Worth the ticket price -- mainly for the surprise ending and set design -- and most of its 96 minutes is absorbing.
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10/02/02
Impostor (2001)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:13
Rotten:73
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: 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.
Theatrical Release:Jan 4, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $5,250,001
Synopsis: Gary Sinise enters the world of futuristic action heroes in Gary Fleder's sci-fi thriller IMPOSTOR, based on a story by Philip K. Dick. Sinise stars as Spencer Olham, a weapons expert in 2079 who... [More]
Starring: Gary Sinese, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mekhi Phifer
Director: Gary Fleder
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Reviews for Impostor
Decent, perfectly watchable science-fiction, reasonably well-made and featuring a formidable cast.
02/19/02
If not a home run, then at least a solid base hit.
01/06/02
There's a real focus on the story and its main character.
01/04/02
Impostor is likely to be best appreciated by dedicated sci-fi fans, admirers of Dick in particular.
01/03/02
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.
10/15/02
Top CriticA solid science-fiction thriller.
01/04/02
A pleasant surprise.
01/04/02
Tells (the story) with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot's persnickety problems is simply a matter of (being) in a shrugging mood.
01/04/02
A thoroughly acceptable sci-fi genre pic.
01/03/02
You will spend an hour and a half feeling adequately entertained if you're a sucker for sci-fi-run-run-run flicks.
01/04/02
A thinking man’s sci-fi flick staying true to Dick’s original story and spirit.
01/03/02
Has a certain ghoulish fascination, and generates a fair amount of B-movie excitement.
01/03/02
Impostor starts as a tribute to Philip K. Dick and winds up selling its soul to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
01/03/02
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12/06/05
Looks cheaply made.
01/04/02
The editing is pointlessly hyperkinetic, never settling for a single camera angle when five, cut together in rapid succession, are available, and cramming nearly every scene with jump-cuts, flashbacks and jarring perspectives.
01/03/02
Top CriticEverything about Impostor ... is both familiar and profoundly unoriginal.
01/08/02
Top CriticLittle more than a flash-edited 96-minute chase flick.
01/04/02
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