The Speed of Thought (2011)

Director
Evan Oppenheimer

Main cast
Nick Stahl; Taryn Manning; Wallace Shawn; Mía Maestro

Genres
Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Description
Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in a NSA foster home. Lazarus helps the government by using his abilities. He is told by the agency that the telepathy is a side effect of Widmann's Disease, and that he will become insane in time and eventually die from the illness. However, Lazarus meets a woman with similar powers (Taryn Manning) who does not have any sign of the disease, launching Lazarus to confront the lies he has been told


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