I just watched Imperium, a stupid movie. Everything predictable in advance. Unrealistic plot with stupid (completely predictable) twists. Very surprised to see it has received 9.3 on IMDB. Very disappointing.
The plot was obvious. It reminded me of cheap melodramas or comedies of 70s / 80s where a smart police infiltrates a group of ALL-STUPID ALL-RETARD people, and no one suspects him, but above that everyone loves him and trusts him and exposes himself to him.
All antagonists were extremely stupid to get easily fooled by the protagonist and trust him with all their heart and soul, and show him all their intents with slightest impulse. Even a regular guy is not that stupid, let alone people full of conspiracy theories, involved in crime, people who do not trust the government or those who feel they are being watched constantly. How can such very alert and hyper-vigilant people be such foolish?
Why somebody who ALREADY has all tools and crew to poison a city (and has already arranged everything) opens up to a newcomer stranger who has had tea with him a couple of times? It is easy for Mr. X to confess some private things to a stranger after a couple of visits, but why should Mr. X confess about his plan to kill a whole city to a total stranger, only because that stranger as well likes quality music and books? What is the motive? MrX wants to kill a city and die in the process, so he has to have a strong personality. Such a personality does not sacrifice all his plannings by trusting any stranger who has some similarities with him, and disclosing all his plans a couple of days before the action. But now we see a MrX who plans to kill a city, but trusts a stranger after a couple of visits and short talks about music, and then confesses about his HUGE plans to this stranger, just to feel loved by that stranger?!
Or in another scene, the radio entertainer gets mad at the protagonist and later goes to the FBI to say if that person did anything bad, I am not associated with it. When talking to the FBI, he was totally oblivious. He never thought that guy might have been an FBI infiltrator.
The only moment somebody suspected that protagonist is not who he claims to be, the protagonist managed to fool everyone by a short furious speech. Nobody picked up his body language and stuttering, but instead they believed his stupid speech. Funnier was that nobody cared to follow up on that investigation, although they were filled with conspiracy theories.
Another thing is that this police guy is a computer hacker / nerd and not a real cop with any crime background. Such people (their stereotypes) are not very famous for their social potentials, or improvising important lines at critical moments. This stereotype is famous for getting anxious in difficult social situations. Total bull****.
I give it 5 out of 10. I wanted to give it 6.2 first because of the good acting and score, but given the very unrealistic plot, it cannot get more than 5 IMHO.