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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Zack Connors and Rachel Meadows were born with incredible psychokinetic capabilities. When word of their supernatural talents gets out, they find themselves the prisoners of Michael Slovak, a deranged doctor intent on harvesting their powers. After a daring escape, they are free from his sinister institution, but the corrupt doctor will ...

Directed By: Joe Begos

Written By: Joe Begos

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m

The Mind's Eye

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Zack Connors and Rachel Meadows were born with incredible psychokinetic capabilities. When word of their supernatural talents gets out, they find themselves the prisoners of Michael Slovak, a deranged doctor intent on harvesting their powers. After a daring escape, they are free from his sinister institution, but the corrupt doctor will ...

Directed By: Joe Begos

Written By: Joe Begos

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
55
63% Positive
5 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
13% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
55
63% Positive
5 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review

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75
Aug 5, 2016
Though the film misses the opportunity to flesh out its alternative vision through character depth and narrative idiosyncrasy, its innovation through violence is a sight worth seeing.
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75
Aug 3, 2016
From its opening title card proclaiming “This film should be played loud,” the telekinetic body-horror film The Mind’s Eye is punk as f--k.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 4, 2016
The Mind's Eye ought to hit the sweet spot for fans of early David Cronenberg, the more violent X-Men comics, and the kinds of indie horror movies Larry Fessenden always cameos in, as he does again here.
By Luke Y. Thompson FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 4, 2016
The Mind's Eye is straight-up sincere, earnestly played and honestly intentioned. This is exploitation fare without any wink attached. These guys aren't trying to elevate the genre… they just want to make a psychic wars horror film and blow up some heads.
By Drew McWeeny FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 4, 2016
The film has the visceral kick of brainiacs willing each other into bloody oblivion, but struggles to justify its own stock mayhem, much less plumb Cronenbergian depths.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 4, 2016
Begos gets the texture and atmosphere right, but there’s nothing beneath his cool ’80s fog.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
25
Aug 5, 2016
The kind of childish genre movie that gives genre movies a bad reputation.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Channel 83 Films, Site B
Release Date Aug 5, 2016
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Mind over matter
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Awards

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2 Nominations
Austin Fantastic Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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