lathe-of-heaven
Wow! I hadn't seen this film for many years; I remember that I did like it very much, but I didn't really remember many details from it.Let me say it again... WOW! Sure, being 2001 with some of the CG being a little dodgy and not knowing exactly what the budget was at the time, I still thought it looked like a billion dollars! Many other reviewers have also stated this. With Sci Fi, I am REALLY big on set design (anything from the silent era German Expressionism to slick, or not so slick Futurescapes) An EXCELLENT example is 1956's 'FORBIDDEN PLANET' - Truly amazing... especially for 1956; the head of the studio was out of the country at the time, so the director who happened to be an art designer went wild with the set design (and with the innovative and unique soundtrack too) And, WOW! did this one look good too! The city design and the many areas they had to go through, including both the more polished city areas and also the grungy desolated areas, ALL of it was pretty dang impressive to me.The story although fairly simple, is very well done. I think the largest share of the credit should go to the director for how nicely he put this film together. To me anyway, this is the kind of Science Fiction film where after you finish it, you REALLY are hoping that the ones who made it would come up with many more like it. Gary Sinise is Gary Sinise, like he always is. The acting overall was decent.And, as I state in my Summary, the Blu-ray is frigg'n FANTASTIC looking! Not bad for a film made nearly 15 years ago.Highly recommended for those who enjoy serious Science Fiction (this is not what I would call 'Heavy', but definitely 'Serious') and also for those who appreciate beautiful looking Science Ficiton films with a gripping and entertaining story.
851222
Greetings from Lithuania."Impostor" (2001) is not bad B movie sci-fi flick. It's nice one actually, if you don't set your expectations high. The story is the strongest point of the movie, and yes, you have already seen it many times i guess, but it's a nice one, even if not the most original one. Acting was just OK, although i really liked Vincent D'Onofrio - he's a true actor, and he did the best he could given the material. The movie settings were kinda dark, and given the budget, they could came up with something more colorful, although it represents dark future, so it's forgivable.Overall, this flick is mean to sci-fi stories buffs, not that it is really original one, but simply that you don't get many sci-fi flicks often, and this one is not bad, it's a B movie sci-fi flick that you should watch without high expectations, and could be surprised.
simondclinch-1
For some reason, this film never got billed in my local cinemas at the time. I only watched it now because I was checking for a Philip K Dick adaptation I hadn't seen and this was the only one remaining for me to see.The plot is wonderfully twisty - no way of guessing the ending either, so I won't spoil that!Plenty of action, although perhaps more could have been done to make the chase sequences more original. Also the score didn't do much for me. Nevertheless, as a sci fi film, it's well worth watching - ranks high in the list of Philip K Dick masterpieces like Bladerunner, Total Recall, Minority Report etc.
dbdumonteil
Based on a K.Dick 's short story ,a writer who was fascinated by false doubles.The first story I had read by him was "the father-thing" where a boy discovered his father had been "changed" :it scared me to death."Impostor" is more of the same.An Earthman who might be an Alien.The combination of stunning visual effects ,Gary Sinise's great talent and Madeleine Stowe's beauty is quite awesome at times.It's only when the story turns to a banal chase with the usual quota of violence -and I do not even mention an unbearable scene of torture- that a sense of disappointment pervades.How absorbing the movie could have been ,had the director focused on the husband-and-wife relationship (with such first-class actors such as Sinise and Stowe ,it would have been a winner)!the finale is admittedly surprising enough,but without any "psychological" side ,it does not make much sense.
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