hollow man start a brilliant but flaw scientist dr. sebastian caine ( kevin bacon ) finally work out how to make thing visible again after have be turn invisible by his own serum . they test the serum on an already invisible gorilla and it work perfectly and caine and his team of assistant celebrate but while he should report the breakthrough to his military backer caine want to be the first invisible human . he manage to persuade his team to help him and the procedure work well and caine becomes invisible and however when they try to bring him back the serum fails and he remain invisible . the team desperately search for an antidote but nothing work and caine slowly start to lose his grip on reality a he realise what power he have but be unable to use it be trap in a laboratory . but then again he invisible right and he can do anything he want . direct by paul verhoeven i rather like hollow man . you know it just after christmas and i saw this a few hour ago on late night or early morning cable tv and bad of all i feel sick and not because of the film but because of the chocolate and fizzy pop i have have over the past week so i will keep this one brief . the script by andrew w. marlowe have a decent pace about but it do drag a little during the middle and have a good central premise and it take he basic idea that be invisible will make you insane just like in the original the invisible man ( 1933 ) film which hollow man obviously owe a fair bit . it manage to have a petty successful blend of horror and sci fi and action and provide good entertainment value for 110 odd minute . i think the character be ok and i think some of the idea in the film be good although i think it generally know that verhoeven doesn not deal in subtlety and the first thing he have the invisible caine do be sexually molest one of his team and then when he get into the outside world he have caine rape a woman with the justification who go to know that caine say to himself . then of course there the gore and he show a rat be torn apart and that just the opening scene after the credit and to be fair to him the violence be a bit more sparse this time around but still have a quite nasty and sadistic tone about it . have say that i love horror or gore or exploitation film so hollow man delivers for me and it just that it might not be everyone cup of tea . director verhoeven do a great job and or should that be the special effect boy make him look good . the special effect in hollow man really be spectacular and more or less flawless and their brilliant and it as simple and straight forward a that . there some good horror and action set piece here as well even if the climatic fight be a little over the top . i love the effect where kevin bacon disappear one layer at a time complete with vein and organ and bone on full show or when the reverse happen with the gorilla . there a few gory moment include a rat be eat and someone be impale on a spike and someone have their head bust open with blood splatter result . with a staggering budget of about $ 95 and 000 and 000 hollow man be technically faultless and i can imagine the interview on the dvd where some special effect boffin say they map bacon entire body out right down to he last vein which they actually do because you know everyone watch would notice if one of his vein be miss or in the wrong position wouldn not they . the acting be ok and bacon make for a good mad scientist anti hero type guy . hollow man be one of hose big budget hollwood extravaganza where the effect and action take center stage over any sort of meaningful story or character but to be brutally honest sometimes we all like that in a film and well i know i do . good solid big budget entertainment with a slightly nasty and darker streak than the usual hollywood product and definitely worth a watch .