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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

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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Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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12/10/01
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

You'll realize this is nothing more than a sharp-looking slasher flick, bad one-liners and all.

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A labored, implausible piece of action-movie hack work.

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A.O. Scott
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An effects-laden exercise in mediocrity.

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04/02/01
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe
eFilmCritic.com

A successful experiment in special effects, but also presents a gripping story.

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01/01/00
Andrew Manning
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

The action becomes a who's-going- to-get-sliced-and-diced-next gore fest.

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08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
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Eye-popping visual effects ... become lost in yet another typical slasher movie.

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03/14/01
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