Impostor (Director's Cut)
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Movie Reviews of Impostor (Director's Cut)
Movie Review: what does it mean to be human?
Summary: 4 Stars
It's an older movie, i saw it years ago, thought i'd revisit it for my dystopia/apocalytic movie watching.
It's theme is what does it mean to be human.
It proposes several possible answers:
to have human characteristics that a machine can distinguish from non-human.
love. striving to stay alive. burning curiosity to know who we are.
Something about knowing reasons for God's existence and possessing a soul.
It is a nice touch that the secondary trigger was the realization that he was not human. As if to say that frantic search was from the human copied part of him, but when it was satisfied it self destructs, thus the journey itself is the destination. It's not a real deep movie, but worthwhile to watch, and maybe even watch for a second time, years later. It certainly doesn't even scratch the surface of the complexity of the question: what does it mean to be human. But is a nice introduction to thinking about it.
Movie Review: Another Philip K Dick's story, as we like them
Summary: 4 Stars
A great cast for a great story with a nice twist, where the main character - a scientist specialized in weaponry in a future war against aliens, suddenly finds himself public enemy # 1 and doubting his own identity.
Gary Sinise (Mission to Mars) is, as usual, exceptional. Vincent D'Onofrio, although a bit verbose, makes a decent "bad" government agent, and the atmosphere and visual effects credibly render the Earth at war in the year 2075.
I recommend to first watch the short version of the movie, provided in the DVD as a special feature and which was the intended original version. This short film is well balanced and straight to the point: a great Philip K. Dick's story. The long version (a request from the production) has an added middle part dragging you through concrete corridors with not-quite-convincing action scenes: this breaks the dynamics and may explain the bad reviews it received.
Movie Review: HE ROBOT?
Summary: 4 Stars
There are times in this generally well-made film that you wish director Gary Fleder hadn't let the action sag in the middle. Although it didn't destroy the film, it keeps it from being a true scifi classic.Gary Sinise stars as a scientist who is determined to be a cyborg created to blow up a visiting chancellor. Vincent D'Onofrio is the diehard military man out to destroy him. Madeleine Stowe is Sinise's physician wife who wants to stand by her man regardless. Tony Shalhoub has a very brief role as Sinise's best friend, and Mekhi Pifer is an underground rebel who helps Sinise out.
The visual effects are stunning and beautifully filmed. The performances on the whole are adequate; D'Onofrio is brilliant, as always. The ending has a twist that I didn't see coming, but one that makes good sense.
IMPOSTOR is not a classic, but it is a well directed and acted adventure yarn.
Movie Review: Surprise Find
Summary: 4 Stars
I had never heard of this film until I rented it, then purchased it after watching. Originally it was to be a 40 minute film tied together with 2 others to make one giant film about the relationship between humans and aliens. The story was then expanded upon to make it a feature all by itself. The story taken from an excellent short story from Philip K Dick, involves a not to distant future earth at war with an alien race we never really see. Earth cities are protected by domes as the aliens seek a way to get to us. This leads to a paranoid society trying to do anything to protect itself. Sinise is excellent in his role as he takes us on one adventure after another as he tries to prove to the authorities that he is not an alien plant. The twist ending was also a plus for the movie. The pciture is not perfect, and the extras suck, but this one is a good watch.Movie Review: Much better if you dont know who's the creator of the story
Summary: 4 Stars
Luckily I didnt know who the original creator of the story was before watching it so I was charmed by the story and surprised by its ending, important ingredients of my high rating. Not until I read the comment by other reviewers that I found out who the story writer is, and I understood why many were disappointed, for they had expected something more than Total Recall and Blade Runner.In my opinion, this movie is a hybrid of the above two plus the Fugitive, with many positive elements from each of them. Disregarding the similarities in the P.K. Dick's stories, and considering it only as a B Class budget movie, the entertainment and thriller parts are present. With the superb performance of Oscar winner Vincent D'Onofrio, this movie is definitely outstanding amongst any no brainer futuristic thrillers with sheer visual effects.