Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.
Visual Effects
Those hollow man reveal sequences still slap, honestly.
Direction
Verhoeven somehow makes sleaze feel almost philosophical.
Acting
Bacon's voice-only performance is weirdly committed.
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Kevin Bacon
Sebastian Caine
Elisabeth Shue
Linda McKay
Josh Brolin
Matthew Kensington
Kim Dickens
Sarah Kennedy
Greg Grunberg
Carter Abbey
Joey Slotnick
Frank Chase
Mary Randle
Janice Walton
William Devane
Dr. Kramer
Rhona Mitra
Sebastian's Neighbor
Tom Woodruff Jr.
Isabelle the Gorilla
Pablo Espinosa
Warehouse Guard
Margot Rose
Mrs. Kramer
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Wino
Jeffrey Scaperrotta
Boy in Car
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The invisible effects required Bacon to wear a green bodysuit and sometimes a green mask for months of filming.
This was Verhoeven's last Hollywood film before returning to Europe; critics read it as his bitter farewell to American studio interference.
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