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Further refining his provocative vision, writer-director Brandon Cronenberg uses Possessor's potentially over-the-top premise as a delivery mechanism for stylishly disturbing thrills.

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Movie Info

Tasya Vos, an elite, corporate assassin, takes control of other people's bodies using brain-implant technology to execute high-profile targets.
  • Rating:
    R (Strong Bloody Violence|Brief Drug Use|Some Graphic Nudity|Language|Strong Sexual Content)
  • Genre:
    mystery and thriller, sci fi, horror
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Brandon Cronenberg
  • Producer:
    Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Kevin Krikst, Andrew Starke
  • Writer:
    Brandon Cronenberg
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $745.8K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Rhombus Media, Particular Crowd, Rook Films

Cast & Crew

Andrea Riseborough
Tasya Vos
Christopher Abbott
Colin Tate
Tuppence Middleton
Ava Parse
Sean Bean
John Parse
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Girder
Tiio Horn
Reeta
Rossif Sutherland
Michael Vos
Christopher Jacot
Reid Parse
Brandon Cronenberg
Director
Brandon Cronenberg
Screenwriter
Fraser Ash
Producer
Niv Fichman
Producer
Kevin Krikst
Producer
Andrew Starke
Producer
Dave Bishop
Executive Producer
Gary Hamilton
Executive Producer
Ryan Hamilton
Executive Producer
David U. Lee
Executive Producer
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Critic Reviews for Possessor: Uncut

All Critics (185) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (172) | Rotten (13)

  • That red butterfly captures the little bit of herself that Vos loses with every job as she becomes something else, and Possessor: Uncut makes you wonder: What the hell is she turning into?

    December 7, 2020 | Full Review…

    Roxana Hadadi

    Pajiba

  • Cronenberg isn't just looking to provoke with blood and guts -- like all good dystopian fiction, Possessor offers disturbing and timely observations about the world we already live in.

    December 3, 2020 | Full Review…

    David Sims

    The Atlantic

  • An entertaining techno thriller... led by actors whose mere presence does the leg work whenever Cronenberg's script falters.

    December 1, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Adam White

    Independent (UK)

  • Possessor feels both fresh and tense and full of surprising twists and turns. It successfully explores our experiences with modern anxieties and how we deal with them.

    November 30, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

    Linda Marric

    New Scientist

  • A tale of cyber-surveillance and physical transference that taps into timely fears while also addressing age-old issues of identity, alienation and being an impostor in your own life.

    November 30, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Mark Kermode

    Observer (UK)

  • It's a tough watch, but also brilliantly unsettling in its depiction of Vos's breakdown and the questions it asks about the malleability of human identity.

    November 29, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Kevin Maher

    Times (UK)
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  • Nov 26, 2020
    Cronenberg keeps some of the family preoccupations going whilst further distinguishing himself with this ultra-violent tale of proxy-assassins and the numbing of the moral sense, in this case Riseborough's; a killer about to void her own humanity. A clinical approach punctuated with horrific acts; a vivid color-sense, stylized photography, cold characters, hallucinatory montages. I averted my eyes from the screen at least twice. Cruel and classy.
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