science fiction

Hollow Man Movie Review

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue
Enter a review
of your own!
"Hollow Man "
Message Board

Click here for free online dating advice!

Review Summary
HOLLOW MAN is a movie directed by Paul Verhoeven in 2000. The picture earned a nomination in the Best Special Effects category of the 2001 Academy Awards.

Kevin Bacon and his team have finally discovered the secret of invisibility. Kevin decides to carry out the experiment with himself but his colleagues are unable to make him visible again after the three days tests period. Kevin becomes completely mad as his new status allows him to live his most secret fantasies.

Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar

Scientists find a way to make humans be invisible, but when one of them decides to test it on himself, they can't make him visible again. He gets angry and blames them, so he uses his 'gift' as he calls it for evil to seek revenge on the others.
Diane, Resident Scholar

A twist to the standard Invisible Man story focusing more on the mental toll this would have on a person. Intersting premise which unforturately turns in to a "Die Hard" thriller at the end.
Stephen Charles, Resident Scholar


Detailed literary breakdown of Hollow Man
Our unique search engine breaks down books and movies into
dozens of literary elements, all of which are searchable.

New movie search (click here) New book search (click here)
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Technology/$$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - secret of invisibility
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - coping with special powers/seeking enlightenment
Character operated on/altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Given added abilities

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - scientist
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - Invisibility
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
unclothed? - chest and buttocks
Ethnicity - White
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Physical condition - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing breasts - seeing nude male butt
Kinds of F/X - exploding bombs - nasty human transformations
Most similar reviews by Gordonator ranking
The Invisible Man (1933) starring Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Harry Travers
Laserblast starring Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, Ron Masak, Dennis Burkley, Barry Cutler, Keenan Wynn, Roddy McDowall, Eddie Deezen
Darkman starring Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake
The Lawnmower Man starring Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright
Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, and Vincent Price
Think you can enter a better review
of this movie? Click here to try!




Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
Try our new Star Wars & Star Trek puzzle pictures! Click here

Advertise with us
Feedback
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith plot spoilers
Hobbits
The politics game
The lawyer game

3 Book search options!
1) Simple lookup
(title or author)

or
2) Detailed book search
(click here)
or

3) One-click plot searches! Simply click on a plot below!

Animal Story

Clones

Coming of age

Cultural problems, alien culture

Explore/1st contact/ enviro story

Family relations

GIANT monster(s)

Horror story?

Inner Struggle

Lifeform altered?

Mental/magical powers focus

Parody

Political power play

Religious overtones?

Repressive society story

Robots, Computers, VR

Romance

Spying & Investigations

Tech./$$$/Info hunt

Time Travel story?

Training/Apprent.

War or Invasion


Games:
Trivia Masters!

Rescue your favorite
scifi characters from
slavery!


Talk to your favorite
scifi characters!


Eating New Yorkers
Computer Game


Pomeranians

Most recent TV & Movie discussions:

The Borrowers: The Borrowers 5/11/2008 10:53:57 PM

Xena: 37 reasons why Xena and Gabrielle are... you know.... 5/11/2008 7:02:04 PM

Star Trek Voyager: Did B'nana find her labor pains to be erotic? 5/11/2008 6:55:09 PM

A Boy and His Dog: A Boy and His Dog 5/8/2008 8:17:30 PM

Blade Runner: Blade Runner 5/6/2008 12:23:07 PM

The Space Explorers: The Space Explorers 5/6/2008 10:16:13 AM

2010: Exactly why was 2010 a lame movie? 5/4/2008 10:19:38 PM

Star Trek Classic: "Mark of Gideon"--A pitch for family planning 5/4/2008 10:15:47 PM

Star Trek Classic: Star Trek's dim view of earth-hugging hippies 5/4/2008 10:10:06 PM

Star Trek Classic: Nancy Crater a bisexual monster? 5/4/2008 10:02:29 PM


Newest slaves:
Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano) 3:22:52 AM
Princess Leia 3:22:47 AM
Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs) 3:22:16 AM
Luke Skywalker 3:22:12 AM
Queen Amidala/Padme (Natalie Portman) 3:21:24 AM
Kate Jackson (Charlies Angels) 3:18:41 AM
Cameron Diaz 3:18:04 AM
Eva Longoria 3:17:53 AM
Lucy Liu 3:17:23 AM
Ashley Judd 3:17:08 AM
All slaves
(click here)


Celebrity interviews:
President George W. Bush 6:32:00 PM
Jan-Michael Vincent 2:16:51 PM
Captain Kathryn Janeway 3:47:46 PM
Jack ONeill (Richard Dean Anderson) 1:39:22 PM
Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 5:01:07 PM
All celebrities
(click here)