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I\u2019ve been a recent Horror buff in the past year or so, I\u2019ve stood up to horror films that I refused to watch like John Carpenter\u2019s The Thing, The Exorcist, David Cronenberg\u2019s The Fly, and Nightmare on Elm Street (Original).  I have been trying to watch more horror classics and one that I had been keen on was The Invisible Man with Claude Rains and Gloria Stewart back in 1933.  I literally just watched it as of writing this and was impressed by the film for its special effects and for the way the horror icon was fantastically portrayed by Claude Rains.  I had seen trailers for the upcoming 2020 remake of The Invisible Man before I was even interested in seeing the original and thought it looked like a typical horror film remake that was going to fail due to the nature of remakes.  When I finally sat down and watched the 2020 film, I was very entertained and satisfied with the fact that this was more of a reimagining of the original story and that it was directed by Leigh Whannell, who was the writer of the first three Saw films and had an impressive resume with writing films such as Insidious and Upgrade.  After seeing this movie, I am convinced that remakes can work if they are done really well and that the filmmakers can successfully bring a classic story to a modern setting.  I guess what I\u2019m trying to say is that I really enjoyed this re-imagining of The Invisible Man.<\/span><\/div>\n

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In this re-imagining, the plot revolves around a woman named Cecilia Kass (Elizabeth Moss), who escapes an abusive relationship from her wealthy\/narcissistic boyfriend, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and is trying to get her life back together.  After hearing that Adrian has died, Cecilia is bequeathed a huge portion of Griffin\u2019s fortune and gives it to her childhood friend\u2019s daughter in order to allow her to attend college.  Cecelia makes significant progress in moving on with her life until she experiences events that lead her to believe that Griffin may still be alive but has somehow made himself invisible, recalling that he was a brilliant scientist in ocular research.  Things go from strange to threatening when Cecilia is involved with verbal and physical assault on her family and friends by an unseen force and it causes them to question Cecilia mentally.  Cecilia becomes determined to unmask Griffin\u2019s death as a hoax and prove to people that she is not insane, and it becomes a battle of wits with The Invisible Man in the end.<\/span><\/div>\n

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What made this film enjoyable to me was the performance by Elizabeth Moss, the direction of Leigh Whannell, and consistent buildup to the scares of the film.  Elizabeth Moss succeeded in portraying a woman who is determined to fight off a man who controls and psychologically tortures her.  The character of Cecilia Kass is a welcome change to the original story as it helps modernize the story and proves that a re-imaging of film can work if done right through certain elements, like the characters.  Her performance reminded me of Geena Davis in David Cronenberg\u2019s The Fly, that character worked as she was also determined to get away from a potentially lethal relationship from a man though the contrast was that the man was not dangerous until he was transformed into a monster, while in The Invisible Man, Adrian was already an abusive jerk who liked control.  The amount of acting that Elizabeth Moss gives to the character was memorable and made me care for what happened to her in the end as she goes toe to toe with The Invisible Man and to prove she is mentally sane.  <\/span>

<\/span>Leigh Whannell is also to be commended for this film being successful for me, because his direction was smart and very clever that proved that a reimaging would work instead of a high budget remake like 2017\u2019s The Mummy (Seriously, that movie failed on so many levels that it caused the Dark Universe to be shelved before it even started.)  Whannell uses the camera in so many clever ways that there were times where I was even wondering where The Invisible Man was in the film and it makes the scares payoff.  I also thought that Whannell also did a great job of keeping me guessing of what was going to happen next though some of the dialogue and twists near the end.  It\u2019s clear that after this film, I am becoming of Leigh Whannell as a director and horror writer as he is easily one of the best filmmakers working today, along with his friend, James Wan.  I mentioned the buildups throughout the film were consistent and made the scares payoff very well.  There are times throughout the film to where the camera pans to a corner or stays in one spot for a significant amount of time, sometimes showing the antics of The Invisible Man.  A good example is one scene where Cecilia is making breakfast and goes out of the kitchen for a few minutes and it the scene stays on the same shot until you notice that the gas stove gets hot to the point where the food catches on fire and you also see a knife on the kitchen table fall but not hit the ground, which is the point to where Cecilia walks back in and has to put out the fire.  That to me is a scene that is directed really well by Leigh Whannell and ends in a surprise payoff at some point in the film.<\/span>

<\/span>So, with all my praises with the film, do I have any issues?  Well, it\u2019s really nitpicky but I would say that there is a point in the film where an Uber driver is involved and it\u2019s not clear where he comes from.  Also, I did question if The Invisible Man was so smart, how was he going to account for security cameras as there are quite a number of them throughout the film that would\u2019ve caught something during one of his terroristic acts.  Again, those are just nitpicky moments that did not dampen my enjoyment of the film.  The Invisible Man (2020) is a film that proves that remakes can be good when done as a reimagining that keeps the spirit of the original story but brings something different to the table that makes it modernized to today\u2019s film audiences.  I will definitely remember this film and I was glad to see it a good re-imagining of H.G. Wells\u2019 original story.  I recommend this to the fans of Leigh Whannell and of Horror remakes that are re-imagined well like John Carpenter\u2019s The Thing and David Cronenberg\u2019s The Fly.  Trust me, it’s visibly good.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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