The first movie sequel better than it's predecessor in my opinion.
Added 12/12/2009
Okay you have Hollow man which I thought was a screw up to begin with. First off Kevin Bacon is a good actor, but this movie was the worst career choice. I mean common, excessive special effects to the point of being unrealistic that if you nit pick the scenes there are so many flaws. Second, the movie contains rape and animal cruelty in the most perverse ways. Lastly, the movie was a waste. NOW, Hollow Man 2 was the best make up/replacement/Hollow Man sequel in the Hollow Man series. Christian Slater is a great actor and this was a great choice for him. He IS the best invisible man. His character name Michael Griffin is even based on the original Invisible Man character in the original novel. The special effects are great because of the realism and the minimal of CGI and the use of practical effects. There's a great supporting cast and the characters are great. The movie may be rated R for strong violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity, but it's more like the good classic 80's and 90's horror movie type. Hollow Man (Christian Slater) is a top military soldier and a skilled killer/fighter who wanted to go invisible, so he got his wish and became a serial killer on a mission. That's awesome! Slater is more of the Jason Voorhees type of serial killer and kills people in awesome ways. That's the only thing that makes him psycho, but it's in an awesome way. Plus there's a good fight scene at the climax. Bottom line, I own it and like it A LOT. Great movie and recommend it.
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Good Movie
Added 11/9/2009
hollow man 2 is not as good as the first but i still like it. it's still a good movie. recommend it for everyone
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Hollow Sequel. Don't Waste Your Time
Added 6/18/2008
Those who have seen the first Hollow Man will certainly find this "sequel" bad. The acting is poor, the sets are poor, special effects mediocre and you may not notice that Christian Slater is in it if you don't look at the credits.
The story begins with a cranky scientist who says he kills monkeys for a living being thrown around at a party by some invisible force. He nearly gets thrown out of a window, then gets his throat cut in the bathroom. All the while, there was no visible assailant. The cops arrive first, followed quickly by the military who declare that they are taking over the investigations.
Meanwhile, our hero and his female partner are tasked to protect a female a colleague of the murdered scientist. They suspect that she may be the next target. They try to secure the premises, but the female cop gets knocked out by an invisible force. The soldiers rush in and a confusing shootout follows. Our hero escapes the scene with the female scientist who tells him the whole story about a military experiment to induce invisibility. The subject of the experiment was betrayed. The buffer which was supposed to keep him alive, was never given to him. The invisible man returns and seeks revenge on the scientists and military men.
Our invisible man goes on a rampage, killing his CO and other big and bad guys. Every scene is shot in such poor lighting, both indoors and outdoors that one may really need night vision goggles to see not just the invisible man, but the visible ones as well.
There is a slight twist in the tale towards the end, but the final scene is neither scary nor exciting. Don't waste your time with this one.
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More like Verhoven
Added 6/18/2008
The original film that was directed by Paul Verhoven was a step away from his classic action film and took the form of a thriller. The sequal to the Film HollowMan 2 Takes it back ti the action genre.
Starring Christian Slater as the newest experament in the human testing of invisibility. The results are a mentally unstable killing machine on a quest of personel power and profit. A due of a scientist and a police detective team up to find and stop the killer and it soon comes down to Hollow Man Vs Hollow Man, the battle of the invisibles.
The film was a direct-to-DVD release and had significantly less promotion and propaganda than its prequal. It has recieved a standard 3 star reception in most reviews and websites.
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Well, Christian Slater Is an Invisible Man ... Not a Good Career Choice, I Believe
Added 1/27/2007
I didn't particularly find Paul Verhoeven-directed `Hollow Man' impressive and I actually thought its characters are stupid and the story was silly (tell me, who would like to be absolutely invisible without thinking about its risk?), but the plot of the sequel is even more preposterous, After the promising opening ten minutes, the film soon runs out of gas, depending on so-so set-pieces and countless plot conventions.
The story is, in short, about an invisible killing machine Griffin (played by Christian Slater who is not seen but heard almost all through the film). Griffin needs serum that would keep him alive, so he stalks the scientist who knows how to make it. There are stock characters like a determined PD detective, his partner and military officials. Peter Facinelli plays the cop Frank Turner, Laura Regan the scientist Maggie Dalton and William MacDonald the officer whose name, sorry, I don't remember.
The attack and chase scenes involving the invisible killer are passable at best with OK effects, but the film spends so much time to show Frank and Maggie running and driving around in the city without knowing what to do next. Usually directors like Michael Bay can keep entertaining us with his loud, showy and very enjoyable actions, but Claudio Fäh, as in his previous B-action film `Coronado,' takes too much time to get to the point. The stunts are decent, but the slack pace of the film damages it considerably.
But what kind of military officers and scientists would dream of creating invisible soldiers before inventing invisible weapons first? Are they supposed to fight with bare hands? In the original film CGI-enhanced actions and Kevin Bacon's over-the-top acting made us temporarily forget the silliness of the plot and numerous holes in it. It was guilty pleasure, but in the sequel, you even don't get that.
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The first movie sequel better than it's predecessor in my opinion.
Added 12/12/2009
Okay you have Hollow man which I thought was a screw up to begin with. First off Kevin Bacon is a good actor, but this movie was the worst career choice. I mean common, excessive special effects to the point of being unrealistic that if you nit pick the scenes there are so many flaws. Second, the movie contains rape and animal cruelty in the most perverse ways. Lastly, the movie was a waste. NOW, Hollow Man 2 was the best make up/replacement/Hollow Man sequel in the Hollow Man series. Christian Slater is a great actor and this was a great choice for him. He IS the best invisible man. His character name Michael Griffin is even based on the original Invisible Man character in the original novel. The special effects are great because of the realism and the minimal of CGI and the use of practical effects. There's a great supporting cast and the characters are great. The movie may be rated R for strong violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity, but it's more like the good classic 80's and 90's horror movie type. Hollow Man (Christian Slater) is a top military soldier and a skilled killer/fighter who wanted to go invisible, so he got his wish and became a serial killer on a mission. That's awesome! Slater is more of the Jason Voorhees type of serial killer and kills people in awesome ways. That's the only thing that makes him psycho, but it's in an awesome way. Plus there's a good fight scene at the climax. Bottom line, I own it and like it A LOT. Great movie and recommend it.
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Good Movie
Added 11/9/2009
hollow man 2 is not as good as the first but i still like it. it's still a good movie. recommend it for everyone
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Hollow Sequel. Don't Waste Your Time
Added 6/18/2008
Those who have seen the first Hollow Man will certainly find this "sequel" bad. The acting is poor, the sets are poor, special effects mediocre and you may not notice that Christian Slater is in it if you don't look at the credits.
The story begins with a cranky scientist who says he kills monkeys for a living being thrown around at a party by some invisible force. He nearly gets thrown out of a window, then gets his throat cut in the bathroom. All the while, there was no visible assailant. The cops arrive first, followed quickly by the military who declare that they are taking over the investigations.
Meanwhile, our hero and his female partner are tasked to protect a female a colleague of the murdered scientist. They suspect that she may be the next target. They try to secure the premises, but the female cop gets knocked out by an invisible force. The soldiers rush in and a confusing shootout follows. Our hero escapes the scene with the female scientist who tells him the whole story about a military experiment to induce invisibility. The subject of the experiment was betrayed. The buffer which was supposed to keep him alive, was never given to him. The invisible man returns and seeks revenge on the scientists and military men.
Our invisible man goes on a rampage, killing his CO and other big and bad guys. Every scene is shot in such poor lighting, both indoors and outdoors that one may really need night vision goggles to see not just the invisible man, but the visible ones as well.
There is a slight twist in the tale towards the end, but the final scene is neither scary nor exciting. Don't waste your time with this one.
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