
Wells creation), but mostly not seen and his hollow man doesn’t have much personality unlike even the original Claude Rains Invisible Man. Slater is in it (playing Michael Griffin which is a nod to the original H.G. The first movie had a strong cast led by Kevin Bacon and Elisabeth Shue, but this movie is step down. It does lead to a decent different direction near the end that doesn’t necessarily feel like a stretch. The movie does some things right with ways to attempt to keep taps on the “hollow man”, but it also drags out the story for too long.

The movie mixes in a conspiracy theory involving the organization that made the invisible man (played by Christian Slater), but the stronger aspect of the movie is the cat-and-mouse core plot. The story is essentially an invisible killer hunting the woman who has what he needs to survive and the police officer trying to protect her. Sometimes it feels like you look right through me, Maggie

While Hollow Man is a bit smarter, Hollow Man 2 drops almost all of the science-fiction for action and horror. I picked up a cheap double Blu-Ray of Hollow Man and Hollow Man 2 and after staring at them on my shelf for years, I finally watched both. I didn’t watch Hollow Man when it was released (not only did it seem kind of generic, but it had a stupid name). A sequel to Hollow Man from 2000, the film was released direct-to-video. When the unseen killer (Christian Slater) attacks, Frank and Maggie find themselves on the run and not only from the killer, but from the men hunting him.ĭirected by Claudio Fäh, Hollow Man 2 is a horror action movie. Someone is hunting Maggie and her classified work is the cause. When Turner and Martinez find themselves bumped to security detail by federal agents, they are assigned to protect another doctor named Maggie Dalton (Laura Regan).

The bizarre murder of a scientist in a bathroom during a party brings in Detective Frank Turner (Peter Facinelli) and his partner Detective Lisa Martinez (Sarah Deakins).
