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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sci-fi violence, some sensuality and language

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

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 wakes up one morning to find himself accused... 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 wakes up one morning to find himself accused of being an alien. He sets out on the run, being hunted down by Major Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio). He receives help from an underground leader (Mekhi Pipher), and upon returning to the city, he must convince his wife, Maya (Madeleine Stowe), and his best friend, Nelson (Tony Shalhoub), that he is indeed her husband and not some kind of robot monster with a bomb in his chest. With IMPOSTOR, director Gary Fleder (DON'T SAY A WORD) has crafted an edgy, fast-paced film that contains elements of Alfred Hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN, Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER (also based on a Dick story), Andrew Davis's THE FUGITIVE, and Paul Verhoeven's ROBOCOP. Sinise gets to flex his muscles as he continually escapes from Hathaway and a torture device that Goldfinger would be proud of, the Vivisector. The futuristic, fascistic world created by production designer Nelson Coates and shot beautifully by cinematographer Robert Elswit is the perfect setting for this ultimate battle of man against machine, the individual against the state, love and humanity against order and militarism. [More]

Starring: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mekhi Phifer

Starring: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mekhi Phifer, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Guinee

Director: Gary Fleder

Director: Gary Fleder
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger, Mark Protosevich, Scott Rosenberg, David Twohy
Producer: Gary Sinise, Marty Katz, Amber Steven
Composer: Mark Isham
Studio: Dimension Films

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Originally slated as a 40 minute installment in a sci-fi trilogy film, Impostor should have been left that way.

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03/19/03
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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.

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02/04/03
Frank Ochieng
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If Sinise's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over.

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A 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.

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Worth the ticket price -- mainly for the surprise ending and set design -- and most of its 96 minutes is absorbing.

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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.

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Once the movie abandons ideas, it falls flat -- it's not well made enough to engage us with shallowness.

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August 31, 2006: A Taste of What's "Next" for Nicolas Cage
Any time I hear the phrase "movie based on a Philip K. Dick story," I know I have to do a little more research. The next PKD adaptation is Lee Tamahori's... More...

August 08, 2006: Paul Giamatti to Star as Philip K. Dick
He night not be as famous as H.G. Wells or Isaac Asimov, but ask a sci-fi enthusiast what they think of Philip K. Dick, and get ready for a lengthy conversation. The late and... More...

November 08, 2005: Nic Cage & Julianne Moore Will Do Sci-Fi Action Flick "Next"
Variety reports that Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore will star in Revolution's "Next," which is a sci-fi action project based on a story by genre giant Philip K. Dick. More...

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