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Impostor, 2001

Starring: Gary Sinise, Vincent D'Onofrio

Directed by: Gary Fleder

Written by: Ehren Kruger

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 95 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.0

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Impostor can be described as suspenseful, mind bending, and stylized. The plot revolves around androids and robots, antiheroes, and saving the world. The main genres are action, sci-fi, and thriller. In approach, Impostor is fantastical and serious. It takes place in contemporary times. It is well suited for a boys' night.

Summary of Impostor

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.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	4 December 2001
Runtime:	95 min

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Gary Sinise

as Spencer Olham

Vincent D'Onofrio

as Hathaway

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TV Guide

This psychological sci-fi thriller was originally made as a 40-minute segment of an unrealized portmanteau picture, then expanded into a freestanding feature. That's probably why it's padded with shots of Olham running down corridors. Full Review

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by: Maitland McDonagh

Variety

Imposter is a penny-pinched "Blade Runner," a stubbornly unexciting ride into the near future. Full Review

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by: Robert Koehler

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What sets this film apart is not the complexity or subtlety of the plot, but rather in the way the plot is executed. The acting is entirely critical here, because it is the acting upon which this film depends for its greatest effect. I can't say... Read and rate it

04.March.2011
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by: Eduardo Moreno
Eduardo Moreno rated this movie0/10

This is a good, not great, movie. It took a little time for me to really get into the movie, but about halfway through it hits it's stride and is very fun to watch. It has a nice ending too. If you like sci fi you should watch this movie, if not you... Read and rate it

12.October.2009
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by: Dan
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