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	SPLICEDwire \| "Impostor" review (2002) Gary Fleder, Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe
		But this movie doesn't takes itself so seriously, so it's easier to forgive its plot holes, which are of the cheesy variety.
		But there is a good behind-the-scenes featurette and a really cool bonus: "Impostor" was originally supposed to be a short film -- part of an anthology called "Alien Love Triangle" -- and this DVD includes the original 45-minute film.
		Any and all problems with "Impostor" stem from the fact that it is structured as one long chase scene.
	www.splicedwire.com /02reviews/impostor.html (900 words)

	Impostor - Nitrate Online Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Within moments of his return to work after a getaway weekend in the woods with Maya, Spencer is named an "impostor," a genetically engineered cyborg with a "bomb in his ribcage" (at least he doesn't have a hugely symbolic uterus, like the bomb-carrying girl robot in Eve of Destruction).
		But then again, a film might be considered "unpatriotic" (by AG John Ashcroft anyway) if it underlined the racial realities of such government detainment and interrogation "methods." So, best to let the scenario reside in some far-off future, where bomb-carrying cyborgs will look like sincere white guys.
		But Impostor can't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels, fight off various anonymous attackers, and evade elaborate surveillance technologies.
	www.nitrateonline.com /2002/rimpostor.html (1253 words)

	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Impostor
		Recut from its original R-rating, the PG-13 movie finally released is a long chase picture set in a BLADE RUNNER world in the year 2079.
		The movie was planned to be just one chapter in a three chapter movie.
		The movie, which telegraphs that some big ending twist must be coming, doesn't disappoint when the surprise finally occurs.
	www.all-reviews.com /videos-4/impostor.htm (440 words)

	Louisville Scene \| Movies \| Movie Review \| 'Impostor' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		That's the premise of "Impostor," a film by Gary Fleder adapted from a short story by science-fiction giant Philip K. Dick.
		"Impostor" isn't a bad film, but it's workmanlike in ways that rarely engage the brain or the emotions.
		But "Impostor" is the kind of disposable film that's probably being packaged for release on home video even as you read this.
	courier-journal.com /scene/movies/reviews/2002/20020104impostor.html (411 words)

	Top Box Office Movies - Impostor
		"Impostor" leads the pack as the first sci-fi thriller to bombard movie audiences in 2002.
		The so-called "impostor" in this case is scientist Spencer Olham (Gary Sinese), a 21st century scapegoat (in the year 2079 specifically) who comes to the realization that his hide is wanted by the authorities.
		As frantic as this movie would like to be, the inane proceedings taking place here feels aimless and unfocused.
	www.theworldjournal.com /special/movies/2002/impostor.htm (655 words)

	Impostor Review - PlanetWisdom.com
		Instead, “Impostor” feels more to me like an episode of “The Twilight Zone”--something you might have seen somewhere before with a twist ending that’s not all that surprising.
		Part of the problem with “Impostor” is that so much sci-fi has come and gone since 1953 that all the author’s ideas have been used up.
		“Impostor” asks that old sci-fi question, “What does it really mean to be human?” As Christians, we believe that we are who we are because God made us that way.
	www.planetwisdom.com /movies/impostor.php (419 words)

	IMPOSTOR
		Impostor is the fourth Hollywood flick to be based on Philip K. Dick material, in this case a short story of his written in the early 1950s.
		To be fair, I suppose one can argue that at least the movie does assume that one can read.) The other movies were Blade Runner (1982), Total Recall (1990) and the little seen Screamers (1996).
		Impostor is no exception and it shows: much of the movie's mid-section consists of superfluous padding, mostly the heroes getting chased around.
	www.scifimoviepage.com /impostor.html (852 words)

	Impostor
		"Impostor" has all the stuff that darkly futuristic, paranoid, semi-apocalyptic, android-populated sci-fi thrillers are supposed to have.
		Early on in the movie, there's a bit of preaching about the dangers of paranoia, about how an attack from an external enemy can prompt people to turn on each other and destroy the very thing they're trying to protect.
		But as a message movie, "Impostor" unmasks itself as an impostor, reversing itself to the point where it almost suggests that, hey, paranoia isn't such a bad thing after all.
	www.roanoke.com /roatimes/news/story123889.html (509 words)

	Movie Review \| Impostor (2002) Vincent D'Onofrio, Madeleine Stowe
		As realized, Impostor is a pointless but expensive film that only just barely manages to entertain because it showcase some nice CGI work and displays a wide variety of nifty “future technology.” One tip-off that even the producers knew they had a turkey on their hands is the pushing back of Impostor’s release date.
		The movie was scheduled to be release about a year before it was finally allowed into theaters — only to die a fast death, living little trace that it was ever there.
		Impostor is a pointless Chase movie that has nothing else going for it, and doesn’t seem especially bothered by its lack of presence.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/impostor.htm (935 words)

	Impostor DVD $10.44 - Includes Impostor Movie Trailer and Impostor Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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	daryl-hannah.800-buy-movies.com /GeneralDVD/78503D1_Impostor_dvd.htm (426 words)

	Impostor - Movie Review at Movie Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Though never boring, Impostor is downright depressing because it's so easy to catch glimpses of the knockout film that lies buried underneath Fleder's mangled direction.
		But the fugitive finds an ally, Cale (Mekhi Phifer, O), among the "zoners" outside the shield, and the two plan a run into the medical compound — Olham to prove himself biologically pure, and Cale on a humanitarian mission of his own.
		Like the more developed Blade Runner, Impostor raises the questions, "What does it mean to be human?" and "Does an artificial life-form have a soul?" And, like Total Recall, this earlier tale of persecution explores the terrifying malleability of reality, memory, and even identity.
	www.moviegallery.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=130897 (1059 words)

	Apollo Movie Guide's Review of Impostor
		One part Blade Runner and two parts The Fugitive, Impostor is a plodding sci-fi thriller that lacks the excitement and intrigue the aforementioned both share.
		The Fugitive is a tight thriller in which spectacular chases mix with a solid human side; Impostor falls flat on both accounts.
		Impostor is 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 the stories of Philip K. Dick.
	www.apolloguide.com /mov_fullrev.asp?CID=4407 (579 words)

	Impostor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Impostor has as its backdrop a 30-year war between Earth and some imperialistic meanies from the Alpha Centauri galaxy.
		Impostor’s performers act as if they’re only meeting the terms of a judge’s alternative sentencing, giving the movie the dour reek of a drunk-driving school.
		But a chasm looms between the sarcastic and the slipshod, and this is a movie consumed by endless chases through hallways and tunnels, with a ready-made escape route—if only a hole in the wall—always materializing at the critical moment.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies3/Imposter.htm (589 words)

	The Movie Chicks - Review - Impostor
		This is one of those movies where, surprise, this is not going to end like you thought it would.
		If this had been a movie that captured your attention, the ending would have been a big letdown - there was such a huge build-up to a grand finale that sort of fizzled out and then the credits.
		This is an impostor - it's codswallop posing as a movie.
	www.themoviechicks.com /jan2002/mcrimpostor.html (332 words)

	cyberpunkreview.com » Impostor
		The Story: Impostor is set in the year 2079, a time when a race of aliens are attempting to invade the earth.
		The Middle “Chase” scenes are Filler: Originally, Impostor was shot as a 30-40 minute movie short that was intended to be part of a larger collection.
		Impostor is a awesome film that can be overlooked if one does not pay mind to the fact the under the cloak of a real man Spencer seems to be working as a bomb the entire time.
	www.cyberpunkreview.com /movie/decade/2000-current/impostor (1330 words)

	Movie Review: Impostor / Mountain Xpress / Asheville, NC
		Considered the first release of the new year, Impostor is a sleeper in the worst sense of the word – which is to say that I actually nodded off briefly during the film, owing to severe boredom with the antics on the screen.
		Judging by the bulk of the movie for which I was painfully conscious, however, that idea is more far-fetched than the plot of the film itself.
		This is one of those movies where someone took a 40-minute segment of an anthology film and decided it could be effectively expanded into a feature on its own.
	www.mountainx.com /movies/i/impostor.php (658 words)

	Impostor
		Though Impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture, it too is a bomb.
		Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances, but the movie doesn't quite fly.
		This movie is something of an impostor itself, stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/Impostor-1111378/?rtp=1 (955 words)

	Richard Giles blog: Impostor Movie Review. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Impostor is based on a short story by the Philip K. Dick, who's other short stories were the basis for Blade Runner and Total Recall.
		Suddenly, and unexpectedly he is accussed of being an impostor that has been sent by the alien race to assasinate the worlds leader.
		The movie follows Olham though a day's chase in his attempt to prove the accussors wrong.
	www.richardgiles.net /blog/archives/000098.html (437 words)

	Impostor movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		The planet Earth is at war with aliens from Alpha Centari, and Earth is losing the battle.
		If the concept of a troubled, late 21st century world filled with replicants sounds familiar, it's because Impostor is based on a short story by noted science fiction scribe Philip K. Dick, best known for Blade Runner.
		This site has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film owners of Impostor and intellectual copyright holders of the movies mentioned herein and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/i/impostor.htm (692 words)

	Movie Review - Impostor - Hollywood Bitchslap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		And it's true: At that time, stupid science-fiction movies were in their infancy.
		"Impostor" can't fairly be called a bad movie, because it hardly even tries to be a good one.
		So some government guys, led by the dogged Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio), think Spencer is one of these humanoids, and of course part of being a humanoid is you don't remember being one, so hell, maybe he is one.
	www.hollywoodbitchslap.com /review.php?movie=5689&reviewer=247&printer=1 (493 words)

	The end almost justifies the middle / P.K. Dick's 'Impostor' began life with smaller pretensions
		The funny thing is, the home stretch shows how good the movie might have been.
		She's played by Madeleine Stowe, so the reason for his devotion is easy to see, except she doesn't have enough screen time and too much of that is spent talking to him on a video phone or otherwise dutifully reminding us that she is still there.
		The art direction is one place where, from time to time, this movie stands out.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/reviews/movies/IMPOSTOR.DTL (466 words)

	Impostor (2002) movie review
		But there I was in the multiplex, finding out that Beauty and the Beast in IMAX was sold out for the next four showings and Impostor was the only other movie starting in the next hour.
		Impostor becomes a series of clichés borrowed from better wasteland films, including Escape From New York, The Road Warrior, Judgment Night, even The Lord of the Rings.
		Mostly, though, Impostor is totally forgetable, I'll be shocked if I ever give it a thought after I finish this review.
	www.popentertainment.com /impostor.htm (550 words)

	Impostor - Movie Review
		Based on a short story by futurist Philip K. Dick, Impostor takes place in a future far away, when man is at war with an alien race.
		Unfortunately, while Impostor is doomed to share pretty much the same niche as that bottom shelf rental, it’s actually a much smarter film.
		Impostor doesn’t really do anything wrong, elevating itself beyond some “dumb” action flick.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/impostor (552 words)

	Impostor, Gary Sinise, Philip K. Dick
		Although he has never known anything but a world at war, he is relatively secure: he lives with his adoring wife (Madeleine Stowe) in one of the shielded cities that protect most of humanity from the Centauri bombardment.
		Impostor is based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick (the same gent who inspired Blade Runner, Total Recall, and summer 2002's Minority Report).
		Impostor doesn't make any major mistakes - but it also lacks the magnetism that would make you want to watch it over and over.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jan02/impostor.htm (391 words)

	Impostor \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In “Impostor,” it's 2079 and Earth is at war with a race of aliens called the Centauri.
		But “Impostor” never builds any tension or real involvement with the characters, and good actors like Tony Shalhoub and Mekhi Phifer are wasted.
		Ultimately, “Impostor” is itself an impostor, a Sci-Fi Channel escapee posing as a real movie.
	www.ajc.com /movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/I/impostor.html (325 words)

	Good, Bad or Maybe - Impostor (2002) Forums
		And the movie is supposed to have been based on a story by PHILIP K. So at least the STORY is probebly nothing to complain about.
		One of the down sides of the movie is extreme predictability of the plot but still this doesn't decrease the importance of the plot subject matter.
		These issues arise in any "Clone" movie, and it is my opinion that this movie would have benefited by exploring this subject matter more.
	forums.sciflicks.com /showthread.php?postid=59465 (768 words)

	DVDivas.net
		Despite his reassurance that he is being falsely targeted, the E.S.A. continues with their plan to extract the bomb supposedly hidden within Spencer's heart, at which point he breaks free and becomes a fugitive out to prove his innocence.
		I think the failure of this movie to generate much interest in audiences stems from the well-worn paths that thrillers and the sci-fi genre have trodden even before the publication of Dick's story.
		There is an abundance of noise in "Impostor" that is hard to ignore, that which comes from many of the movie's darker scenes.
	www.dvdivas.net /movies/reviews/i/impostor.html (988 words)

	IMPOSTOR - Main Movie Page...CinemaReview.com....Movie Reviews, Movie Contents, Moviegoer Opinions and Much More!
		This movie is basically one long chase scene where the main character tries to elude his pursuers.
		Impostor has echoes of the indelible film version of "Blade Runner," in its cityscapes zooming with airborne cars and its lurking squads of replicant hunters.
		A few people enjoyed "Impostor," but most either thought it was just an OK movie or actually disliked it.
	www.cinemareview.com /main.asp?movieid=209908 (849 words)

	hybridmagazine.com :: indie counter-culture daily, no secret handshakes.
		IMPOSTOR, based the Philip K. Dick story “The Impostor,” presents the age-old science fiction tale of a man who’s told he’s been replaced by a perfect replica, so even he doesn’t know whether or not he’s really himself.
		The main problem with IMPOSTOR ends up being the central question of the film, “Is he or isn’t he?” Folks who forget to relax and unhook their brains at the beginning will find the answer far too obvious far too early.
		Any science fiction movie which fails to be either good enough to be badass or bad enough to be lampooned is doomed to obscurity.
	www.hybridmagazine.com /films/0102/impostor.shtml (540 words)

	Impostor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This movie is based on the Paranoia Sci-fi King's 1950 parable of the Cold War or something of that sort, and it's about this well-respected dude in a future called Spencer.
		It doesn't know whether to be a straightforward action movie or a drama though, so it tries to be both.
		Not enough time is spent fleshing out the dramatic aspects of this story, and the movie hastens to cover up plot holes with explosions, pyrotechnics, and D'Onforio's snarling and badass impersonations.
	www.mrsgiggles.com /movies/impostor.html (249 words)

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