Imperium (2016)

A young FBI agent, eager to prove himself in the field, goes undercover as a white supremacist.

Director:

Daniel Ragussis

Writers:

Michael German (story), Joe Turner Lin (Story Consultant)

Stars:

Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Radcliffe	...	Nate Foster
Toni Collette	...	Angela Zamparo
Tracy Letts	...	Dallas Wolf
Sam Trammell	...	Gerry Conway
Nestor Carbonell	...	Tom Hernandez
Chris Sullivan	...	Andrew Blackwell
Seth Numrich	...	Roy
Pawel Szajda	...	Vince Sargent
Devin Druid	...	Johnny
Burn Gorman	...	Morgan
Adam Meier	...	Frank Hedges
Roger Yawson	...	Usman
Linc Hand	...	David
Vanessa Ore	...	Becky
Jasson Finney	...	Billy

Storyline

Idealistic FBI agent Nate Foster goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy.

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Plot Keywords:

white supremacist | undercover agent | one word title | fbi investigation | female fbi agent | 

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Taglines:

Inspired by actual events

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Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

Burn Gorman, Morgan and Seth Numrich, Roy, appear together in AMC's Turn, Washington's Spies.

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Goofs

When Nate is drinking with Angela in her car, Angela's car door shows it unlocked as is Nates,then a few seconds later it's locked.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Usman: You have the phone?
[they plug it in, the device lights up]

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Connections

Referenced in The Graham Norton Show: Justin Timberlake/Anna Kendrick/Daniel Radcliffe/Robbie Williams (2016)

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Soundtracks

Old Ways
Written by Trevor Thomas
Performed by Local Honey
Courtesy of Local Honey

User Reviews

The good, the Bad and the Ugly sides of the FBI force!

The post Harry Potter series, apart from awesome in 'Horns', Daniel Radcliffe struggled to find his character, where he fits in. I mean he tried many different ones, but I think in this he was so good. Initially I thought 'whaaaat?' Because with his physique, he did not qualify to play an FBI agent. He was like when the Captain America first came to the army recruitment. And then when the story progressed, I realised the character was designed that way. So I found it kind of fun, though the topic it was dealing, especially knowing it was inspired by the real, this is definitely an eye opener.

The first 5 minutes reveals the film's whole plot. Though the opening was the end part of some undercover operation taken by the FBI. It does not show us how it all had happened, but with a new mission, another similar kind of event follows which is what this film.

Some people call it a propaganda, but I think it was a good message film for the common people. For how misused the homeland security force. I mean they were doing their jobs, but for achieving big within the force, they take the risks which unfortunately transforms the barking dogs into the biting ones.

So basically the infiltration means, they are the one to encourage those bad guys to act, in order to get them red handed. If it was for a good cause like if they nab the real culprit, then it's okay, but the innocents should not be turned into evil and punished. Like there are no bad guys, but they make one and take into the custody. If you watch it and think about it, you would relaise what I meant.

It was a better film than I anticipated, and the performance by Daniel Radcliffe was the highlight of the film. Some newcomer directed it and decently done his job. Not a must see, but surely I force you to watch it to learn the good, the bad and the ugly sides of the FBI force.

7/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Imperium

Filming Locations:

Hopewell, Virginia, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$282,817

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atomic Features, Green-Light International, Grindstone Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1