Hollow Man 2 (2006)

Christian Slater
Peter Facinelli
Laura Regan
William McDonald

Directed by Claudio Faeh

Plot: This sequel to Paul Verhoeven's 2000 blockbuster sees Christian Slater replacing Kevin Bacon as the titular assassin. The result of a top-secret military experiment gone awry, the Hollow Man is an invisible, unstoppable killing machine, and he has his sights firmly set on a Seattle detective (William MacDonald, SLITHER) and a biologist (Laura Regan, THEY, MY LITTLE EYE). Now, the pair must somehow manage to find their predator before he finds them, while staying clear of the government forces who are close on their tail.

Review: I am going to be honest, I somewhat enjoyed the first Hollow Man. I didn’t think it was a great movie, but I enjoyed it. I had no clue a second one was even being made and didn’t really see a need in it, but I figured why not give it a try.

The movie is your typical straight to video sequel, not as good as the original. The story line is decent and the acting is ok, but the film just seemed to miss something. I found myself somewhat bored at times. The only time this film was decent was during the scenes with the ‘Invisible Man’. They pull off some interesting effects and sequences. The one thing I found kind of cool is the fact you hardly see Christian Slater in the movie. He plays the invisible man and is invisible the whole time. You only see him twice in the movie and it’s very brief, the rest of the time you just hear his voice. Unfortunately, this tended to hurt the movie to me, I wanted to see more of the transformations and effects. The movie is an ok direct-to-dvd sequel, but nothing really special.


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