( some spoiler ) a if you wouldn not know how it will endmy expectation for hollow man be high . a very good commercial and a director like paul verhoeven and actor like kevin bacon and elisabeth shue and plus a very interesting theme invisibility . every premise for a great movie be accomplish . unfortunately these thing do not matter at all . the movie be very very week and without suspense and awfully predictable . it all about a bunch of scientist who discover invisibility . after the test on animal succeed and kevin bacon decides to test it on himself . once he invisible and he change completely and realize the advantage of not be see . from this to murder there a very thin line . hollow man be an ill movie . it suffer of the disease that many new movie have represent the special effect . from a challenging theme that could have lead the producer to a great tensed psychological thriller and verhoeven ruin everything focus only on special effect and without give a damn about the real value of the movie . i must admit and the fx be awesome and probably the best i have see since matrix and but that not enough to make a movie good . actually that the problem with the movie today . just like verhoeven and most director care only about spectacular scene and nothing more . the exception be very few and and probably the matrix be the only movie that combine perfectly fabulous special effect and great plot . after starship trooper and verhoeven disappoints again . in stead of a great film and hm be crp . there be only 2 reason why you could watch this movie represent 1. the special effect 2. the joke with superman and wonder woman ( i would not spoil this moment for you . ) okay and so what go wrong with the movie . everything . let see what i can remember . it not tense at all . it should have be and but it not . it too predictable . you know from the beginning who will die and who will live . in stead of focus on the psychological part and verhoeven care only about the effect . very many cliche . of course the bad guy wake up a few time before die . just like in every low quality horror and the first rule be to let the character separate as much a possible . every time there be somebody alone in the lab and perfect victim for bacon . some hole in the plot . example represent at the beginning and bacon have to scan his finger to enter the lab . after he invisible and how can he do that . the end represent absolutely horrible . after shue hit bacon in the head and bacon fall down to the ground . then shue and brolin leave quietly and slowly and without look back . be that normal . then bacon get up and attack them and they kill him again . and then shue scream i hear an explosion ( happen minute ago ) and and they suddenly run inside . didn not she hear that explosion some time before . there a scene in which you can see the microphone hang above the actor . come on and mr verhoeven and i expect much more from you . so that about hollow man . what be suppose to be a great movie turn into a scam . vote represent 4 out of 10 ( for the special effect ) .