My Review on 'The Invisible Man': See the Unseen

"Surprise."

The Invisible Man is now playing in your nearest theatre and officially holds the score of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. A reboot film, it is loosely based on the novel of the same name written by H. G. Wells and a reboot of 1930s The Invisible Man film series. 


Directed by: Leigh Whannell
Written by: Leigh Whannell
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Running time: 124 minutes
Rating: R

Short synopsis of The Invisible Man:
Set in modern world, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) runs away from her scientist boyfriend Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). After her boyfriend's presumed death, her life turns upside down and not as pleasant as what she expected before as strange things started happening around her.

Short introduction of the characters:
CECILIA KASS: the girlfriend of Adrian Griffin.
ADRIAN GRIFFIN: an optic scientist and the abusive boyfriend of Cecilia.
EMILY KASS: the sister of Cecilia.
JAMES LANIER: a friend and ex-husband of Emily.
TOM GRIFFIN: the younger brother of Adrian who is a lawyer.
SYDNEY LANIER: the daughter of James and Emily.



I love everything about this movie; the plot, story, characters, and theme. They are very balanced to one another. The plot is simple, but can turn into something big and unexpected, kudos to the incredible direction of Whannell. The theme reflects to the current event that often happens nowadays: an abusive relationship, and could suit with the main story about a woman who is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend.

The characters are well-written, with another Moss' brilliant performance as "a strong woman who is stuck in abusive relationship", and Jackson-Cohen with his charismatic portrayal of the narcissistic scientist and creepy boyfriend Adrian Griffin who literally "wants everything going as what he exactly wants". He really shows us what determination and ambitious will look like in both loving and evil way hahaha.


Unlike many horror movies whose scripts are often criticized as "dull or boring", this one is not. In contrary, it is very well-written and enjoyable, and can engage with the plot and everything. The theme of horror also blend well with background of science fiction in it.

What attracts me the most is the cinematography, as always. Super stunning and wow, I love it a lot. It mostly uses the camera tilting technique throughout the film; to shoot everything in slow-paced, giving us the thrilling vibes in it.


The soundtrack, composed by the Master of Horror Scores: Benjamin Wallfisch. Super thrilling and gives us the feel of eeriness in certain scenes. He nails it. Again. No wonder, he has worked for various horror movies, like Annabelle, Lights Out, It and its sequel.

Also love the idea of "being invisible to stalk and terrorize someone who you 'love'", this kind of concept will possibly exist in the future, for the next hundred years later, maybe *JK*. And because this movie sets in the technology era, the suit of The Invisible Man itself is very sophisticated as it can be invisible by creating hundred of micro-cameras on it and it looks fantastic (in a creepy way, of course).

Sooo, it's a very enjoyable horror movie with a simple plot but frightening enough to see.  I would give this movie a 8.8/10. Plus sooner or later, I will do the comparison between the original novel by H. G. Wells (because I'm currently reading it) and this film adaptation.

Thank you & happy watching!


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(2020_film)

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