"Impostor," a variation of the spelling "imposter," is a "good guy running" movie. That would be the movie in which the good guy is on the run. Barring scary movies, the good guy usually has to run for one of four reasons:
1. He knows something
2. He has something
3. Mistaken identity
4. He's been set up (usually because he knows something or has something)
Think of all of the "good guy running" movies you know: "The Fugitive," "Minority Report," "Enemy of the State," "Total Recall," "U.S. Marshals," etc. They all fall into one of the four categories. In "Impostor," Spence Olham (Gary Sinise) is presumably running because of mistaken identity.
Earth has been at war with an alien race called Centoris for years. Now, in the year 2079, mankind has built a weapon powerful enough to rid them of the Centoris forever. One of the main scientists working on the weapon was Spence Olham. Before we know much about him he was nabbed by Major Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio) of the ESA and deemed a Centori clone. The Centori have figured out a way to make a synthetic clone so well that no test mankind had could detect it. Except Spence is convinced he's not a clone. If only he could prove it.
"Impostor" is a cool dystopian sci-fi. At times it looks sophisticated and big budget while at other times it looks skimpy. It is perpetually dark which also defines the mood. It is virtually non-stop running by Spence with a barking Hathaway hot on his trail. Many of the elements of this movie would be seen again in the movie "Minority Report." Waiting to see what the truth was was the real suspense. I think the ending delivered.
1. He knows something
2. He has something
3. Mistaken identity
4. He's been set up (usually because he knows something or has something)
Think of all of the "good guy running" movies you know: "The Fugitive," "Minority Report," "Enemy of the State," "Total Recall," "U.S. Marshals," etc. They all fall into one of the four categories. In "Impostor," Spence Olham (Gary Sinise) is presumably running because of mistaken identity.
Earth has been at war with an alien race called Centoris for years. Now, in the year 2079, mankind has built a weapon powerful enough to rid them of the Centoris forever. One of the main scientists working on the weapon was Spence Olham. Before we know much about him he was nabbed by Major Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio) of the ESA and deemed a Centori clone. The Centori have figured out a way to make a synthetic clone so well that no test mankind had could detect it. Except Spence is convinced he's not a clone. If only he could prove it.
"Impostor" is a cool dystopian sci-fi. At times it looks sophisticated and big budget while at other times it looks skimpy. It is perpetually dark which also defines the mood. It is virtually non-stop running by Spence with a barking Hathaway hot on his trail. Many of the elements of this movie would be seen again in the movie "Minority Report." Waiting to see what the truth was was the real suspense. I think the ending delivered.