Possessor

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	Gabrielle Graham	Holly
	Hanneke Talbot	Katherine
	Matthew Garlick	Elio
	Daniel Park	Policeman
	Andrea Riseborough	Tasya Vos
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Girder
	Hrant Alianak	Lead Technician
	Rachael Crawford	Dr. Melis
	Rossif Sutherland	Michael Vos
	Gage Graham-Arbuthnot	Ira Vos
	Kathy Maloney	Reporter
	Megan Vincent	Alice
	Danny Waugh	Patrick
	Christopher Abbott	Colin Tate
	Tuppence Middleton	Ava Parse
	Christopher Jacot	Reid Parse
	Sean Bean	John Parse
	Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves	Martha
	Raoul Bhaneja	Eddie
	Kaniehtiio Horn	Reeta
	Deragh Campbell	Moira
	Dorren Lee	Tess
	Doug MacLeod	Alex Boyko
	Thomas Kane	Guest
	Julia Burns	Utility Female

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Director	Brandon Cronenberg
Writer	Brandon Cronenberg
Producer	Fraser Ash, Dave Bishop, Rob Cotterill, Niv Fichman, Gary Hamilton, Ryan Hamilton, Matthew Hannam, Karim Hussain, Kevin Krikst, David U. Lee, Adrian Love, Vaishali Mistry, Daniel Negret, Doris Pfardrescher, Tony Roman, Noah Segal, Steve Solomos, Steven Squillante, Andrew Starke, Simon Williams, Ying Ye
Musician	Jim Williams
Photography	Karim Hussain

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My quick rating - 6.5/10. Definitely a Cronenberg vision of a flick. Not as surreal as some of his father's work but still has that visual flair you would expect. The story follows a woman who is a "possessor" which is someone who through a brain implant, and fuses with some form of technology, can take over someone else's body in this case, can be used to commit various assassinations. The process involves more or less having two minds inhabiting the same body at the same time. It wouldn't be much of a flick if things went smoothly with such a confusing process such as this. The violence that does occur is bloody, to say the least but used in a style that is more about the colors and to paint the picture of what is going on than to overly gross you out. It isn't a masterpiece by any stretch as the whole concept could have used more explanation and exploration, but for a second full-length go, it certainly is impressive. Anchored by some good performances to keep the story moving along, I just can't help but think there was more that could have been done.

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