Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Imperium 2016


     This film is inspired by the real story of FBI agent Michael German and he helped co-write the script.  Nate Foster is working for the FBI, he is persuaded to go undercover and infiltrate a radical white supremacy terrorist group.  Nate must watch everything he says and everything he does constantly. The group is nervous out moles.
     The physical appearance and mentality of Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t seem to be one that the supremacists would readily accept as one of their group?  His body build doesn’t look like them?  He doesn't act or talk like them?  The dialog doesn’t say much except F bombs one after another?  There is continual back and forth at the FBI about if they do or don't have a case?  2* (I didn’t like this movie)

109 min, Crime directed by Daniel Ragussis with Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, Sam Trammell, Nestor Carbonell, Chris Sullivan, Seth Numrich, Pawel Szajda, Devin Druid, Burn Gorman, Adam Meier. Roger Yawson.

Note:  Imdb 6.5 out of 10, 84% critic 64% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*, Amazon 3.7* out of 5* with 256 reviews, Metacritic 68 out of 100 with 17 critics 6.9 out of 10 with 56 reviews.
Special Note:  Filmed in Chesterfield, Petersburg, Hopewell, Richmond, Prince George, Virginia.  The name Imperium is Latin and commonly used in German to mean empire.  It’s also synonymous with the word Reich but not in the context of the German Empire.  Neonazis frequently refer to a Western Imperium.  The casting of Daniel Radcliffe helped get this film financed.

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