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Imposter
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe,
Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Mekhi Phifer |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Dimension Films |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Only if you want them to throw up
their popcorn in your lap. |
| Date Movie: |
See "Kiddie Movie." |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
A useless, shadowy sex scene
right at the opening. Yea, his wife loves him.
Duh! |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Lots of people getting shot and a
pretty gruesome yanking of a heart out. |
| Action: |
Lots of chase scenes, but none
shot well. |
| Laughs: |
None. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
The ending was pretty decent. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None. |
| Directed By: |
Gary Fleder |
| Produced By: |
Gary Fleder, Gary Sinise |
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Imposter
A Movie Review |
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As I was watching "Impostor" I started to become sick
to my stomach. No, it wasn’t because the movie sucked that bad, but I
began to wonder. I wondered if this movie was shot by the same people
who did "The Blair Witch Project" or
"Battlefield Earth" because, and
one of the things I totally hated about those movies, was the shaky
camera work and slanted camera angles. It turns out the filmmakers for
"Impostor" weren’t involved in those films, but for me, it’s too bad
they really ruined a decent sci-fi movie with lousy camera work.
Alright, here we go…
"Impostor" is set in 2079. Gary Sinise plays Spence Olhman, a
scientist involved with the development of a weapon designed to
destroy the bad dudes from Alpha Centauri who have been trying to
invade Earth. The problem is that Spence may have been abducted by the
aliens, they may have stolen his DNA and memories, and they may have
grown him a new body complete with a little nuclear bomb. The tricky
thing is that Spence wouldn’t know it, and the only way the government
has figured out to test people is to cut out their heart (that’s where
the bomb is). Spence is convinced he is Spence, somehow gets away from
a government seemingly able to track anyone, and after escaping the
safety of the city under the protection of the electrified dome,
Spence ends up in the ruins of the old city, and runs into Cale (Mekhi
Phifer). It is there that Spence makes a deal with Cale – Spence will
get him into the hospital in the domed city (Spence’s wife, Maya,
played by Madeleine Stowe, is a doctor there) where Cale can steal all
of the drugs he wants, all he asks in return is that Cale doesn’t turn
him in. Our hunting game continues by the inspector dude, Hathaway
(played menacingly by Vincent D’Onofrio), convinced Spence is an
alien. Will Maya believe her husband? Will Hathaway catch Spence? Is
Spence really an alien and doesn’t know it? Is Cale a drug dealer just
looking for some quick scores? All of these questions are answered,
and really in some pretty good twists and turns, in what would have
been a pretty good movie it I didn’t feel like throwing up.
Yup, the chase scenes came off like they were shot with someone
running after Sinise with a home video camera, they kept doing that
"let’s tilt the camera to the right, tilt the camera to the left,
swing around our hero, do a close-up on his being terrified, tilt the
camera again, and make the movie goers keep leaning their head to the
right or left to keep things straight" camera work, and it just really
annoyed me.
So I’ll just wrap up this review quickly and say this could have
been a 3 ½ star sci-fi thriller if it wasn’t for the camera work. It
was so bad I’m knocking "Impostor" down to a 2 star, make you almost
want to throw up, letdown. I like Gary Sinise, think Madeleine Stowe
did a good job as the loving wife, and there was also a great
supporting role by the guy who’s always great in a supporting role,
Tony Shalloub as Nelson, Spence’s best friend. My advice – don’t try
to get so damn artsy with the camera work and just shoot the chase
scene.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
