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Hollow Man

Hollow Man (2000)

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Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 113
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 82

Despite awesome special effects, Hollow Man falls short of other films directed by Paul Verhoeven. This flick over time degenerates into a typical horror film.

17

Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 24

Despite awesome special effects, Hollow Man falls short of other films directed by Paul Verhoeven. This flick over time degenerates into a typical horror film.

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Movie Info

In this sci-fi thriller, a man and a woman must fend off a killer whom they cannot see. Scientist Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) is working with a secret military research team headed by Dr. Kramer (William Devane), assigned to create new intelligence technology. With the help of his colleagues Linda McKay (Elisabeth Shue) and Matt Kensington (Josh Brolin), Sebastian has been developing a serum that makes people invisible. The formula is new and unstable, but after a risky but successful test on

May 8, 2001

$72.1M

Columbia Pictures

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All Critics (137) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (85) | DVD (45)

It brings nothing to the party except the most simplistic elements.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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Women in the audience now have as many bad role models on screen as the men sitting around them.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | Comment
Sacramento Bee
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If not for cable and video, Hollow Man would've been an invisible film.

January 1, 2000 Comment
Boston Globe
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Hollow Man is hollow is because there's a void where its imagination should be.

January 1, 2000 Comment
Chicago Tribune
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Hollow Man was met by hollow laughter from mocking audience members.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Comment
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Even for mature viewers, this is a flop.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Hollow Man has some of the coolest special effects I've seen. Too bad the film lives up to its name, offering nothing of substance.

October 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

All this magical computer-generated whiz-bang, and they can't do more with it than a climax ripping off your choice of slasher movies and Alien films?

September 17, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

...one can't help but admire the glee with which Verhoeven has imbued the film's more disgusting moments...

June 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

The violence in this movie is very graphic, so if that isn't your thing...skip it.

December 31, 2005 Full Review Source: Supercala.com | Comment
Supercala.com

Invisible man tale mixes high-tech effects and old-fashioned chills for out-of-sight entertainment.

November 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Netflix | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Hollow Man

Interesting concept by director Paul Verhoeven, Hollow Man is an intense Sci Fi horror film with a good cast of actors. The special effects are well done, however considering that this is a film by Paul Verhoevem, it lacks in delivering what you'd expect from the man that brought classic films such as Robocop, Total

October 3, 2011
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

Kevin Bacon starred with Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)...who was one of the star cast members in 3000 Miles to Graceland with Courtney Cox...who used to attend summer camp as a child with Chip Brown...who used to work with me at my last job. There I did it in 4!!! Lmao! Oh yeah... the movie was okay....

June 15, 2010
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Gregory Dark

Super Reviewer

    1. Carter Abby: Oh, I'd suck the tits right off of you.
    – Submitted by Kerwin M (5 months ago)
    1. Matt Kensington: Genius is the ability to go from A to D without having to go through B and C.
    – Submitted by Sarmad Q (12 months ago)

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