Kevin Bacon does his best ALLY MCBEAL impersonation. Of course, it's Anamorphic and if you want to really show off DVD look no further. Crystal clear and sharp as a tack (look at the screen caps, and that's from a laptop!). The Video Find a problem with this presentation. (If this sentence baffles you, read some literature)
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Don't watch it for plot and pacing or you'll be let down.Ī decent movie at best, but loaded with enough eye candy for even the most staunch critic.Īwesome credits do not a good film make. Watch it for the scene where the invisibility formula is first used on Bacon or the scene with the blood bags or the scene in the swimming pool. "Yes nurse, I seem to be having a bit of a sore throat." Even though the FX are great and the cast does a solid job the tension is swapped for spectacle. The second half of the film is simply a stalker film where the stalker just happens to be unseen. This is one frame after the nipple shot of Rhona Mitra. It's a shame the story can't live up to them. It's amazing stuff, from the inspired use of water, smoke, blood, and goo to the massive amount of effort Bacon had to undergo it is certainly a technical achievement. If you want to see some astounding special FX (an Oscar nomination is the LEAST they can do for the work here), you've come to the right place. If you tune to channel 861 you can watch the most popular show on the PREDATOR home planet. It's good to see former mob henchman Louie "Ripplethroat" Garboni's doing well. Like all mad scientists, Crane rushes headlong into testing the product on himself, precautions be damned. Since the film isn't called MAN WHO WANTS TO BE HOLLOW BUT FAILS, they figure out the missing component to their research. Like Cronenberg's THE FLY, a film that this seems to be partially inspired by, the first experiments result in some really dead apes (or at least perturbed ones). Imagine needing to have your drawers pressure washed after. His crew (featuring the likes of Elizabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, and Kim Dickens) tolerates his attitude because he gets the job done. The Movie Sebastian Crane (Bacon) is an egotistical but brilliant scientist. I didn't love HOLLOW MAN in theaters, but perhaps DVD could ease the pain a little as it did with WAY OF THE GUN.Īnnette Bening continues her rampage on Hollywood. Plus, there's few directors who have as much fondness for gore and violence as they do T&A as Paul. Whether it's the ultraviolence of ROBOCOP and STARSHIP TROOPERS, or the bouncing mounds of silicone in SHOWGIRLS and BASIC INSTINCT, they're films that are built for an R-rated and decisively MALE audience.Ī group I count myself a part of. Whether you like him or not, Paul Verhoeven makes films that beg to be seen.