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''Hollow Man'' (2000) is a [[Science Fiction]] [[Thriller]] [[Film]] directed by [[Paul Verhoeven]], inspired by [[
Caine, however, has other ideas. Concealing their success from the military oversight committee, Caine uses himself as a test subject for the formula... but discovers the antidote doesn't work on humans. Already unstable from the start, Caine's sanity starts to fray further as the team struggles to find a cure for his invisibility, until it becomes clear that their invisible test subject is turning sociopathic...
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Not to be mistaken with John Dickson Carr's novel '''The Hollow Man,''' also known as '''Three Coffins.'''
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* [[And Some Other Stuff]]: Caine mixes nitroglycerine in the matter of five minutes or so without blowing himself to kingdom come - and apparently without using nitric acid.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Caine becomes this when his his megalomaniac tendencies begin to emerge.
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* [[Body Horror]]: The incredibly-detailed transformation sequence.
* [[Camera Spoofing]]: Caine does this with the thermal camera designed to keep track of him, allowing his escape.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: The base explodes, the elevator's bottom is covered in raging flames, yet the people climbing the ladder up the elevator shaft to leave have no problem with the heat.
* [[Design
* [[Dwindling Party]]: The proper thing to do when you're trapped in a [[Elaborate Underground Base|sealed underground laboratory]] with a crazy killer, is to [[Too Dumb to Live|wander off on your own]]. And if you do manage to strike him down, put your weapon down beside him and turn your back...
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: The lab where experiments take place.
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* [[Hot Scientist]]: Elisabeth Shue as a molecular biologist.
** Sarah is pretty hot as well.
* [[Impaled
* [[Impending Doom POV]]
* [[Invisible Jerkass]]: Caine.
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* [[Kick the Dog]]: "Smash it against the cage wall" actually.
* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: During the climax, Caine is electrocuted, causing the invisibility to falter slightly, leaving him half-visible, with organs visible. A [[Chekhov's Gun]] is offered earlier in the film, in which the cure for a test gorilla's invisibility only worked after the team used a defibrillator on its heart.
* [[Locked in
* [[Man On Fire]]: Caine is set on fire during the climax, and quickly learns how ''very'' flammable his latex mask is.
* [[Name of Cain]]: [[Captain Obvious|Caine.]]
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* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Made explicit when the invisible Dr. Caine rapes his female neighbor.
* [[Professor Guinea Pig]]: While the team performed extensive tests on animal subjects, Caine thought the secret to reversing it could be unlocked using a human test subject, nominating himself. This proves to be ill advised.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: The first problem is outlined when Caine screams that he can't block the strong ambient lights because his eyelids and arms are invisible. The problem of how he is able to see with invisible retinas is not addressed, but then, [[Handwaved|it never is]].
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Caine.
* [[Visible Invisibility]]: Even Caine's vomit is invisible.
* [[What You Are in
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* [[With Due Respect]]:
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'''Sarah:''' Yes, Sir!
'''Sebastian:''' How come when you say "Yes, Sir" it kinda sounds like "Fuck you!"
'''Sarah:''' Practice! }}
* [[What Happened to
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Caine was a bit off-kilter to start, but when his visibility went, so did his inhibitions.
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