A Scanner Darkly - Wikipedia
The protagonist is Bob Arctor, member of a household of drug users, who is also living a double life as an undercover police agent assigned to spy on Arctor's household. Arctor shields his identity from those in the drug subculture and from the police.
A Scanner Darkly (film) - Wikipedia
Bob Arctor is an undercover agent, assigned to immerse himself in the drug's underworld and infiltrate the supply chain. Arctor has a vision of being in his house with a wife and two children in Anaheim, California; today he has two drug-addicted, layabout housemates: Luckman and Barris.
A Scanner Darkly (2006) - IMDb
In a totalitarian society in a near future, the undercover detective Bob Arctor is working with a small time group of drug users trying to reach the big distributors of a brain-damaging drug called Substance D.
A Scanner Darkly (2006) - Keanu Reeves as Bob Arctor - IMDb
Bob Arctor : That fucking Barris, you know how he works. He doesn't kill anybody, but he hangs around until the situation arises where they die.
A Scanner Darkly: on fictional drugs and consequences
Jun 28, 2010 · For Bob Arctor, the hero of the book, and his friends, Substance D (known as "Death," because no one ever accused PKD of subtlety) isn't so much a recreational hazard as a way to deal with their...
A Scanner Darkly (film) | Philip K. Dickipedia Wiki | Fandom
Apr 27, 2007 · Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) is a narcotics officer who is issued an order to spy on his friends and report back to headquarters. In addition to being a cop, though, Arctor is also an addict. His drug of choice is a ubiquitous street drug called Substance D, a drug known well for producing split personalities in its users.
The Ending Of A Scanner Darkly Explained - Looper
Apr 3, 2021 · In the final moments of A Scanner Darkly, Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) is brain-damaged to the point of near-catatonia, working on a farm at a rehabilitation...
A Scanner Darkly (2006) - Plot - IMDb
Bob Arctor (Reeves), an undercover policeman, is on a mission to investigate a group distributing a brain-damaging drug called Substance D. In the process, he becomes addicted to the drug himself and begins to lose his own identity.
Bob Arctor | Heroes Wiki | Fandom
Robert ("Bob") Arctor is an undercover narcotics agent posing as a drug addict in a house he shares with a few other men. Throughout the novel, he wears a shape-obscuring suit that allows him to have anonymity when dealing with his government employers.
Bob Arctor from A Scanner Darkly - CharacTour
In order to be undercover, Bob Arctor has had to take the very drug that he's trying to help eliminate and is losing his grip on reality.