Impostor

Impostor is a 2002 science fiction film based upon a short story of the same name, written by Philip K. Dick in 1953. Gary Sinise plays Spencer Olham, a top-secret government weapons designer who is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a replicant created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth. He learns from the group's leader, Major Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio) that the replicants are perfect cop... more

Impostor is a 2002 science fiction film based upon a short story of the same name, written by Philip K. Dick in 1953. Gary Sinise plays Spencer Olham, a top-secret government weapons designer who is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a replicant created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth. He learns from the group's leader, Major Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio) that the replicants are perfect copies of the original human specimen (complete with memories), except they carry within their chest a small nuclear bomb, which cannot be detected without opening up the chest of the individual; in effect, killing them. The organization captured an alien transmission that stated that Olham's replicant was to assassinate the chancellor (Lindsay Crouse) when he came into contact with her, but Olham defends his humanity. He manages to escape the interrogation room and has various adventures on the run until Olham and his wife (Madeleine Stowe) are... less