DVD Movie Rating for: Hollow Man

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Hollow Man

The Hollow Man features Kevin Bacon in the title role as Sebastian Caine, a scientist who discovers a formula for invisibility. After an experiment makes him slowly disappear, Cane begins to go insane, and soon threatens the lives of his fellow researchers. Elizabeth Shue and Josh Brolin star as the targets of Cane's mayhem, along with William Devane, Kim Dickens and Mary Jo Randle.

DVD Production Details of: Hollow Man

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound

Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom

DVD Release Date: May 13, 2003
DVD Features:
2 Discs

The HBO Making of "Anatomy of a Thriller"

3 deleted scenes

"Fleshing Out The Hollow Man" - behind-the-scenes featurettes

VFX picture-in-picture comparisons

Widescreen anamorphic format

Number of discs: 2

Cast of the movie: Hollow Man

• Elisabeth Shue .... Linda McKay
• Kevin Bacon .... Sebastian Caine
• Josh Brolin .... Matthew Kensington
• Kim Dickens .... Sarah Kennedy
• Greg Grunberg .... Carter Abbey
• Joey Slotnick .... Frank Chase
• Mary Randle .... Janice Walton
• William Devane .... Dr. Howard Kramer
• Rhona Mitra .... Sebastian's neighbor
• Pablo Espinosa .... Warehouse Guard
• Margot Rose .... Mrs. Kramer
• Jimmie F. Skaggs .... Wino
• Jeffrey Scaperrotta .... Boy in Car (as Jeffrey George Scaperotta)
• Sarah Bowles .... Girl in Car
• Kelli Scott .... Mom

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Reviews of the movie: Hollow Man

In Paul Verhoeven's appropriately shallow Hollow Man, Kevin Bacon plays a bad-boy egotistical scientist who heads up a double-secret government team experimenting with turning life-forms invisible. How do we know he's a bad boy? Because he (a) wears a leather overcoat, (b) compares himself to God, (c) drives a sports car, and (d) spies on his comely next-door neighbor while eating Twinkies. Sadly, this is the most character development anyone gets in this undernourished action/sci-fi thriller, which boasts some amazing special effects and some amazingly ridiculous plot twists. After experimenting rather ruthlessly on a menagerie of lab animals, Bacon finally cracks the code that will turn the invisible gorillas, dogs, and so on, back into their visible forms. Does it work on humans? Faster than you can say "six degrees," Mr. Bacon appoints himself human guinea pig, strapping down for an injection of fluorescent-colored serum. Thanks to some phenomenal, seamless and Oscar-worthy computer effects, Bacon is indeed rendered invisible, organ by organ, vein by vein. And what's the first thing you'd do if you were invisible? Why, spy on your female coworkers in the bathroom and molest your comely next-door neighbor, of course! Soon, Bacon is thoroughly psychotic, and it's up to Elisabeth Shue (Bacon's coworker and ex-girlfriend) and hunky Josh Brolin (her current snuggle bunny) to defeat the invisible man, who's picking off the science team one by one. You'd think this would be a prime opportunity for copious amounts of cheesy sex and aggressive violence--which Verhoeven served up so well and so exuberantly in Starship Troopers and Basic Instinct--but if anything, the director seems to tone down the proceedings, and really, who wants a muted Paul Verhoeven movie? Shue (who got top billing and a bad haircut to boot) and Brolin (who, yes, does take off his shirt at least once) generate little heat, and while Bacon does give an effective, primarily voice-oriented performance, his character is so underdeveloped that, well, you can see right through him.

Great visual effects can't save this canine.
In "Hollow Man" the Bacon character becomes invisible and then homicidal, the result of secret government research. The unfortunate sophomoric attempt at a sci-fi/action/drama flick goes straight into the dumpster with one dimensional characters, a silly plotline, poor casting, poor directing, poor acting on the part of the heroine, Shue, who's still little more than a pretty face..blaa, blaa, etc. The list of regrets goes on as this movie fails to deliver on any level with the exception of some spectacular visual effects. For special effects junkies only.