Invisible Man: Crazy, Intense And One Hell Of A Good Time
Remember the Dark Universe?
It died before it could even begin to walk.
Well, they're at it again and expectations have been low for 'The Invisible Man'. But it seems as though those early predictions were very wrong...
After staging his own suicide, a crazed scientist uses his power to become invisible to stalk and terrorize his ex-girlfriend. When the police refuse to believe her story, she decides to take matters into her own hands and fight back.
Jeff D Lowe (91/100): ‘The Invisible Man’ already seems to be one of 2020’s biggest surprises as writer-director Leigh Whannell flexes his muscles with this awesomely tense retelling of the classic horror-thriller story. This movie is proof that rebooting old properties can be successful so long as it comes with a creative vision and profound effort.
The twists and turns in Blumhouse’s newest movie will have you on the edge of your seat throughout. ‘The Invisible Man’ finds a way to create a sense of paranoia for the viewer. You really never know what is next or around the corner, thanks to its 21st century take on the movie’s premise and twist. There are a few moments in this movie that I promise you will shock or startle you.
It’s an actual fucking scary movie at times! Since the start of the year, I have reviewed a handful of horror movies and I am not sure the combined score of them all even eclipses 10/100. A big reason why is because none of them are even remotely scary… this isn’t a problem with ‘The Invisible Man’.
In terms of acting, Elisabeth Moss steals the show in the lead role, which shouldn’t be a shock as she usually does this with competent movies (looking at you, ‘The Kitchen’). Everyone else was also really solid and added to this movie's intrigue and success (we are interviewing actor Aldis Hodge on this week’s Lights Camera Barstool). The movie isn’t totally airtight in terms of story, but what is there is very good and any complaints are mostly small nitpicks.
‘The Invisible Man’ is a must-see in theaters. Leigh Whannell has been attached to some really good projects and a few that didn’t quite land on their feet. But following his under-the-radar success ‘Upgrade’ from 2018, he has hit another home run with this wild, head-spinning horror-thriller adventure.
KenJac (80/100): After all the horrid shit we’ve had to slog through at the beginning of the year, ‘The Invisible Man’ was a suuuuuper huge breath of fresh air. It’s a tense and well-shot movie that is extremely well adapted for a modern audience.
One thing I was a little nervous about going into this was Elisabeth Moss. I think she is a fantastic actress that is particularly in her zone in reserved roles, which obviously wasn’t based on the trailers. The last movie I had seen her ham up the crazy in was last year’s ‘The Kitchen’ which was horrid and Moss was really, really bad in it. That all said, I really enjoyed her in this movie. It was a really hard role with a ton of layers, and I think she pulled it off expertly.
Good friend of the pod Aldis Hodge was also a delight, although it was decidedly not cool when my girlfriend pointed out his ass and went “Damn, Jack, check out his ass”. C'mon man. We interviewed you for the movie, you could've given me a heads up so I coulda distracted her. Michael Dorman is the only other performance I want to point out because it was understated and incredibly good.
The movie itself is extremely tense and anxiety-inducing, which I love. Like I say with a lot of horror movies, using a lack of sound and not showing the big bad us a HUGE advantage in disarming your audience. I liked how the movie was shot, and am still very curious how they did a lot of the Bay Area landscape shots which looked sick as hell. The SFX were decent considering the budget, but sometimes a little weird looking. The biggest plus I give this movie is the screenwriting. Updating the turn of the century plot to make it about a sociopathic, powerful and controlling man was really smart.
My biggest gripe is probably just that the movie is extremely predictable. I don’t think I was particularly surprised by anything that happened after the table was set, which was a bit of a bummer. That's ok, though.
In a month of pure stinkers, ‘The Invisible Man’ sticks out as one of the best you can go out and watch right now. For my money, it’s the best horror movie in 2020, so far.
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This is movie is Officially Buttered despite us waiting on the final score from Trillballins. You can hear our full review of the movie on this week's upcoming Lights Camera Barstool. Make sure to rate all 2020 and 2019 movies on a scale of 0-100 in the links below…
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