In this film, a businessman is accidentally caught in a strange accident inside a physics laboratory, becoming invisible and eventually having to flee from the CIA, which intends to study it and also use it as a spy and weapon military. This is an excellent premise for a suspense movie with some action but it is spoiled by everything else we see on screen.
Let's start with the script, which is extraordinarily weak. The whole first part of the movie is just a bunch of **** who intend to put that man inside that lab. The script does not care to be logical or present all the characters in a concrete way. The unfolding of the film does not improve things. The villain is good, we see that he is a person who is facing serious problems by arbitrary actions, but it does not convince us how he decides to act. John Carpenter is a good director, but the film does not accurately reflect anything of his personal nature. If his name did not appear in the credits, the movie could safely be assigned to another director. Some scenes from the film are quite comic, but they are not enough to improve the overall picture. There are many loose ends in the plot and little action for the movie that is.
Chevy Chase regularly performs what he needs to do in the role of Nick Halloway, but he has very little to do in the movie besides mourning and running. Daryl Hannah is a beautiful actress who makes the character's only love interest and provides the audience with a satisfying job. Sam Neill is a good actor, but should not have fond memories of this film, where he had very little to do and few opportunities to show talent.
Honestly, I did not find the special effects of this film very striking. The Invisible Man worked well, down to certain details where we actually observed flaws (like that run where the Invisible, chased Man begins to undress and CIA agents only pick up the pants, it was impossible to take off his pants and boots without slowing down the step, but the Invisible Man did it). The partially disappeared building was a good idea, but everything looks very artificial, like a paper model.
This movie is not good, it's just satisfactory. If we're not to think hard, the movie entertains quite well.
Let's start with the script, which is extraordinarily weak. The whole first part of the movie is just a bunch of **** who intend to put that man inside that lab. The script does not care to be logical or present all the characters in a concrete way. The unfolding of the film does not improve things. The villain is good, we see that he is a person who is facing serious problems by arbitrary actions, but it does not convince us how he decides to act. John Carpenter is a good director, but the film does not accurately reflect anything of his personal nature. If his name did not appear in the credits, the movie could safely be assigned to another director. Some scenes from the film are quite comic, but they are not enough to improve the overall picture. There are many loose ends in the plot and little action for the movie that is.
Chevy Chase regularly performs what he needs to do in the role of Nick Halloway, but he has very little to do in the movie besides mourning and running. Daryl Hannah is a beautiful actress who makes the character's only love interest and provides the audience with a satisfying job. Sam Neill is a good actor, but should not have fond memories of this film, where he had very little to do and few opportunities to show talent.
Honestly, I did not find the special effects of this film very striking. The Invisible Man worked well, down to certain details where we actually observed flaws (like that run where the Invisible, chased Man begins to undress and CIA agents only pick up the pants, it was impossible to take off his pants and boots without slowing down the step, but the Invisible Man did it). The partially disappeared building was a good idea, but everything looks very artificial, like a paper model.
This movie is not good, it's just satisfactory. If we're not to think hard, the movie entertains quite well.