Movie Review: The Invisible Man (2020), directed by Leigh Whannell

The Invisible Man (2020) Movie Poster
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(2020_film)

Movie Title: The Invisible Man
Directed by: Leigh Whannell
Produced by: Jason Blum, Kylie du Fresne
Written by: Leigh Whannell (based on "The Invisible Man" book by H. G. Wells)

Starring:

• Elisabeth Moss
• Aldis Hodge
• Storm Reid
• Harriet Dyer
• Michael Dorman
• Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Production company:

• Universal Pictures
• Blumhouse Productions
• Nervous Tick
• Goalpost Pictures

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Release date:

• February 27, 2020 (Australia)
• February 28, 2020 (United States)

Language: English
Website: https://www.theinvisiblemanmovie.com/

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There are several Invisible Man films and TV series, and one popular I know of, Is the "Hollow Man" from the year 2000. That's the only Invisible Man film I watched which is based on H. G. Wells' novel of the same name.

With this new 2020 Invisible Man film, they applied technological modernity as expected, set in our modern world but of course, the groundbreaking technology of optics is fictionalized. I haven't read the H. G. Wells' book so I'm not sure if the story is faithful to the book and whatsoever with the optics technology.

This film was supposed to be cast by Johnny Depp and supposed to be part of Universal Pictures' Universal Monsters but there's a change of plan and made this an individual story. But they're going to make the film titled Invisible Woman in the future and say it will be part of the Universal Monsters though we're not sure if it will be connected to the events of Invisible Man 2020 film.

I enjoyed this film. Not much of a horror, no jumpscare. It's more of an action, thriller, and suspense.

I'm rating this: 5.0 / 10.0

Thanks!

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Otakore Literantadodist
April 02, 2020

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References:

• The Invisible Man (2020), wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(2020_film)
• The Invisible Man (book) by H. G. Wells, wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man
• The Invisible Man in popular culture, wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_in_popular_culture

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Rent and watch this movie at Amazon Prime Video:

Also, buy the H. G. Well book set which includes "The Invisible Man" book. ^

Film Review: Star Wars The Force Awakens

Star Wars The Force Awakens Movie Poster

Title: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Episode: VII
Directed by: J. J. Abrams
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Music: John Williams
Cinematography: Dan Mindel
Language: English
Release date: December 18, 2015
Official Website: http://www.starwars.com/the-force-awakens/

Cast:

• Harrison Ford as Han Solo
• Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
• Carrie Fisher as General Lea Organa
• Adam Driver as Kylo Ren
• Daisy Ridley as Rey
• John Boyega as Finn
• Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron
• Lupita Nyong'o as Maz Kanata
• Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke
• Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux
• Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
• Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
• Max von Sydow as Lor San Tekka

Official Trailer:

WARNING: the following review below contains spoilers!

We watched this film last December 24, 2015, before Christmas. I'm excited to watch this film because the old casts still played their original role even after so many years of the long wait since the last episode.

The traditional Star Wars slide intro is still there briefing us what have happened in the past 30 years, after the destruction of the Death Star (featured in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Episode VI). I praise the new Director for remaining faithful on using that slide animation. So, about what have happened, It's still the Resistance versus the Dark Side!

The Dard side of the force still lives. I guess, It relatively runs in their blood.

I like the scene where one of the Commander Hux is shouting his propaganda to The First Order army. It gets me goosebumps. It's very Hitler-like. After that scene, their base, the planet itself fired a huge laser beam out in the outer space and scattered at some point hitting multiple planets. Those multiple planets are destroyed in just one shot!

I thought, It would be a happy ending after Han Solo met Kylo Ren but didn't expect Kylo would do the unexpected scene. I guess many Star Wars fans hate Kylo Ren more than Jar Jar Binks from the prequel trilogy.

It's more than two hours film but I didn't felt the time goes by while watching this movie.

My rating for this film would be: 4.0 / 5.0

Thanks!

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Otakore Literantadodist
February 02, 2016

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Reference:

• Star Wars, The Force Awakens, wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens
• Star Wars, The Force Awakens, IMDb - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/combined