HOLLOW MAN

Year: 2000
UK: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, William Devane, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, Joey Slotnick, Mary Jo Randle, Rhona Mitra, Pablo Espinosa, Margot Rose, Jimmie F Skaggs, Jeffrey George Scaperotta, Sarah Bowles, Kelli Scott, Steve Altes, J Patrick McCormack, Darius A Sultan, Tom Woodruff Jr, David Vogt, Gary Hecker (voice)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Country: USA
UK: 112 mins
UK Certificate: 18 for coarse language, strong horror and violence
USA Release Date: 4 August 2000
UK Release Date: 29 September 2000

Synopsis

Highly gifted scientist Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) heads a top-secret US Government research project to unlock the secret of invisibility. He develops a serum that works successfully on animals and induces complete invisibility. An ecstatic Caine recklessly disobeys Pentagon orders and experiments on himself. His remarkable transformation results in unimaginable power that seems to suffocate his sense of morality.

Unfortunately, the dangerous gamble goes terribly wrong when the procedure cannot be reversed. Caine, "the hollow man", and his chief lieutenants Linda McKay (Elisabeth Shue) and Matt Kensington (Josh Brolin), frantically attempt to counteract the effect. But the invisible Caine, fueled by latent megalomaniac tendencies, quickly becomes intoxicated with his newfound power. The secret laboratory becomes a house divided as the scientists realize their suddenly omnipotent leader perceives them as a threat to his very existence.