Hollow Man II (2006) (V)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Claudio Fäh

Writers (WGA):

Joel Soisson (screenplay)
Gary Scott Thompson (story)
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Release Date:

20 June 2006 (Canada)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

There's more to terror than meets the eye...

Plot:

A Seattle detective and a biologist are on the run from a dangerous invisible assassin gone rogue.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | On The Run | Topless Female Nudity | Slit Throat | Stabbed In The Eye

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Christian Slater	...	Michael Griffin
Peter Facinelli	...	Det. Frank Turner
Laura Regan	...	Dr. Maggie Dalton
David McIlwraith	...	Dr. William Reisner
William MacDonald	...	Col. Gavin Bishop
Sarah Deakins	...	Det. Lisa Martinez
Jessica Harmon	...	Heather Dalton
Sonya Salomaa	...	Trophy Wife
Terri Anne Welyki	...	Pearl Girl
John Shaw	...	Dr. Devin Villiers
David Abbott	...	Elderly Husband
Hamish Cameron	...	Washroom Man
Colin Lawrence	...	Captain Rollins
Zara Taylor	...	Ashley
Nolan Gerard Funk	...	Josh (as Nolan Funk)
Jamie Bell	...	Slum Resident (as James Bell)
Bruce Dawson	...	Capt. Tom Harrison
Dean Paul Gibson	...	Desk Officer
Dean Redman	...	Police Guard
Mike Dopud	...	Officer Chesley
Alana Husband	...	Reisner Aide
Yee Jee Tso	...	Lab Technician
Michael Kopsa	...	Man at Gas Station (as Mike Kopsa)
Woody Jeffreys	...	Agent Moore
Chelah Horsdal	...	Blind Secretary
Darcy Belsher	...	Math Head
Darcy Laurie	...	Timothy Laurents
Ted Friend	...	The Senator
Dagmar Midcap	...	Field Reporter
Stefano Giulianetti	...	Security Guard
Karen Holness	...	Saleslady
Jianna Ballard	...	Scared Little Girl in Store
Mark Ferns	...	SWAT Commander
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carolyn Chiodini-Cable	...	Blue Eye (uncredited)
Joshua Kalef	...	Green Guy (uncredited)

Directed by
Claudio Fäh		(as Claudio Faeh)

Writing credits (WGA)
Joel Soisson		(screenplay)
Gary Scott Thompson		(story)
Gary Scott Thompson		(characters) and
Andrew W. Marlowe		(characters)

Produced by
Lucy Fisher	....	executive producer
David Lancaster	....	producer
Greg Malcolm	....	producer
Rachel Shane	....	executive producer
Vicki Sotheran	....	producer
Paul Verhoeven	....	executive producer
Douglas Wick	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marcus Trumpp

Cinematography by
Peter Wunstorf

Film Editing by
Nathan Easterling

Casting by
Sean Cossey
Amanda Harding
Amanda Koblin

Production Design by
Brentan Harron

Art Direction by
Liz Goldwyn

Set Decoration by
Kate Marshall

Makeup Department
Agnieszka Echallier	....	project supervisor (as Agnieszka Kolakowska)
Joel Echallier	....	special makeup effects designer
Vanessa Giles	....	key makeup artist
Ryan Nicholson	....	special makeup effects artist
Jessica Rain	....	key hair stylist
Bev Stewart	....	assistant hair stylist
Bev Wright	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Chris Foss	....	production manager
Adam Park	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Melissa Lee Anderson	....	second assistant director (as melisssa Anderson)
Gabriel Correa	....	trainee assistant director
Allan Harmon	....	first assistant director
Kevin Leeson	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Andy Amoroso	....	set designer
Jerry Bingham	....	storyboard artist
Kerri Elliott	....	assistant art director
Denise Hutniak	....	on-set dresser
Dean McQuillen	....	construction coordinator
Tiara Motem	....	property buyer

Sound Department
Randy Babajtis	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Spencer Blair	....	post-sound assistant
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Ezra Dweck	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brent Findley	....	foley editor
Amy Giammarco	....	adr supervisor: Vancouver
Robert Hunter	....	adr recordist: Vancouver
Cody King	....	sound effects editor
Richard Kitting	....	foley editor
Shawn London	....	sound editor
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Morgado	....	foley mixer
Daniel Tripoli	....	dialogue editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Darren Marcoux	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Mauricio Baiocchi	....	visual effects designer: Assemble
Rodrigo Dorsch	....	title designer: main title sequence
Ben Grossmann	....	visual effects supervisor
Christopher Gwynne	....	cg supervisor: Rooster Creative
Asa Hammond	....	visual effects designer: Assemble
Zack Klinger	....	digital artist
Sean Konrad	....	consultant
Chris LeDoux	....	digital compositor: One Hour VFX
Rodrigo Teixeira	....	CG supervisor: One Hour VFX
Rodrigo Teixeira	....	title designer: main title sequence
Joel H. Thornton	....	digital artist
Amanda Zemke	....	visual effects editor

Stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunt coordinator
Ed Anders	....	stunt performer
Curt Bonn	....	stunt performer
Joe Doserro	....	stunt performer
Lars Grant	....	stunt performer
Andrea Kinsky	....	stunt performer
Gerald Paetz	....	stunt performer
Ronald Robinson	....	stunt performer (as Ron Robinson)
Raymond Sammel	....	stunt performer
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunt performer
Kimani Ray Smith	....	stunt performer
Krista Bell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Crystal Dalman	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Joe Doserro	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Rob Hayter	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dan Redford	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Carty	....	assistant camera
Rusty Deluce	....	first assistant camera
Gareth Farfan	....	leadman grip
Rick Laning	....	key grip
Paul T. Murakami	....	dolly grip: second unit
Brian C. Murphy	....	director of photography: second unit

Casting Department
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	background casting
Alicia Scott	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Petra Bergholz	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Lorne Miess	....	telecine colorist
Amanda Zemke	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Greg Hamilton	....	music preparation
Steve Kaplan	....	score mix engineer
Daryl B. Kell	....	music editor
Jason Brett Klein	....	personal assistant to composer
Perry La Marca	....	orchestrator
Brandon Roberts	....	music preparation
Jeff Toyne	....	music proof reader (uncredited)

Other crew
Henya Bak	....	accounting clerk
David Beaumont	....	production assistant
Jessica Brajoux	....	production assistant
Ron Buck	....	police technical advisor
Garrick Dion	....	assistant: David Lancaster, development
Nina Aurora Jeerh	....	trainee assistant location manager (as Nina Arora Jeerh)
Sabrina Karine	....	production assistant
Jedrzej Kowalski	....	location manager
Lana Krotenko	....	script supervisor
Tricia Leigh	....	assistant to producers
Deborah Loven	....	assistant accountant (as Debi Loven)
Donald Munro	....	production coordinator
Ed Nesling	....	location manager
Dixie Plaxton	....	assistant location manager
Darren Robertson	....	playback coordinator
Jill Rosenblatt	....	production accountant
Peter Ruttan	....	playback designer
Paul Salamoff	....	production executive
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Christopher K. Stenberg	....	computer/video playback assistant
Bridget Tyler	....	assistant: Rachel Shane
Courtney Wieden	....	assistant: Producer: Doug Wick

Thanks
Karri O'Reilly	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Destination Films (presents)
• Red Wagon Productions (as Red Wagon Entertainment)
• Frontera Productions

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• PhaseSpace.com (motion capture)
• Realscan 3D (digital actors)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• DBC Sound  
• SFX Studio  special make-up effects
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | South Korea:15 (video rating, cut) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Destination Films

Trivia:

The flashback scene in which Christian Slater is becoming invisible re-uses footage from the original Hollow Man (2000).

Goofs:

Continuity: Maggie uses green spray paint so that she can see Michael's arm in order to give him an injection, and a small area of his arm appears in green. But a moment later when she sprays paint into his eyes, there's no paint visible.

Quotes:

Michael Griffin: [Maggie is injecting the supposed cure into an invisible Michael in overalls and sunglasses] Oh, you're a true hero Maggie - Just like me.
Dr. Maggie Dalton: Ok, You got what you wanted...
Michael Griffin: [Grabs Maggie, stands up] Perfection. How many people in their lifetime gets to achieve it? Perfect husband, perfect father, citizen? I'm none of these things... but I am the perfect weapon.
[Takes of glasses, to reveal hollow eyes]
Michael Griffin: And you perfected me...

Movie Connections:

References 1 Night in Paris (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

One On One

Surprisingly Effective.....

I thought I would give this a go, after spotting an advert for it in a well-known UK film magazine. I knew Hollow Man 2 was in production, and as a fan of the first movie I was a little non-plussed to find the sequel getting a Direct-to-DVD release.

So I wasn't really expecting much...

I was pleasantly surprised therefore to find an engaging little movie - very much in the spirit of the first (no brain, no logic, full speed ahead with cardboard characters and a plot straight from the back of a 40-year-old comic). It has many faults - Christian Slater just ain't up to the job any more (but seems to be enjoying himself), a long and overly-talky middle act, some extremely ropey visual effects (though it has to be said that there are many good ones despite the obviously low budget), a blatant re-use of a scene from the original Hollow Man not-very-well-disguised, and a conclusion that felt very rushed - dare I suggest the budget ran out?

On the plus side however the 2-dimensional characters are engaging, there are one or two great jump-out-of-seat moments, tips of the hat to not only the original movie but also HG Wells' novel "The Invisible Man", effective use of music (which is all new - not a rehash of Goldsmiths original) and an overall sense of fun (That's Executive Producer Paul Verhoeven shining through, I think) - despite the nasty moments!

To the people that are slating this saying "It's not as good as the first, really disappointed" etc etc, I simply have to wonder exactly what they were expecting! Shakespeare this ain't...

But to the people who are open-minded enough to give this an honest go, you will get out exactly what you put into it. It's not Shakespeare, but it certainly is Hollow Man.

If this is the future for the Hollow Man franchise (there is the obligatory - but well executed - set-up for a Hollow Man 3), it could be an awful, awful lot worse.

Bring 'em on!!