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The unsettling Imperium boasts troublingly timely themes and a talented cast led by Daniel Radcliffe as an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a ring of white supremacists.
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It seems unnervingly accurate for anxious times. Sep 30, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It seems unnervingly accurate for anxious times.
Peter Howell
As the baddies get nicer - or at least quieter - the plot slackens and Ragussis plods his way through a transparent three-act structure towards a less-than-thrilling denouement. Sep 30, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
As the baddies get nicer - or at least quieter - the plot slackens and Ragussis plods his way through a transparent three-act structure towards a less-than-thrilling denouement.
Kate Taylor
In the end, Imperium is fairly gripping entertainment that overcomes its faults. It brings nothing new to the table. But chalk up another unlikely win for Radcliffe. Sep 29, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
In the end, Imperium is fairly gripping entertainment that overcomes its faults. It brings nothing new to the table. But chalk up another unlikely win for Radcliffe.
Jim Slotek
Daniel Ragussis's direction is clunky -- endless news montages of Hitler fans, Ku Klux Klansmen and skinheads marching the streets do little to build the story. Sep 23, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Daniel Ragussis's direction is clunky -- endless news montages of Hitler fans, Ku Klux Klansmen and skinheads marching the streets do little to build the story.
Kate Muir
Radcliffe, a good actor in other parts, seems absolutely miscast. Sep 23, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Radcliffe, a good actor in other parts, seems absolutely miscast.
David Sexton
With all the political dangers America is genuinely facing at the moment, this plot ought to be a real powder-keg. But while the fuse gets lit, there's barely a pinch of explosive inside. Sep 22, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
With all the political dangers America is genuinely facing at the moment, this plot ought to be a real powder-keg. But while the fuse gets lit, there's barely a pinch of explosive inside.
Tim Robey
A film that starts as conventional, but quickly moves into something much more dark and engaging. Jul 25, 2019 | Full Review…
A film that starts as conventional, but quickly moves into something much more dark and engaging.
Tyler Smith
Aside from Daniel Radcliffe's superb central performance, Imperium's strong core comes from director Daniel Ragussis' depiction of malign normalcy. Mar 13, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Aside from Daniel Radcliffe's superb central performance, Imperium's strong core comes from director Daniel Ragussis' depiction of malign normalcy.
Bertie Archer
This is the kind of movie that uses the tagline "inspired by real events" to its best advantage, and using it to craft a compelling narrative that eschews bright shiny things and dares to take us on a journey into the worst impulses of the human heart. Jan 28, 2019 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
This is the kind of movie that uses the tagline "inspired by real events" to its best advantage, and using it to craft a compelling narrative that eschews bright shiny things and dares to take us on a journey into the worst impulses of the human heart.
Andrea Thompson
A rather generic undercover thriller, Imperium still works with an engaging story set within an ugly subculture in American life that has become resurgent in recent years. Oct 31, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A rather generic undercover thriller, Imperium still works with an engaging story set within an ugly subculture in American life that has become resurgent in recent years.
Sean Mulvihill
Imperium mostly stays its course. As an exploration of hate in America, it is both wide-ranging and scarily believable, and as a depiction of grungy, ground-level undercover endeavors, it generally feels like the real deal. Oct 23, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Imperium mostly stays its course. As an exploration of hate in America, it is both wide-ranging and scarily believable, and as a depiction of grungy, ground-level undercover endeavors, it generally feels like the real deal.
Abbie Bernstein
Ragussis delivers a solid little thriller worthy of the cast who agreed to participate in it. Aug 28, 2018 | Rating: 3.2/5 | Full Review…
Ragussis delivers a solid little thriller worthy of the cast who agreed to participate in it.
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