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A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly

2006 · 100 min · EN · R · 6.8 (2,046 votes)
Dir. Richard Linklater · Starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane, Mitch Baker · Music Graham Reynolds

“Everything is not going to be OK.”

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An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

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A Scanner Darkly immerses you in a hazy, paranoid dreamscape where reality frays at the edges. Its rotoscoped animation lends a disorienting, melancholic beauty to a world steeped in surveillance and substance abuse. It's a slow-burn descent into a fractured mind, feeling both alien and deeply human.

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