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Summary: Well worth a watch!
Review: This is an entertaining film which has a interesting plot. Kevin Bacon gives an excellent performance playing a kind of mad scientist role. There are also some cool effects that should look great on DVD. This isn't however a classic thriller and after a couple of watches would probably end up near the back of your collection.
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Summary: Visualy perfect!
Review: Paul Verhoeven likes to shock his audience. I'm Dutch so I have also seen his movies which he made in Holland before he went to America. One of his movies, "Turks Fruit", based upon the book of Jan Wolkers is considered to be the best Dutch movie ever made. And that movie has so much sex that it will never be released in America.When Paul went to America, he shocked whole America with "Basic Instinct" because he doesn't has a problem with showing sex and nudity in a movie like a lot of American directors do. I think he realised with "Showgirls" that he had gone to far and shouldn't show that much of nudity but you can still see it in every movie of him, like the shower-scene in "Starship Troopers". And now, "Hollow Man" has it too, but not that much. It is as much as you saw in "Starship Troopers". "Hollow Man" is, just like "Starship Troopers", fantastic to see. And not only because of the fantastic Special Effects but also because Paul's style which I realy love. OK, in a way is the story not very original (scientist experiments on hisself and finaly gets insane and kills people) but on the other hand it is a thing that is very realistic. I mean, I think that it isn't that hard to believe that when you are invisible and can't get visible again so you have the fear to probably stay invisible for the rest of your life and then discovers that your ex-girlfriend is having an affair with his friend AND is destroing your career (because that's the way how Sebastian Cane sees it), wouldn't that drive you crazy? And, okay, Sebastian was kind of f**ked up from the start of the movie so the fact that nobody can see him and punish him was enough reason to kill somebody. And ones he killed one, he is just like a dog who ones he tasted blood, he can't get enough of it. So don't say that it is all very unbelievable, because the psychological part of the movie isn't. The great action, suspense (sometimes, I realy jumped off my seat in the theatre) and the best Special Effects you have ever seen in a movie makes this definately a great movie and, together with "Starship Troopers", Paul Verhoevens best!
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Summary: Special Effects Perfect. Movie sucks
Review: The special effect were really great but the story sucked big time. It's another stupid story and you know how it ends. 2 of the main characters survive everything. If you see the trailers you'd think it's a horror movie. well it isn't. My advise don't go to the movie. Maikel
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Summary: Hollow Man.... SFX = great.... everything else....
Review: from the director of Robocop, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, Basic INstinct, Showgirls,.... brings us HOLLOW MAN! haahah Rated R.... obviously..... I actually saw some parents bring their like 7 year old kids.... what the hell? oh well right of the bat the movie sets the tone of what your gonna expect. the movie's special effects are amazing.... if not the best! um..... the movie is violent.... pretty much violent to the max. sexual content.... there's a lot.... not as graphic as I thought, but I think that stuff was cut out.... well the movie is your basic story line.... starts off your cheesy sci-fi into your slasher killfest! characters were fairly dull and boring.... I have no idea why Elizabeth Shue was in it..... she pretty much just was reading lines or soemthing..... Kevin Bacon was good though. Special Effects were awesome..... anyhow the DVD version is schedulled to have the deleted scenes and stuff cuz the director was complaining about that..... cuz they had to cut out the violence and sex etc.... so I'd give this movie like a 6 out of 10..... cuz the only thing that's worth seeing is the special effects.... and I guess for the ladies.... Kevin Bacons penis! hahhaa oh I've said too much! ahahah but I'd like to go to a movie once, and not see Kevin Bacon's penis!
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Summary: Recall, Starship, and Stone's pink bits to this?
Review: This film was a major let down. Verhoven is da man has done some of my favorite films, Total Recall and Robo. Sure the special effects were great, but the film didn't evolve into anything spectacular. What would have been cool if they had more of Bacon messing around with people on the streets, taking advantage of his condition. Also the climax was fairly dull being situated in the lab. The lift coming down was pretty cool though. It would have been great if they were chasing him through the city as there would have been so many possibilites opened up, and it wouldn't have been so standard. Anyway, worth watching for the special effects and in general wasn't that bad, but it had the potential to be something really great yet they missed. I'll wait to video till I view this again. ...
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Summary: HOLLOW MAN
Review: I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF GREATEST THRILLERS OF ALL TIME!I WOULD DEFIANETLY COMPARE THIS TO THE SIXTH SENSE!SCARY,FUNNY,AND THE- BEST SPECIAL FX I HAD EVER SEEN.GREAT MOVIE!
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Summary: Check your brain at the door.
Review: After you read the other reviews, go see the matinee instead of paying full price. I agree with most. I wanted to like this movie, but the acting and some of the dialogue was so sophomoric. Bacon was good, as usual, but he can't do it all. The supporting cast were stiff and a bit lame. E. Shue is always great, still I couldn't believe some of the lines she was given for her role. The effects are top notch, and unequalled, yet after seeing "The Cell", I felt these two projects ran neck and neck in the digital graphics department. Aside from all that, this movie's final 30 minutes is so predictable once you see what the lab crew gets themselves into. 3 stars for the truckload of killer effects. No pun intended.
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Summary: Real Hollow Man
Review: This movie is an attempt to bring the invisible man to the year 2000, it is a very good effort. As a fan of the genera I saw many elements that have been respected, Paul Verhoven the director did a very good job, with some exceptions, but to me these exceptions are unacceptable for a director of his caliber. If you have not seen the movie don't continue to read as I may spoil some of the fun. I liked most of the story, a little shallow but it's a sort of a remake of the invisible man, a simple story. I had trouble with the ending and I don't understand why directors and producers feel the need to insult the audience intelligence. First, Elizabeth Shue takes a tank of some sort of gas and gerri rigs it as a flame thrower and burns Kevin bacon to a crisp, his skin chars and the burned skin start to fall making him invisible again. I know that when I burn Myself with a match it hurts!, In this movie it does nothing more to him than slow him down for a couple of seconds and then he continues his assault. Two: he gets electrocuted by accidentally hitting with a crowbar an electric box and having the fire extinguishers fill the hall with water. The electric box looked very powerful like high voltage powerful but this does nothing more than knock him out for a minute. Remember he has now been killed and burned twice, but this boy doesn't care, he keeps on going (also the director doesn't care), a minute later he's climbing the elevator shaft and fighting with Elizabeth Shue, he falls into the elevator shaft which is full of fire to be burned for the 3rd last time, I hope he died, but I'm afraid he might come back for a sequel to be burned a few more times. Dear Mr. director, Mr. writer, and Mr. producers, have you ever herd of holes in a story?, maybe this project should not be called: Hollow Man but Hollow Movie. (From hollow brains) Enjoy Martin My review from 1 to 10, -- 10 being Titanic. 10 minus 3 bad endings makes for a 7 minus no pain when you get burned, a TOTAL OF 6 Martin Points
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Summary: Hollow Movie
Review: Throughout much of "Hollow Man", I was reminded of Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", in which the eponymous character sells his soul to Mephistopholes, only to turn invisible and play practical jokes on his unsuspecting contemporaries. In "Hollow Man", Sebastian Cole (Kevin Bacon) sells his soul to...well, himself...and uses his newfound power to play practical jokes on his coworkers, albeit practical jokes of a slightly evil nature. Instead of robbing a bank, he tweaks the nipples of the project veterinarian. Rather than murder Saddam Hussein, he rapes the woman in the apartment across the hall. Like Doctor Faustus before him Cole is as limited in imagination as he is powerful. This is a profound statement about human greed, in my opinion, but that's not really what this review is about. At first visually and Technologically stunning, "Hollow Man" bogs down with what I think of as "3D Syndrome" - Paul Verhoeven, having the ability to amaze you with the many different ways to make Cole visible spends the entire film...making Cole visible. We see him in water, smoke, fog, mist, blood. We see his invisible frame coated with burnt flesh. By the end of the film, reason is tossed out the window, exchanged for pure eye candy. Don't get me wrong. I like eye-candy. But like any kind of candy, too much can make you sick. In the end I felt myself craving substance, a statement about the tenuous hold we have on morality, something that made me feel like I was actually watching a movie instead of viewing images in a particularly gory art gallery. Supporting roles are adequately played, though the talented cast is given little to do. Kevin Bacon chews a lot of scenery as Cole, but inexplicably chooses to play him as a jerk all the way through, so we feel nothing but relief when he gets his comeuppance.
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Summary: It was alright.
Review: As far as an action movie/thriller goes, the action, special effects, and of course, explosions are top-notch. Even the acting is pretty good. The concept was a novel one, but it was practically ruined by its disintegration into a normal action movie by the end. It was getting ridiculous near the end. The man is just invisible, not invincible. He should have been killed by the flame thrower, or the crowbar, or the giant explosion...he inexplicably comes back after every single trauma that would have felled any other person. BTW, almost worth seeing for the beautiful Rhona Mitra ^_^ and the special effects, some of the best that I have ever seen.
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