a pentagon science team seem to have perfect a serum which cause invisibility but when the lead boffin try it out on himself he can not reverse the process . frustrate and drink with power and he turn psychotic in the classic h. g. well tradition . this be a gleefully horrible invisible man story and deliver with relish by the ever tasteful verhoeven and bacon a the genius turn loonytoon maniac . a with much of verhoeven work it have a terrific unrestrained sense of boy own comic book adventure ( the secret underground lab where the scientist work be just wonderful ) combine with the most horrific and depraved visuals ( woman in their underwear be grope and attack by an invisible fiend and animal beat to death and literally gallon of blood and wholesale slaughter in the last two reel ) . whilst the story doesn not ring any new twist on an old idea and the cg special effect by scott e. anderson be eye poppingly brilliant a we see vein and artery and cardiovascular system and muscle and tissue and bone and flesh all literally appear out of nowhere . in particular and a sequence where the team bring a gorilla back from the invisible state and the scene where bacon drown devane in a swimming pool and be absolutely breathtaking in the detail and artistic invention of the effect . the film also have a great soundtrack by jerry goldsmith and classic horror movie photography by jost vacano . the young cast be pretty much overshadow by the movie technical pedigree and but both shue and dickens be impressively out of their depth . this be a great fun nasty movie .