Film Review of Impostor
Year: 2002 Reviewer: Chris Docker
Run of the mill sci-fi action adventure based on a short story by Philip K Dick. Earth has been at war with aliens for ages (we never see the aliens but they send lots of missiles at earth and the plastic domes that the luckier earth people live under). Spencer Olham is a top scientist who is suddenly arrested and accused of being an alien clone. He escapes and tries to prove his identity in time as the manhunt closes in on him. Lots of nice futuristic landscapes and edge of the seat action but still lacking substance. The continuously manufactured adrenalin chases, repetitively enhanced with `thriller' music, means that the movie lacks pace as it tries to stay in top gear all the way. A few quiet scenes would have allowed for better characterisation development of the plot in a less obvious way, but many sci-fi cine addicts won't be disappointed.
Rating: 5/10
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