Impostor |  | Director: Gary Fleder
Actors: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Guinee
Category: DVD
Buy New: $15.17
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Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 171997
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 065935142225
EAN: 0065935142225
ASIN: B000068QKR
Theatrical Release Date: January 4, 2002
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Based on a short story by sci-fi master Philip K. Dick, Impostor holds considerable appeal for genre enthusiasts, who will instantly recognize trace elements of the Dick-based Total Recall and Blade Runner. Fortunately, derivative plotting doesn't detract from director Gary Fleder's capable handling of briskly paced action involving Spencer Olham (Gary Sinise), a weapons designer suspected of being an alien robot with an assassin's agenda. The year is 2079; Earth is at war with an alien race called the Centauri, and its dome-sealed cities are intensely monitored by the Earth Security Agency. A high-tech chase ensues between Olham and his ESA pursuer (Vincent D'Onofrio), testing the bond of trust between Olham and his physician wife (Madeleine Stowe). This marital subplot gives the film's twist ending additional impact, and Dick's recurring themes of lost identity and drug-altered reality are handled with adequate sophistication, while cool gadgetry and sharp visual effects compensate for the plot holes. --Jeff Shannon
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 Weird Sci-Fi February 3, 2009
Patrick Nava (San Francisco, CA)
Yeah sure, aren't most sci-fi flicks weird? Okay, still a pretty good plot with exceptional acting from Vincent D'Onofrio, as Hathaway, who seemed a little like his Law & Order; CI character on the hunt for "Spence," played by Gary Sinise. I particularly liked the character of "Cale," played by Mekhi Phifer as the Mercenary who ended up helping Spence in his quest for the truth about himself; and got also the medical supplies needed for his "merc" colleagues in the process. Which in the end paid off for the mercenaries.
 Sci-fi from the master January 14, 2009
B (Grand Rapids, MI)
Combine 2 astounding actors in a telling of a classic short story by the master of science fiction himself Phillip K. Dick and you have amazing movie that has been overlooked and underrated by so many.
The many twists and turns will keep you guessing and the dark ruins of a planet at war with a sinister enemy paints a very bleak picture for humanity.
The only thing that keeps this from being a 5 star review is there is just something missing, it's hard to put my finger on, it may be the lack of depth in the secondary characters but you will have to judge for yourself.
All in all this is an excellent movie well worth a watch.
 One of those saturday back channel TV movies that deserve better December 6, 2008
D. G. Luttrell (Colorado)
Out of the 3, (at this time) movies made from the sweat of Philip K. Dick,
I find that this one the best, because it relies, on a larger part, more
acting than special effects. Not that Philip K. Dick's certainly dark
view of the future is not followed, such as in "Blade Runner", & "Total
Recall", just in case the fans of the written works of Mr.Dick were
wondering, (and you know who you are my darlings). That dark, desperate,
derailed & sometimes deranged future is still there, where things are
quite what they were or are represented. I find Gary Sinise's acting
quite excellent, as the main character Dr. Spencer Olham,
Vincent D'Onofrio as the extremely dedicated head of planitary security,
makes a good heavy. This movie will keep you guessing to the explosive
ending. Worth owning if you are a P.K.Dick fan, or just like good
sci-fi.
Has some interesting twists, but well, whatever... October 30, 2008
Robert J. Crawford (Balmette Talloires, France)
Perhaps I am getting jaded, but I rarely find sci-fi films that I like much. There is nothing wrong or ridiculous about this film: it is an identity question, where Sinise is apparently mistaken for a robotic baddie sent from mysterious aliens at war with Earth. He gets into quite an adventure, running around to exonerate himself and in the process revealing a pretty complex (and unfortunate) society. As is typical with PKD, you are not sure who the good and bad guys are, so the viewer is kept guessing. Alas, when I got to the end, I wasn't that surprised, indeed I kind of wanted it to end because I didn't feel I had entered this particular future with much enthusiasm. It is a pretty run of the mill suspense/thriller hard sci fi.
Geek versus doppleganger August 13, 2008
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
An important government scientist is targeted by aliens
for being doubled by a genetic duplicated robot with a fusion
bomb in his chest.
It turns out that more than one duplicate could be running around?
Bobby Milktoast ( scientist) runs the fed security in circles with the help
of the ghetto black man.
It is another of Philip K. Dick's mind twister sci fi's
made into a movie.
I liked it...
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