Hollow Man

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Hollow Man

R

2000

1h 52m

Sci-Fi

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The thought of human invisibility has intrigued man for centuries. Highly gifted scientist Sebastian Caine develops a serum that induces complete invisibility. His remarkable transformation results in unimaginable power that seems to suffocate his sense of morality and leads to a furious and frightening conclusion.

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Critics Consensus

Despite awesome special effects, Hollow Man falls short of other films directed by Paul Verhoeven, degenerating into a typical horror film.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

05/27/2019

the director keeps uncomfortably aligning the invisible cinemagoer's intrinsic voyeurism with Sebastian's own, showing us to what depths of depravity the male gaze can lead.

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

01/01/2000

0.5/5

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

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

01/01/2000

0.5/5

Despite a wealth of special effects and direction by Paul Verhoeven, Mr. Over-the-Top himself, this movie is surprisingly inert, more dull than anything else, with little to recommend it on any level.

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Chuck Klosterman

Akron Beacon Journal

10/27/2023

2/4

Verhoeven's work is always fun to look at it. What's far shoddier is the story itself; it starts poorly and grows progressively worse, finally collapsing into an ending that is so laughably dreadful that I don't want to ruin it.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/18/2022

2/4

[The movie] contains none of the brains or thoughtful dimensions that audiences have come to expect from Verhoeven’s visceral-yet-witty brand of cinema.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

09/29/2020

4/10

The "invisible man" idea isn't new, but the graphic nature of this film is certainly a deviously curious twist.

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James I

@James66 Apr 5

pretty good. some scenes were a bit heavy but enjoyable

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Manda R.

@oatmeal Mar 12

This movie was extremely disturbing. On many different levels.

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ra’xy T

@cxte_ Mar 10

wtf kind of sick rapey shit is this? writer and director clearly had a kink and i found the movie very disturbing. my little sister fell asleep right before the weirdo parts. had no clue the movie was like this

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MAURICIO M

@Macedomj Feb 20

melhor filme do kevin bancon que eu vi

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Emmanuel R.

@supeM Jan 30

TOP TIER! It doesnt deserve the scorn it gets. It may have questionable cgi and animatronic work for the gorilla, but aside from that it is genuinely my favorite interpretation of the invisible man. If u can get past the dated gorilla cgi u will be rewarded with the voyeur perspective and special effects of the invisible man

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saleesh s

@Saleesh Dec 24

Most of the people who gave negative review expected the hero to be a superhero and were shocked to find him a villainous character in a slasher tone. But, it is now 2025, and we would die to see this kind of movies over the garbage coming out of Hollywood. It was a technical brilliant piece of art of the time. The plot and acting did not deserve such a degrading by the critics. It has repeat watchability over any movie made by the Hollywood for the past decade.

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Synopsis

The thought of human invisibility has intrigued man for centuries. Highly gifted scientist Sebastian Caine develops a serum that induces complete invisibility. His remarkable transformation results in unimaginable power that seems to suffocate his sense of morality and leads to a furious and frightening conclusion.

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Producer: Douglas Wick, Alan Marshall
Screenwriter: Andrew W. Marlowe, Gary Scott Thompson, Andrew W. Marlowe
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Global Entertainment Productions
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 5, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $73.2M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)