Impostor 2001

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: Looks like a nifty little sci-fi film noir but is actually a noisy mess. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A relentlessly dull chase flick with an inexplicably high-toned cast. Read more

Chicago Tribune: Impostor starts as a tribute to Philip K. Dick and winds up selling its soul to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: You will spend an hour and a half feeling adequately entertained if you're a sucker for sci-fi-run-run-run flicks. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: An amalgam of The Fugitive, Blade Runner, and Total Recall, only without much energy or tension. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: The editing is pointlessly hyperkinetic, never settling for a single camera angle when five, cut together in rapid succession, are available, and cramming nearly every scene with jump-cuts, flashbacks and jarring perspectives. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: It's a big production, but the movie feels somewhat counterfeit. Read more

Mark Rahner, Seattle Times: It's another clone that looks good but has no soul. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A so-so, made-for-TV something posing as a real movie. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Impostor is likely to be best appreciated by dedicated sci-fi fans, admirers of Dick in particular. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The movie is so thoughtlessly assembled. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Feels less like a cousin to Blade Runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Impostor is really little more than an extended Outer Limits episode. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Includes too much obvious padding. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Everything about Impostor ... is both familiar and profoundly unoriginal. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: This movie is something of an impostor itself, stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work. Read more

Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: In the transition from prescient work of fiction to pummelling popcorn flick, Impostor seems to have had its soul hijacked. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: The performances are solid, with Sinise's sobriety and lack of histrionics, especially, making him an anchoring and sympathetic presence. Read more

Mike Clark, USA Today: Unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction, Impostor is opening today at a theater near you. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: In the end, alas, the obvious interests of an actor of Sinise's range and depth are subsumed to the blunt demands of a standardized chase movie. Read more