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Hollow Man (2000)

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Reviews Counted:110

Fresh:30

Rotten:80

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: 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.

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Box Office: $26,414,386

Synopsis: Washington D.C. scientist Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) is under contract with the U.S. government to formulate a serum which will render human beings invisible. When his test serum makes a... Washington D.C. scientist Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) is under contract with the U.S. government to formulate a serum which will render human beings invisible. When his test serum makes a laboratory gorilla disappear and then successfully brings her back, Caine decides that it is time for him to be the next guinea pig. He and his team are ecstatic when the serum work. When the antidote fails to work as it did on the gorilla, however, Caine finds himself in the initially enviable, but ultimately horrifying predicament of being permanently undetectable to the human eye. Faced with the opportunity to perpetrate any crime he desires without fear of apprehension, Caine gives in to his basest desires. But when he learns that his that his ex-girlfriend and assistant, Linda McKay (Elisabeth Shue), is involved with their fellow co-worker Matt Kensington (Josh Brolin), Caine goes over the deep end, and is willing to kill anyone who tries to stand in his way, including his trusted fellow researchers. Director Paul Verhoeven (BASIC INSTINCT) puts a contemporary spin on the classic INVISIBLE MAN tale, turning it into a funhouse-style stalk-and-slash film with some of the most impressive visual effects the screen has seen. [More]

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Joey Slotnick, Mary Randle, Greg Grunberg, William Devane, Rhona Mitra

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Screenwriter: Andrew W. Marlowe
Producer: Douglas Wick, Alan Marshall
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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  • What would you do if you were invisible? How far would you go? After years of experimentation, Dr. Sebastian Caine, a brilliant but arrogant and egotistical scientist working for the Defense Department, has successfully transformed mammals to an invisible state and brought them back to their original physical form. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine instructs his team to move on to Phase III: human experimentation. Using himself as the first subject, the invisible Caine finds himself free to do the unthinkable. But Caine's experiment takes an unexpected turn when his team can't bring him back. As the days pass, he grows more and more out of control, doomed to a future without flesh as the HOLLOW MAN. Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin star in this intense thriller filled with extreme suspense, terrifying twists and incredible special effects.
  • Après des années de recherches, le Dr Sebastian Caine, un savant brillant mais arrogant et narcissique travaillant pour le département de la défense, réussit à rendre des mammifères invisibles puis à leur redonner leur forme physique originale. Déterminé à accomplir l'ultime expérience, Caine donne des instructions à son équipe d'aller de l'avant avec la Phase III: l'expérimentation sur l'Homme. Se choisissant comme premier sujet, Cain devient invisible et vit l'impensable en toute liberté. Mais l'expérience de Cain prend une tournure tout à fait imprévisible, lorsque son équipe est incapable de le faire revenir à son état normal. À mesure que les jours passent, il perd de plus en plus le contrôle sur lui-même, condamné à un futur désincarné, celui de L'HOMME SANS OMBRE.
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    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?

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    09/17/07
    Rob Gonsalves
    Rob Gonsalves
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    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    06/24/06
    Derek Adams
    Derek Adams
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    ...one can't help but admire the glee with which Verhoeven has imbued the film's more disgusting moments...

    Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
    06/03/06
    David Nusair
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    05/26/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

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

    Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
    12/31/05
    John Venable
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    12/06/05
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    09/30/05
    Scott Nash
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    04/09/05
    Robin Clifford
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    05/22/03
    Eugene Novikov
    Eugene Novikov
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    05/20/03
    Susan Tavernetti
    Susan Tavernetti
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    Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
    02/08/03
    John R. McEwen
    John R. McEwen
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    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
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    12/02/02
    David Thompson
    David Thompson
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    Invisible man tale mixes high-tech effects and old-fashioned chills for out-of-sight entertainment.

    Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
    11/07/02
    James Rocchi
    James Rocchi
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    10/30/02
    Matthew Turner
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    10/15/02
    Margaret A. McGurk
    Margaret A. McGurk
    Cincinnati Enquirer

    One of these movies that you know aren't very good but still enjoy.

    Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
    09/10/02
    Kevin N. Laforest
    Kevin N. Laforest
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    08/02/02
    Betty Jo Tucker
    Betty Jo Tucker
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    There are two ways to not see this invisible man. The best option is skipping the movie.

    Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
    06/13/02
    Jeffrey Westhoff
    Jeffrey Westhoff
    Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

    "Hollow Man" trots out Verhoeven's usual bag of tricks, including voyeurism, considerable violence against women and having the characters use about four times as much profanity as they would in real life.

    Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
    06/10/02
    James Sanford
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