Hollow Man

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Summary: Lacklustre sci-fi horror
Review: An elegant, "technological" sophisticated reprisal of H.G. Wells's "The Invisible Man" with lashings of sex and gore. A driven, eccentric scientist (Kevin Bacon) carries out an elaborate and risky experiment, in which he uses himself as a guinea-pig in order to acquire the power of being invisible. He unexpectedly puts his new ability into violent and amoral uses, in an orgy of murder and revenge against enemies, as well as some of his colleagues who thwarted, opposed, or underestimated him. The special effects are splendid, and they are the film's main saving grace. They seem essential to the unfolding of the story, with its ultraviolent and intermittently gripping build-ups. The acting is perfunctionary at best, the script mediocre, containg little originality. Two scenes: (the opening shot of the rat in the test laboratory, as well as the gorilla episode) are particularly noticable, and attest to the skill and dynamism of Paul Verhoeven's direction, which is unfortunately wasted on such lacklustre material, easily exceeded by some of his earlier films, e.g."Robocop", "Total Recall", "Basic Instinct".

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Summary: A great science-fiction survival movie
Review: This movie is really great.
Wonderfull special effects, great action, it has everything in it.
A classic !!!!!
9/10

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Summary: THE CRITICS ARE WRONG!!!!!
Review: This movie is fun for any horror /sci-fi fan who isn't looking for deep meaning and pompous purpose (did I say that?). Anyway, Hollow Man isn't trying to earn a Ph.D, it seems to merely try to entertain, which I feel it does effectively. Why do all the critics always look for lessons or 'depth' in movies - don't they know how to have fun?

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Summary: 3 1/2 Stars- entertaining AND [inexpensive]
Review: The story is not the greatest, the acting can be kind of stiff and unoriginal. But the special effects really are top flight. If you're out for just pure, mindless entertainment, buy Hollowman. It's cheaper than most DVD's out there.

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Summary: Wow, couldn't believe it....bad, bad, good.
Review: Bad acting. Bad story. Good special effects. In retrospect, the typical Hollywood garbage we get every summer. To know what the movie is about, read the other reviews.

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Summary: Enjoyable fun
Review: But Paul Verhoeven's essentially a pretty boring director.Is it actually possible for the guy to make a film without any violence or sex/nudity? All the same ,this is entertaining stuff.The story has a pretty slow feel to it,but the special effects are great and it's certainly very lively towards the end.

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Summary: The Best Comedy of 2000
Review: .....oh wait, it wasn't supposed to be funny! Yeah, so I thought I wrote a review of Hollow Man before, but I can't seem to find it. Any way, Hollow Man is completely Bad, yet it is completely worth watching (hence 2 stars). In 20 years, when the special effects and haircuts look cheesy, it will be pee-your-pants funny. Oh wait, Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Shue's hair ALREADY looks bad. The script has some very memorable lines including "I could suck the ---- off of you." uttered by a slacker scientist looking at pornography on the job (because scientists on top-secret government projects have nothing better to do). Rent this Bad Baby and laugh your pants off.

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Summary: Some good special effects....but
Review: There are so many holes in the story it's not funny. First I'd like to say the special effects where great. But make the story believable, the formula makes him invisible not superhuman!! If you'd wanted to make it believable that he was impervious to injury build that into the story line, just don't dump that on me at the end of the movie. Kevin Bacon was killed half a dozen times in the last ten minutes of the movie, but he kept coming back for more.

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Summary: All effects, no story, no acting
Review: The only redeeming feature of this movie are the excellent special effects. The story is almost non-existant, and you are constantly shown ho-hum outbursts by Bacon's moody character. His acting isn't at all impressive, although his part in the movie doesn't allow for him to be. For that matter, the acting of Elisabeth Shue isn't any good, either. None of the acting is. And there are many technical questions I have and think are funny. For example, when injected with the invisible liquid, the people miracuously disappear from the outside and it works its way in towards the internal organs and bones. But, when injected in the same vein with the reappearing agent, they strangely begin reappearing from the inside then moving outward. That's just one example of the many horrible scenes of the movie, although the rendition of the body as it is disappearing/reappearing is excellent.

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Summary: IT STINKS!!!!!!!
Review: This movie....well I have very few words for this movie...For anyone that has respect for GOD, They don't need to watch it. I used to like Kevin Bacon as an actor, but you hate him so bad in this movie, You'll hate him for now on. He picks up a small dog and bashes it's head against a wall and kills it... ...