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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   8,258 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Philip K. Dick (short story "The Impostor")
Scott Rosenberg (adaptation)
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Release Date:
4 January 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
In the Future, not everyone is who they seem to be.
Plot:
An engineer creates the ultimate weapon in a battle against aliens, only to be suspected as an alien himself... more | full synopsis
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1 nomination more
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(2 articles)
[DVD Review] Paycheck
 (From JustPressPlay. 28 May 2009, 6:31 PM, PDT)

Movie Reviews: Impostor
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 4 January 2002)

User Comments:
Much better than Minority Report... more (191 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gary Sinise ... Spencer Olham

Madeleine Stowe ... Maya Olham

Vincent D'Onofrio ... Hathaway

Tony Shalhoub ... Nelson Gittes

Tim Guinee ... Dr. Carone

Mekhi Phifer ... Cale

Gary Dourdan ... Captain Burke
Lindsay Crouse ... Chancellor
Elizabeth Peña ... Midwife (as Elizabeth Pena)
Jason Beck ... Gang Boy #2
Judy Jean Berns ... Disgruntled Woman
Veena Bidasha ... Frowning Nurse
Ellen Bradley ... Nursing Mother

Shane Brolly ... Lt. Burrows

Golden Brooks ... Cale's Sister
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sci-fi violence, some sensuality and language. (rerating); Rated R for violence and some language. (director's cut)
Runtime:
95 min | USA:102 min (R-rated version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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All of the military equipment (except the weapons) are from Starship Troopers (1997). The pistols are mainly Glock 18's with cosmetic additions, and the soldier's main weapons are cosmetically modified Fabrique Nationale P90 submachine guns more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Captain Burke is explaining to Major Hathaway why they can't get a scan on the building, his lips don't match his words. more
Quotes:
Major D.H. Hathaway: Memories, senses, knowledge - you pilfered them all. more
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References Armageddon (1998/I) more
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Boom Boom more

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44 out of 57 people found the following comment useful.
Much better than Minority Report..., 5 October 2003
7/10
Author: kdmagnusson from Albuquerque

I was surprised to see that IMDB users had rated this movie as low as they did. This movie really exemplifies the paranoia that is typical of the works of Philip K. Dick much better than the more expensive and more widely-seen "Minority Report". As much as that movie had going for it (great visuals and action, leavened by the right amount of humor), it let the viewer off the hook at the end by resolving the story with a tidy, happy, feel-good ending. "Impostor" is a much lower budget film and very grim but remains true to its Phildickian origin throughout, with the plot unfolding layer by layer until the end, which is both shocking and inevitable. It's the kind of stuff great "Twilight Zone" episodes were made of.

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