Possessor follows Tasya Vos, an elite assassin who works for a shadowy corporation using brain-implant technology to inhabit strangers' bodies and carry out high-profile murders. As her missions blur the line between her identity and her hosts', she begins losing grip on her own sense of self. Brandon Cronenberg crafts a visceral, cerebral thriller exploring identity, violence, and the terrifying fragility of consciousness.
Brandon Cronenberg inherits his father's preoccupations with a daughter's confidence. The film puts an assassin's consciousness in someone else's body and asks: which one is left when the contract ends?