Imperium

"Defend your nation. Become your enemy."

2016 1h 49m EN

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Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.

“Defend your nation. Become your enemy.”

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Cast

Daniel Radcliffe
Nate Foster
Toni Collette
Angela Zampino
Tracy Letts
Dallas Wolf
Sam Trammell
Gerry Conrad
Nestor Carbonell
Tom Hernandez
Chris Sullivan
Andrew Sheehan
Seth Numrich
Roy
Pawel Szajda
Vince Sargent

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daniel Ragussis
Writers: Daniel Ragussis, Michael German
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 10 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Daniel Ragussis, shot by Bobby Bukowski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Will Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Sara Corrigan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Daniel Radcliffe and Toni Collette and Tracy Letts carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Defend your nation. Become your enemy.".

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IMDB entry: tt4781612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Daniel Ragussis directs. Bobby Bukowski behind the camera. Will Bates scores. Sara Corrigan cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 10 years ago.
2Directed by Daniel Ragussis, shot by Bobby Bukowski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Will Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Sara Corrigan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Daniel Radcliffe and Toni Collette and Tracy Letts carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Defend your nation. Become your enemy.".
7IMDB entry: tt4781612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "neo-nazism", "undercover", "fbi", "oklahoma city bombing".

The technical file

Cinematography: Bobby Bukowski
Original score: Will Bates
Editing: Sara Corrigan
Production design: Kristen Adams
Costume design: Amelia 'Amy' Andrews
Makeup / hair: Ashley Fetterman
VFX supervisor: Roopesh Gujar
Sound: Ryan Billia
Stunt coordinator: Chad Hessler
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $302,109
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Imperium (2016)

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Reno2016-11-23
★ 7/10
The good, the Bad and the Ugly sides of the FBI force! The post Harry Potter series, apart from awesome in 'Horns', Daniel Radcliffe struggled to find his character, where he fits in. I mean he tried many different ones, but I think in this he was so good. Initially I thought 'whaaaat?' Because with his physique, he did not qualify to play an FBI agent. He was like when the Captain America first came to the army recruitment. And then when the story progressed, I realised the character was designed that way. So I found it kind of fun, though the topic it was dealing, especially knowing it was inspired by the real, this is definitely an eye opener. The first 5 minutes reveals the film's whole plot. Though the opening was the end part of some undercover operation taken by the FBI. It does not show us how it all had happened, but with a new mission, another similar kind of event follows which is what this film. Some people call it a propaganda, but I think it was a good message film for the common people. For how misused the homeland security force. I mean they were doing their jobs, but for achieving big within the force, they take the risks which unfortunately transforms the barking dogs into the biting ones. So basically the infiltration means, they are the one to encourage those bad guys to act, in order to get them red handed. If it was for a good cause like if they nab the real culprit, then it's okay, but the innocents should not be turned into evil and punished. Like there are no bad guys, but they make one and take into the custody. If you watch it and think about it, you would relaise what I meant. It was a better film than I anticipated, and the performance by Daniel Radcliffe was the highlight of the film. Some newcomer directed it and decently done his job. Not a must see, but surely I force you to watch it to learn the good, the bad and the ugly sides of the FBI force. 7/10

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