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The Invisible Man was simply a brilliant modern re-imagining that we haven’t seen in quite a while. The film was directed by Leigh Whannell, who happened to also direct the movie called “Upgrade”, and if you haven’t seen it, I totally recommend it if you like sci-fi action movies. Speaking of sci-fi, The Invisible man took that unexpected approach, which is why I think this movie really works. The original invisible man was 1930s monster film using themes. Which is also why I made my ticket black and white this time! On the topic of monster movies in the 1930s, a film universe not well known by many was taking place. During this time period movies such as King Kong, Dracula, and Frankenstein would be created and soon be combined with each other making them connected. With the success of the industry at the time, a remake was soon to follow. With their arrival however, it was not very successful. Such as “The Mummy(2017)” not earning as much critically acclaimed reviews. But The invisible Man provides new hope of the remade monster universe to became reality again.
My favorite things from the invisible man include the very good acting from Elizabeth moss, who really sold her scenes playing a mentally distressed woman being put through a situation where people fail to believe her that an invisible man was tormenting her. Another thing was the motive of the villain. Motives in horror movies are kinda hard to pull off due to many logistical errors or them just being darn right too cheesy, but for this film it was about the boyfriend being emotionally and physically abusive to the main character and would do something as much as pretending to kill himself, using his own brother, and develop an invisible suit to stalk her is evidence enough to be creeped out by the main antagonist. Which I think is a unique motive for a sci-fi horror movie villain such as this compared to the original invisible man. My only complaints would have to be the scares. Don’t get me wrong they were effective but the reason I mention it is that most of the scares were shown in the trailer! Most of the best ones were already shown in a three-minute clip which I think is not a good way to advertise a horror movie, especially if the scares are a big part of the genre. Now not all the scares are spoiled, and the ones that weren’t, were crazy unexpected…
The Invisible Man is a must-see movie for 2020. Even with the unfortunate situation with the coronavirus, Invisible man and many others were the last recent wave of movies before cinema theaters shut down. However, streaming services such as Amazon Prime offer the ability to watch them so be sure to go and support these films! As ever, it was a blast reviewing this movie and I wish everyone to stay safe and be sure wash your hands!
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