Synopsis
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
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Cast
- Andrea RiseboroughTasya Vos
- Christopher AbbottColin Tate
- Jennifer Jason LeighGirder
- Sean BeanJohn Parse
- Tuppence MiddletonAva Parse
- Rossif SutherlandMichael Vos
- Kaniehtiio HornReeta
- Raoul BhanejaEddie
- Gage Graham-ArbuthnotIra Vos
- Gabrielle GrahamHolly
Recommendations
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Slashfilm
It is a singular work – one so ghastly, so unique, and so brutal that it will awe some and disgust others. - 90
Film Threat
Cronenberg has created a mind-bending trip of a movie with more to say than your average actioner and is supported by spectacular performances and make-up and practical effects that seal the deal. Brace yourself. Possessor is brilliant. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
There's an emotional logic to the action and imagery, carrying viewers along even if they're not quite sure if they're rooting for the innocent man or his troubled attacker. - 75
The Playlist
Possessor is a bloody existential fever dream that, at its best, is unnerving and thrilling, and, at its worst, is tiring and misbegotten. - 75
Slant Magazine
Though Possessor favors nihilist spectacle to existentialism, Brandon Cronenberg is more interested in exploring emotional dislocation than Christopher Nolan. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
But like Tasya, Possessor succeeds in getting under your skin. If this is just a taste of what Brandon Cronenberg has in store for cinema, then long live the new flesh. - 67
Consequence
It doesn’t always work, and the results are more than a little misanthropic (especially given the cruelty of its opening and closing moments). But if that’s your jam, and the prospect of body-swapping assassins coated in guts, gore, and neon appeals to you, Possessor‘s Argento-soaked atmosphere ought to fill that need. - 67
IndieWire
Possessor never manages to wrest control of your mind, but it’s unnervingly good at getting under your skin.
