DIRECTOR
Paul Verhoeven

WRITER(S)
Andrew W. Marlowe

CAST
Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, William Devane

MPAA RATING
R

RUNNING TIME
114 Minutes

STUDIO
Columbia

The easy part is to make the object (so far, only animals) invisible. What has been troubling this self-proclaimed genius is making them visible again.

Bacon, who's character is full of arrogance, finally comes up with the solution. So in a frentic act, he tests the juice on an ape. And sure enough, the stuff works.

Now that his head has balooned even more, Bacon decides he wants to be tested. He'll be the first human to be treated with the invisible viagra.

Since this is a horror/sci-fi movie, you know something has to go terribly wrong. He makes it through the invisible process just fine, but after a few days (the max he stays unseen), they can't make him reappear.

So Bacon and crew spend a few weeks in an underground lab trying to figure out what is going on. Sure, it's easy for his crew to handle this. They get to leave after their shift and go home. But Bacon is stuck there.

He proclaims, "I'm tired of being a f***ing lab rat." And at that point, the mental breakdown begins. And that's when the horror really starts.

"Hollow Man" is a mixed bag. The first 2/3 of the movie is the best parts, showing off some incredible effects and letting Bacon say some very funny one-liners. It's in the third act that things get nutty and way over-the-top. But that isn't enough to keep this film from getting a recommendation.

Paul Verhoeven, who may never live down "Showgirls", doesn't botch this one up. If you can forgive the supporting cast for being total idiots in the last 30 minutes, you should enjoy yourself. Not only was Bacon invisible, but also the crew's common sense.