Directed by:
Paul VerhoevenScreenplay:
Andrew W. MarloweCinematography:
Jost VacanoComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, Joey Slotnick, William Devane, Rhona Mitra, Jeffrey Scaperrotta, Tom Woodruff Jr. (more)VOD (3)
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What would you do if you were invisible? How far would you go? After years of experimentation, Dr. Sebastian Caine, a brilliant but arrogant and egotistical scientist working for the Defense Department, has successfully transformed mammals to an invisible state and brought them back to their original physical form. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine instruct... (Prime Video)
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Whenever I think about how I would use the power of becoming invisible, I scare myself and feel grateful that nobody has “invented” it yet. The premise is great, but they didn’t quite manage to fully exploit it. For instance, it would have been better if Bacon didn’t look like a dangerous maniac already from the beginning. By the end, the film totally forgets about a deeper message, the villain, in addition to invisibility, gets more superpowers that make him immortal, and the A becomes a B. A very decent B, but the squandered potential is still a shame.
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I like Verhoeven and his certain level of perversity and lack of inhibitions, but this film is definitely not up to his previous works. It did have potential, there are great visual effects, a promising start and actually the whole first half is interesting. But then the plot starts grinding, the script goes off the rails and Verhoeven tries to entertain the viewer with a killing spree. I could accept seeing Kevin Bacon covered in blood from head to toe only to be squeaky clean a minute later, but what he survives afterwards is something that not even Superman would be able to. There's no logic, plus a bunch of clichés and an ending that's set up several times and built up to extremes – everything I don't like in movies. You can forgive that in a B-movie, but not with a director of Verhoeven’s calibre.
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Verhoeven, stifled by the producers and cornered by a faceless script, did not completely disappoint. Hints of thoughts about the possibilities of science and how possible it is to get closer to God can indeed be found in the film. However, the film focuses primarily on the action and the impressive work of the special effects artists. The director's classical trademarks such as blood (a little bit of it drips at the end) and stylish violence (a cut rape) are ignored. This a perfect example of how the Hollywood machine has scrapped a unique talent.
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Paul Verhoeven has made a surprisingly uncontroversial and rather mediocre film that is at least well-crafted. It had the potential to be better — even the screenplay initially remains in quality waters. But the closer it gets to the end, the more it sinks into B-movie blandness. It's saved only by the charismatic Kevin Bacon and solid visual effects.
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A bit of a crappy ending, otherwise imaginative and quite watchable. It would be worth watching again with a new ending. Then maybe I'd give it a full 5 stars. As it stands, 3.5.
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A film that relies on a strong cast and a decent budget, allowing for a variety of complex special effects. However, in terms of content, it's desperately clichéd and executed without any spark. By the end, I felt quite disenchanted. With this team, the premise undoubtedly had more potential. Overall impression: 40%.
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Maybe the weakest Verhoeven film I’ve seen, but still a blast worthy of three and a half stars. The effects are impressive, the action is gripping, Goldsmith's music is darkly frightening... This film made me start to like Kevin Bacon.
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I regret that the film wasn't better received by critics and that it was Paul Verhoeven's last film made within American production. It's not a bad movie. It had a high budget, and you can see it in the special effects. Some shots are just excellent. I'm thrilled with this film and I wouldn't resist watching it again sometime. I really had nothing to worry about with it.
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