Impostor (2000)
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Reviews Counted: 93
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 73
With its low production value and uninspired direction, Impostor comes off as a mixture of The Fugitive and Blade Runner, only not as good or as involving.
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 23
With its low production value and uninspired direction, Impostor comes off as a mixture of The Fugitive and Blade Runner, only not as good or as involving.
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This long-delayed science fiction thriller from director Gary Fleder was actually filmed prior to his box-office hit Don't Say a Word (2001), which preceded it in theaters by several months. Based on a 1953 short story by Philip K. Dick, the film shares that schizophrenic author's long-running obsessions with concealed identity and humanity's potential inferiority to alternative life forms. Gary Sinise stars as Spencer John Olham, a respected government scientist in the year 2079 trying to
Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Scott Rosenberg, Ehren Kruger, David Twohy, Mark Protosevich
Jan 4, 2002 Wide
Jul 9, 2002
$5.3M
Dimension Films
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Cast
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Gary Sinise
Spencer Oldham -
Madeleine Stowe
Maya Olham -
Vincent D'Onofrio
Hathaway -
Tony Shalhoub
Nelson Gittes -
Tim Guinee
Dr. Carone -
Mekhi Phifer
Cale -
Lindsay Crouse
Chancellor -
Elizabeth Peña
Midwife -
Brian Brophy
Military Official -
Scott Burkholder
Jack Stoller -
Gary Dourdan
Captain Burke -
John Gatins
Patient - Soldier -
Erica Gimpel
Newscaster -
Jonelle Kennedy
screaming nurse -
Ted King
RMR Operator -
Kimberly Scott
Comms officer -
Tracey Walter
Mr. Siegel -
Melinda Ramos Renna
Reporter -
Veena Bidasha
Frowning Nurse -
Rachel Luttrell
Scan room nurse -
Burt Bulos
Newscaster #3 -
Una Damon
Local newscaster -
Golden Brooks
Cale's Sister -
Arly Jover
Newscaster #2 -
Jason Beck
Gang Boy #2 -
Ivana Milicevic
Gang girl -
Shane Brolly
Lieutenant Burrows -
Maury Sterling
Comms Tech -
Judy Jean Berns
Disgruntled Woman -
Ellen Bradley
Nursing Mothing -
Morty Coyle
Kissing Couple Man -
Yvette Ocampo Coyle
Kissing couple woman -
Cristos
Trooper #2 -
Bayani Ison
Squad leader -
Elizabeth Kate
Maya look-alike -
Malea McGuinness
Screeming nurse -
Diane Mizota
Receptionist -
Adam Rodriguez
Trooper #1 -
Shannon Saint Ryan
Zoner -
Greg Serand
Gang boy #1 -
Mac Sinise
Young Spence -
Giovanni Sirchia
Trooper #3 -
Julie Vitz
Typox Child -
Tim Walsh
Arrested Engineer -
Dwayne Wycoff
Esa Soldier -
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All Critics (93) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (75) | DVD (16)
The performances are solid, with Sinise's sobriety and lack of histrionics, especially, making him an anchoring and sympathetic presence.
Top CriticA worthy successor to those sci-fi B-movies of old even if it is nowhere in the league of such Dick-inspired films as Total Recall and Blade Runner.
Feels less like a cousin to Blade Runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series.
Pushes the same old cliches in Blade Runner packaging.
Everything about Impostor ... is both familiar and profoundly unoriginal.
In the end, alas, the obvious interests of an actor of Sinise's range and depth are subsumed to the blunt demands of a standardized chase movie.
A great cast can't save the poor script.
A miasma of indifferent screenwriting and wobbly performances.
What happened here?
Most intriguing of all is the original short, which provides an interesting comparison/contrast with the final feature.
The history behind Impostor is perhaps more compelling than the film itself.
Originally slated as a 40 minute installment in a sci-fi trilogy film, Impostor should have been left that way.
There's one thing you can say about Imposter - it does have the appropriate title. Fleder's ill-conceived actioner flick poses as a thriving sci-fi adventure but its real identity is that of a glossy-looking, predictable lukewarm futuristic yarn.
Worth the ticket price -- mainly for the surprise ending and set design -- and most of its 96 minutes is absorbing.
An uneven look into a grim future that doesn't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on Philip K. Dick stories.
It's edgy, fast-paced, and if you don't take it too seriously, a lot of fun.
Sinise is quite good as the guy trying desperately to prove that he's innocent, even as he has nagging self-doubts.
...an original Impostor short film (on the disc)...makes for a better movie experience than the actual theatrical release.
...too little material for too much screen time.
While it's entertaining at the time, you probably won't remember too much of it the morning after.
The film sags in its second act, but it's interesting, high-IQ sci-fi, and if ever a film spoke to America's post-September 11 paranoia, this one does.
Once the movie abandons ideas, it falls flat -- it's not well made enough to engage us with shallowness.
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i like the the way its been set and the year its funny and action packed and with a twist the ending is a bit disappointing but the thing with a lot of films is that the entire film is brilliant and then they sort of run out of time towards the end so they rush it but neverthe less worth a watch!