How many times have you seen in the last decade that a movie is rebooted or remade with much anticipation from its fans, only to be let down with an abomination that is devoid of the things which made the original so great? Movies like Terminator, Ghostbusters come to mind. Either these dull reboots/remakes were completely unaware of what made the forerunner click or simply an obsession of not providing any further development/change except for the present political agenda in the apprehension of failure.
Fortunately, “The Invisible Man by Leigh Whannell” is neither of those treacherous types. It is not a fresh new take on the Classic universal’s invisible man series (the story heavily inspired from “Hollow Man”, another reboot of the said series of the year 2000). But it did also provide a further intrigue in the franchise by developing Cecilia Kass from the archetypal damsel in distress in the beginning to something much more sinister towards the end. The character of Cecilia outshines even the legendary mad scientist Griffin who is synonymous with the invisible man and is the antagonist of this movie. The success of Cecilia kass as a character can be partly attributed to the script and partly to the portrayal of Elisabeth Moss (of Mad Men fame), who being an exceptional actor flushed out the character with her acting chops and elevated the movie in the process.
This time the movie goes like …..Cecilia ran away from her abusive- controlling boyfriend with the help of her sister Emily and found refuge in the house of James Lanier, a police officer who lives with his daughter Sydney. Now agoraphobic Celcila trenched in James’ house soon receives the message of Adrian Griffin’s (her boyfriend) Suicide and was able to subside her fear and anguish. But soon she encounters strange events that lead her to suspect that Griffin is not dead but found a way to become invisible and is now stalking her.
Bottom Line
You may find the movie’s interpretation of Adrian Griffin’s invention of becoming invisible and ensuing his descent into madness not superior to the H.G. Wells’ science fiction landmark but its graphic violence and the tension of being stalked is on point and the new lane it took with Celilia Kass, which is waiting to be explored in the future installments makes the movie indispensable on your 2020 watch list for any movie nerds out there.
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