Rains' Dr. Jack Griffin is insane but playful, and it's his idea of what's playful that makes the horror. In the next, he's cackling as he derails a passenger train for kicks. We're talking about 15 minutes of the film, however. He wrote it on the edge, and it has really pushed the envelope. Except for the close-ups on Caine's hollow face mask and the gross anatomy, these are effects you've seen before.
Nothing looks more synthetic than a computer-animated tit.
Meanness and cheapness may not be enough to sink this movie, but the been-there effects may ensure that Hollow Man will be vanishing from the screens before too long. 2000 Metro Publishing Inc. MetroActive is affiliated with the Boulevards Network .