So Speed of Thought here we go, we start off in a bar where we're introduced to Joshua Lazarus (played by Nick Stahl) flirting on a woman until his approached by two men to come with them and he does. We cut to a hospital room where we meet Sandy (played by Wallace Shawn) attending to a patient, Sandy then ask Joshua to help the patient. It turns out Joshua has psychic powers as enters the patient's mind. We abruptly cut to one later in Punta Del Este Uruguay where we see Joshua playing poker with a man named Diaz but is apparently cheating by using his power to read the Diaz's mind and wins. Later he's approached by Sandy and it's here to revealed that there are people with telepathic abilities called "Scopers" and that upon reaching the age of 29 they suffer a disease call Widmann's. Basically Scopers slowly losing their sanity over time and die. But the NSA and Sandy developed pills to keep their sanity in check for as long as possible. Sandy tells Joshua that there's new Scoper on the loose that has the NSA nervous; so he asked Joshua to find this Scoper and accepts. Joshua meets up with Diaz at his place where he introduces his daughter Anna (played by Mía Maestro) and no more than two minutes it's revealed that Anna's the new Scoper and Joshua leaves. Well that didn't take so long did it? Joshua meets up with Anna the next day at a restaurant and they talk to each other and....WOW THIS FILM IS BORING! I’m having a tough time keep going just by reviewing this film. Anyway Joshua reports to Bridger (played by Blair Brown) and immediately denies that it's her. Back at his hotel room he meets with a Scoper friend Kira (played by Taryn Manning) and I'm just gonna skip a bit from here because I'm pretty we already know a few things without the boring exposition. The film pads out of Joshua meeting up with Anna at the restaurant talking through telepathy. These scenes would be important if they're weren't so boring; so blah blah blah Sandy helps out the Scopers so the government can use them blah blah blah. Then FINALLY a plot-point pops up; apparently Anna is 31 years old and doesn't have Widmann's Disease. That night Joshua gets a call from Anna that her father is dead; Joshua goes to the funereal the following day. Blah blah blah Joshua is sent back to New York blah blah blah Joshua and Anna want to be together blah blah BLAH! MY GOD DO SOMETHING DO ANYTHING EXCITING FILM!
Back in New York Joshua heads to the Home for Gifted Children.... Really film...really just practically ripped off the X-Men out of the blue. Yeah Speed of Thought you can go blow me. Anyway he meets with Sandy to learn that Kira suffered through Widmann's and died. Joshua meets up with Anna through telepathy...again and Joshua starts having an episode. Basically hearing too many voices and can't filter them out until Anna filters out. How don't know and it's too convoluted to even try to explain how so moving on. Later that night Joshua is awaken by a voice he tries to block it out but can't. The voice tells him to get away and fast because of something he's not supposed to know and to take Anna with him. Joshua goes to his father...I think and asked for help to leave the country and he does. One completely random scene later Joshua and Anna make their way to an airport and fly off in an airline disguised as flight attendance. They've arrived to.....somewhere and they're approached by two NSA agents but make a run for it. Here it's established that Joshua is developing a power suggestion it almost work on the two agents but they caught him as Anna escapes and he's taken back to New York. Well that whole leave the country plan rather falls short fast what a way to waste the film's runtime. Got anymore pointless scenes you want to abruptly cut short immediately? Seriously what was the point of having the two leave the country if they're just gonna get captured THE VERY NEXT SCENE? The NSA must have the work speed of the Flash. Anyway Joshua using his suggestion makes his escape and run into the not dead Kira; she tells him that there is no Widmann's Disease and that the pills keeps their powers from getting stronger. Kira then went into hiding when NSA knew what she knows. Joshua decides to infiltrate the Home which is now on lockout by the NSA to rescue Anna; he successful makes it in and meets up with Sandy and Bridger. Joshua tries to suggest Sandy but SURPRISE Sandy is a Scoper. So to summarize Sandy invented an imaginary disease to fool Scopers to take power suppressive pills to the point of insanity and have themselves die by chose. This is all just to make the "normals" feel less paranoid about the Scopers. Bridger offers Joshua to be in charge of the Home with Anna by his side; he would only agree if they stop forcing Scopers to take the pills but Sandy refuses but Bridger agrees. Disappointed Sandy tries to kill Joshua by controlling Bridger but with the combine power of Joshua and Anna they control Bridger to shoot Sandy dead. The film ends with Joshua and Anna in charge of the Home helping the Scoper children.
My Final Verdict: This film is BORING! The film cuts to scenes that feels like they abruptly just stop and before moving to the next scene. While other scenes have exposition that brings the film almost to a foot dragging crawl. Hell one scene is immediately contradicted by the following scene apparently making that one entirely pointless. How could a film which features psychic powers can be so boring? Speed of Thought my ass more like Speed of Dull. I just reviewed Dreamscape not that long ago and I enjoyed it, hell Scanners is more enjoyable than this film. Actually when you think about this film is more or less the polar opposite of Scanners. Imagine if David Cronenberg made Scanners this boring you'll fall into a coma 10 minutes in. And while I'm on the subject of David Cronenberg I'm taking a short recess to prepare for October for a month long celebration of Halloween with David Cronenberg Month. Stay tuned folks.
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