Hollow Man story
Hollow Man is a 2000 science fiction horror film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin. Synopsis: A scientist volunteers to be the first human test subject for a serum that renders the user invisible. When his fellow scientists are unable to restore him back to normal, he eventually becomes violently insane and goes on a murderous rampage.
19 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| invisibility ability | choice | A main novelty of the film surrounds the scientist Sebastian Caine's experience of what it is like to be invisible. |
| personal invisibility cloak | choice | A main novelty of the film involves the scientist Sebastian Caine injecting himself with an experimental serum that renders its subject invisible and its unfortunate aftermath. |
| attitude of superiority | major | The scientist Sebastian Caine had an over-inflated ego, routinely boasted to others about how much of a genius he was, and even referred to himself as God on two separate occasions. |
| office romance | major | The co-workers at the lab Linda and Matt were having a relationship in secret behind the lab principal investigator Sebastian's back. |
| old flames | major | Sebastian made continued efforts to rekindle his relationship with his old flame and current colleague, Linda, but she had already moved on. |
| romantic jealousy | major | Sebastian became increasingly consumed with jealousy after finding out that his colleague Matt was carrying on with Sebastian's old flame, Linda, behind his back. |
| romantic love | major | The main characters Linda and Matt were head over heels in love. |
| scientist occupation | major | The viewer is shown a stereotyped view of what it might be like for a team of scientists to work on developing an invisibility serum in a government lab. |
| unrequited love | major | Central to the story was Sebastian not being able to come to terms with the fact that his ex-girlfriend, Linda, wasn't into him anymore and had moved on to be with somebody else. |
| what if I could do anything I wanted without repercussions | major | Central to the story was Sebastian Caine losing all sense of morality once he became invisible and didn't need to worry about facing any consequences for his actions anymore. |