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Hollow Man (2000)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:4

Rotten:23

Average Rating:3.6/10

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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    04/24/01
    Joel Siegel
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    A labored, implausible piece of action-movie hack work.

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    01/01/00
    A.O. Scott
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    The movie proceeds by the hoariest sci-fi clichés.

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    01/01/00
    Charles Taylor
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    Salon.com
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    The most surprising aspect of Hollow Man is the fact that Shue agreed to work in such garbage.

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    01/01/00
    Edward Guthmann
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    With her quick wits and stamina, [Shue] steps to the fore, and we'd watch her even if Bacon weren't invisible.

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    Eric Harrison
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    J. Hoberman
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    I had more interest in the secondary characters.

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    James Berardinelli
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    Too bad they couldn't figure out a way to make the whole movie invisible.

    Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Jane Sumner
    Jane Sumner
    Dallas Morning News
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    If not for cable and video, Hollow Man would've been an invisible film.

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    Jay Carr
    Jay Carr
    Boston Globe
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    The film's degree of viciousness, which certainly isn't limited to Caine's nocturnal wanderings, makes one hope Verhoeven isn't taking any potions.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
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    John Anderson
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    Jonathan Rosenbaum
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    Despite a wealth of special effects and direction by Paul Verhoeven, Mr. Over-the-Top himself, this movie is surprisingly inert, more dull than anything else, with little to recommend it on any level.

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    Kenneth Turan
    Kenneth Turan
    Los Angeles Times
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    Paul Verhoeven has in Hollow Man come up with a movie empty of purpose.

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    01/01/00
    Kirk Honeycutt
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    Hollow Man is just that -- a hollow excuse for a movie.

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    Lou Lumenick
    Lou Lumenick
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    Hollow Man is hollow is because there's a void where its imagination should be.

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    Mark Caro
    Mark Caro
    Chicago Tribune
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    Hollow Man has a wicked, dirty soul -- and that's why it's special.

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    Michael Atkinson
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    Verhoeven sets up and then fails to deliver lavish satirical ways of having fun with invisibility.

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    Owen Gleiberman
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    Entertainment Weekly
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    Hollow Man does much more than just peek and grab.

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