Director John Flynn offers little variation on its stalk-and-slash scenes, and Furlong gives a half-hearted performance, though some of that blame must lie with Andrew Kevin Walker's leaden script. Brainscanwill offer passing interest to only the most non-discerning Elm Street aficionado. --Paul Gaita

Description

When a lonely teenager (Edward Furlong) orders the latest interactive video game, the high-tech wizardry penetrates his subconscious, where his darkest impulses lead him through a deadly maze of murder, deception and desire. Pursued by a homicide detective (Frank Langella) and prodded by the trickster (T. Ryder Smith), he is torn between the worlds of good and evil, of reality and fantasy and, ultimately, of life and death.

Customer Reviews:

Underappreciated.......2007-05-13

Unlike a lot of underground "B-rated" horror movies, this one actually has great production and great direction. I think a lot of people, including myself, can identify with Edward Furlong's character. I know besides working, all I do is stay inside all day and play video games, so I know what that "distance" from people feels like, which seems to be sort of an underlying theme in the movie, at least to me. I recommend this movie to fans of Edward Furlong, gamers, horror fans, and/or loner types.

Well...........2006-07-24

I decided I had to review this when I read that some people didn't see the trickster as scary. I agree the trickster isn't scary. That being said, I don't really want to see him as scary because, to me, this movie isn't about being scared. To me this is a great nineties gem that reminds me of all the horror media I enjoyed growing up. Granted it's rated R and is a tad more extreme (being that it is brought to you by the same man who brought a movie about the seedy underground pornography industry [8mm]), but to me, it still has the same appeal of an are you afraid of the dark or a goosebumps. The kind of story that is somewhat of mix between friday the 13th, and stand by me.
Part my attraction lies in that the protagonist is a horror obsessed computer nerd, whom I resembled at more than one point in my life. I can relate to this kid of many levels and I guess I longed for an adventure like this to come along and sweep me up
No this isn't an epic, it's a movie of the week, but it's very sentimental to those of us who remember having the time of our lives reading a goosebumps or watching an are you afraid of the dark. If nothing more, the appeal of this movie lies in the less than popular kid getting the girl and having a few creepy encounters along the way. That story,no matter how many times told, will always draw my interest.
So I guess this is to me what back to the future/ star wars is to many others. They can have that. I'll take my brainscan

Dissapointed.......2005-11-16

I am really dissapointed with this movie, i mean i thought the idea is cool, but just didnt play up to my expectations. Mostly because trickster was NOT SCARY!!! I thought he would be, scary and demented and forceful. Instead he breaks his fingers and sticks his fingers in his eyes, crap like that, that isnt scary, but rather funny and gross, you know when the audience goes "eeeeeuuuuuwwwww". Stupid. The background music was the worst part, its more low budget than Friday 13th, although i loooved Friday 13th, Jason rocks!!! But lets face it the music was a bit annoying
Ok, look i kind of liked the atmosphere created, the lonely boy in his room, his high tech stuff, but in the end of the day its just not a horror movie

only because it has sentimental value.......2005-09-23

This is a movie I really do love but only because my best friend and I watched it about a billion times one summer in our glory days. It has super cheesy horror cliches, a terrible plot,and typical teenage-fight-the-authority dialogue.I didn't realize how bad it was back then.I do now, but it will always hold a special place in my heart.

Consciousness, Poetry, and Mayhem.......2005-04-09

This movie is wicked. This movie is funny. And it is certainly wickedly funny. It will also change the way many people who watch it look at the world.

It delivers in every facet of movie making. Each of the main characters owns his role so thoroughly that the viewer can't imagine anyone else doing it. The cinematography is lush, the sound is riveting, and the pacing is so tense it's almost painful.

It is everything good that this sort of surrealist phantasy usually isn't. It is mind-blowingly weird, yet each step of the plot follows step like an equation. No character is a one-dimensional cartoon. Frank Langella manages to be ominous and sympathetic. Edward Furlong does the alienated teen bit but with a moral sense rare for that kind of part.

There are even scenes which are painfully gruesome to watch which yet leave the viewer chuckling when the movie is over in the same way that a really improbable punch line makes a joke memorable.

Nobody will think the money nor the time spent watching wasted.

Average customer rating:

Brainscan [Region 2]
Starring: Edward Furlong , Frank Langella , T. Ryder Smith , Amy Hargreaves , and James Marsh (II)
Director: John Flynn
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

( B ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00009KOXT

Average customer rating:

Brainscan [Region 2]
Starring: Edward Furlong , Frank Langella , T. Ryder Smith , Amy Hargreaves , and James Marsh (II)
Director: John Flynn
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

( B ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00004VY99

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