![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As it is now, it's a good exercise in visual effects territory, but there are so many other possibilities that lay with the story of an invisible human being. Had there been a stronger ending, the movie would've been a little better. He succeeds in a few instances, and he does manage to hold your attention for a while, but the ending is the weakest link in the movie. Caine’s predicament eventually drives him mad. The only problem is no-one can determine how to make him visible again. While the actors try to make the best with what they have, Paul Verhoeven tries to goose us a little. Hollow Man (2000) Cocky researcher, Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible and he’s so confident he’s found the right formula that he tests it on himself and soon begins to vanish. Instead, we have Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin and a few others mixing it up in a hidden lab somewhere in D.C. Hollow Man is a simple yet interesting take on the average horror film, led perfectly by Kevin Bacon as the scientist turned madman after being altered into. It would've been interesting to see Caine in the real world, and what would've been done to capture him. Hollow Man is the Memoirs of an Invisible Man as written by Jason Vorhees. True he does venture out into public and enters the apartment of his very fetching neighbor, but that's about all the real world we see with Caine. But, we don't get any sense of power from Caine. We see Caine slowly going mad and trapping his fellow scientists in the lab when they threaten to go public. Hollow man has a great story full of very cool visual effects, the film is very violent and gory, the directors cut version is now about 8mins longer than the DVD versions with all the previously unseen deleated scenes put back in like the rape scene (with Rhona Mitra) certainly worth the price as the Blu-ray version has an awesome picture. Caine says to his colleagues, "You have know idea how much fun this is." In truth, we don't. But while Caine's transformation and subsequent experiments with his new found power prove interesting, the movie fails to capture what it feels like to truly be invisible. Withholding information from his superiors, Caine tests his serum on himself and undergoes a transformation that is quite visually arresting. Kevin Bacon plays Sebastion Caine, an arrogant scientist who develops a serum for invisibility. Hollow Man boasts some pretty impressive visual effects and does have an intriguing story. ![]()
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