Possessor
2020 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 6.4 · 83% critics
An elite corporate assassin uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies and carry out high-stakes terminations. As she dives deeper into a new assignment, she finds herself trapped inside a mind that threatens to swallow her control.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-10-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (1,051 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Possessor if you want a slow-burn, mind-bending sci-fi thriller with relentless dread and extreme body horror; Not for you if you dislike very graphic violence or explicit content, or if you prefer safer genre hits like Annihilation or Infinity Pool.
Pros: disturbing body-horror thrills; unsettling, mind-bending ideas; strong lead performances | Cons: extremely graphic violence; unclear plot elements; divisive pacing
Themes
- mind control
- assassin
- gun
- dystopia
- possession
- hallucination
- gore
- murder
- sanity
- multiple stabbings
- brutality
- machine
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award · 2020
- Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award · 2020
Cast & crew
Andrea Riseborough
as Tasya Vos
Christopher Abbott
as Colin Tate
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Girder
Sean Bean
as John Parse
Tuppence Middleton
as Ava Parse
Rossif Sutherland
as Michael Vos
Kaniehtiio Horn
as Reeta
Raoul Bhaneja
as Eddie
Gage Graham-Arbuthnot
as Ira Vos
Gabrielle Graham
as Holly
Directed by Brandon Cronenberg