THE SPEED OF THOUGHT

THE SPEED OF THOUGHT
     NICK STAHL  TARYN MANNING  MIA MAESTRO  WALLACE SHAWN

JOSHUA LAZARUS (STAHL) HAS THE ABILITY TO READ OTHER PEOPLE'S MINDS.  HE WAS RECRUITED AS A CHILD BY THE GOVERNMENT TO LEARN HOW TO USE HIS POWER, AND THEN EMPLOYED BY THE NSA TO GAIN INTELLIGENCE ON DIFFERENT ENEMIES OF THE USA.  HE HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT HIS GIFT WILL EVENTUALLY KILL HIM, UNTIL HE MEETS ANNA (MAESTRO) WHO ALSO HAS THIS POWER BUT HAS NEVER BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO USE IT.  THEY SOON LEARN THAT LAZARUS' TEACHER (SHAWN) HAS BEEN LYING ABOUT DIEING, AND ALONG WITH JOSHUA'S BEST FRIEND KIRA (MANNING) THEY SET OUT TO FIND THE TRUTH.
BACK IN 1981, HORROR DIRECTOR DAVID CRONENBERG MADE A MOVIE CALLED SCANNERS ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH THE ABILITY TO SCAN MINDS WHO WERE GOING TO USE THAT POWER FOR WORLD DOMINATION.  THE SPEED OF THOUGHT REMINDED ME A LOT OF SCANNERS, AND ALTHOUGH THE STORIES ARE DIFFERENT, THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY IS THE SAME FOR BOTH MOVIES.  AND, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT WITH CRONENBERG, SCANNERS WAS VERY INTENSE AND GRAPHIC.  THE SPEED OF THOUGHT IS NOT.  IT DOES HAVE ITS MOMENTS, BUT RATHER THAN SHOW THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF BEING "SCOPED" IT DELVES INTO THE MENTAL EFFECTS.  THIS IS OKAY, EXCEPT THE DIRECTOR CHOSE TO SHOW THIS BY USING WAVY BLURRY LIGHT EFFECTS AND SOME SIMPLE CGI, WHICH LEAVES YOU WANTING SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL.  FINALLY, THE ENDING SEEMS THAT EVERYTHING WAS WRAPPED UP A LITTLE TO EASILY.
RATING  2.5 OUT OF 5