Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 04/01/2003
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Watch With Your Teen
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Unlike most teen horror movies,
Brainscan relies more on atmosphere and plot than gore and bloodsoaked effects.
Edward Furlong plays Michael, a 16-year-old horror movie fan, computer whiz, and misfit who responds to an ad for Brainscan, an CD-ROM virtual reality game that promises to "interface with your unconscious." Once involved with the game, Michael dreams that he brutally stabs a stranger and slices off his foot -- only to awaken and find the foot in his refrigerator. Out of Michael's computer comes Trickster (
T. Ryder Smith), a sardonic, malevolent creation who advises Michael to keep playing new editions of Brainscan to evade capture by a suspicious cop (
Frank Langella). With a death count that is relatively low and mostly offscreen (amputated feet notwithstanding),
Brainscan doesn't make up for its lack of onscreen violence with a particularly original script, although it should be commended for not taking the easy way out.
~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
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