MOVIE FACTS 

GENRE: SCI-FI/THRILLER
DIRECTOR: PAUL VERHOEVEN
CAST:  KEVIN BACON, ELISABETH SHUE, JOSH BROLIN
YEAR: 2000
DISTRIBUTOR: COLUMBIA PICTURES
RATING :  R

MOVIE REVIEW ()             REVIEW BY JERM
NEVER HAVING BEEN A BIG VERHOEVEN FAN, THE EXCITEMENT WASN’T REALLY BUILDING WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS MOVIE.  WHILE THINKING INVISIBLE MAN THRILLER, I STARTED HAVING FLASHBACKS TO JOHN CARPENTER’S 1992 MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (CHEVY CHASE AS THE INVISIBLE MAN…..IT WAS NOT PRETTY).  THEN THE TRAILER HIT THEATERS, AND EXCITEMENT STARTED TO BUILD.  BACON PLAYS SEBASTIAN CAINE, THE ARROGANT RESEARCH TEAM LEADER FOR A PROJECT KNOWN AS “PHASE SHIFTING”.  SEBASTIAN’S JOB IS TO SUCCESSFULLY MAKE A SUBJECT INVISIBLE AND THEN BRING THEM BACK.  TIRED OF TESTING ANIMALS AND ANXIOUS TO GO TO THE PROJECT’S “PHASE 3,” HE VOLUNTEERS TO BE THE NEXT TEST SUBJECT.  BUT SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND THEY CAN’T BRING HIM BACK, SO HE’S STUCK BEING INVISIBLE.  THEN THAT’S WHEN THEY ASK THE QUESTION: WHAT WOULD YOU DO, IF YOU COULDN’T BE SEEN.  THE MOVIE HAS SOME GREAT SPECIAL EFFECTS AND MOVES ALONG AT A GOOD PACE.  THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE MOVIE IS THAT IT PLACES MORE WEIGHT ON THE SPECIAL EFFECTS THEN ON THE PLOT.  A SMALLER BUDGET WOULD HAVE FORCED THE OPPOSITE.  THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS PLOT HOLES, AND THE CLASSIC “B” MOVIE EXPENDABLE ACTORS.  ALSO, THERE ARE SOME REAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ENDING.  BUT SURPRISINGLY IT WAS STILL REALLY GOOD.  IT IS A FUN MOVIE, WITH FUNNY CHARACTERS, AND GOOD DIRECTION. 

DVD REVIEW ()
LONG STORY SHORT, THIS DVD IS PREFECT.  THERE ISN’T ONE THING I WANTED TO SEE THAT WASN’T ON THE DVD.  DELETED SCENES, DIRECTORS COMMENTARY, BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU NAME IT, IT’S GOT IT.  THE 5.1 SURROUND MIX IS BEAUTIFUL.  YOU DON’T EVEN NOTICE THE SURROUNDS, BUT THEY ARE USED PERFECTLY.  IN A REALLY GOOD MIX, YOU SHOULDN’T NOTICE THE SURROUNDS; THEY SHOULD BLEND PERFECTLY WITH THE REST OF THE MOVIE.  THE DELETED SCENES PROVIDE A LOOK IN THE MIND OF THE DIRECTOR AS TO WHY THEY WERE DELETED.  THERE IS ALSO AN ISOLATED SCORE MIX THAT ONLY PLAYS THE BEAUTIFUL LUSH MUSIC PROVIDED BY JERRY GOLDSMITH (OF STAR TREK FAME).  FOR THE MONEY, YOU WON’T FIND MANY BETTER DVD’S OUT THERE.  GOOD MOVIE, PERFECT DVD.

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RUNTIME:  112 MIN
LANGUAGES:  : ENGLISH (DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1)
RATING:  R
SUBTITLES:  ENGLISH
REWATCH: 3X

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