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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Adam Fleet

Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor is one of the most exciting horror films of this century

Andrea Riseborough in Possessor.
Andrea Riseborough in Possessor: ‘[Voss is] sifting through the remnants of the multiple identities she has worn, and struggling to find the scrambled memories that belong to her’ Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy

Brandon Cronenberg’s new movie, Infinity Pool, is out in Australia this week, so why not take the opportunity to revisit his second film: Possessor, a blisteringly imaginative scifi-horror movie that messes with your brain.

Tasya Voss (Andrea Riseborough) is an assassin for a secretive organisation, trained to kill using brain implant technology that allows her to inhabit – or “possess” – the body and consciousness of a third party in order to get close to her quarry.

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