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Right from the first scene of Hollow Man, I knew I was in for a long, gruesome ride. It begins with a mouse (a cute little mouse -– like the kind your science teacher kept as pets) scurrying into a cage. It stops for a drink. Suddenly, it’s lifted off the ground by something unseen. It contorts, it shrieks, and then it pretty much explodes into a bloody mess.
And it doesn’t get any better.
The story is about Dr. Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon -– who once again proves that it’s beyond time for him to retire) and his team –- Linda (Elizabeth Shue) and Matt (Josh Brolin) –- who have been working for several years to discover a way to make animals disappear -– and reappear. Once they find it, the next step is to try the process out on a human. The team goes behind the backs of the Pentagon committee assigned to the project, and Caine undergoes the process and becomes invisible.
When it’s time to bring him back, however, the formula doesn’t work, and he’s forced to stay invisible until his partners can find a successful formula. But he gets tired of being stuck in the lab, so he escapes. That’s when he realizes that, since he’s invisible, he can do whatever he wants because no one can see him -– so he begins to rape and murder (and just plain scare people) while his team struggles to bring him back to his senses.
I’m pretty sure that I could have lived a perfectly complete and satisfying life without ever seeing this film. The story was somewhat ridiculous -– thanks to a handful of blatant impossibilities (like Shue creating a powerful electromagnet to get herself out of a room that’s set at –30 degrees) and a pathetically predictable love triangle. And this is no Casper the Friendly Ghost. It’s gory and disgusting and senselessly violent.
If you’re one of those people who really enjoy gore and senseless violence (and lame, predictable plots), then you’ll love this movie, and I totally recommend it.
But if you’re not one of those people, pass this one by.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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