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Impostor Details

2001

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Starring	Gary Sinise, Madeline Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director	Gary Fleder
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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 Phifer), 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.

Starring	Gary Sinise, Madeline Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Mekhi Phifer
Director	Gary Fleder
Studio	AMAZON WEB
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 01 Sep 2003

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- A visual assault course of a movie, this adaptation of Philip K Dick's 1950s sci-fi short story provides just enough... read more on Time Out
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  This movie surprised me, it was far better than what I was expecting, seeing as I believed the critics and chose not to see it at the theatres based on that. I ... read more »
  
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  THINK HOW THE FUGITIVE MUST HAVE FELT
  
  IF LIKE ME YOU ARE A FAN OF GARY SINESE AND CSI NEW YORK THEN YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS SCI - FI BASED ON A STORY BY PHILLIP K DICK WHO WROTE THE STORY THAT GAVE US... read more »
  
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  Predictable but okay
  
  I was interested to see Gary Sinise in something other than CSI NY and this film did not disappoint. It was a good tale, well told, but a tad predictable.
  
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  - 18 Apr 2011 at 19:39
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  Very good!
  
  A surprisingly good SF film with believable action all the way through. Clever ending too.
  
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  - 28 Jan 2011 at 13:17
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  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 ...