johnral321 Review of The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man (I) (2020)

good movie; not as many plot holes as people say

[7/10 · 27 April 2020]

I'm surprised at the number of highly negative reviews on here. Most of them pertain to plot issues. I'm all for exposing plot holes, but most of these could be easily explained with a little creativity. Just some examples: People complain that the antagonist has super-human strength. This is not the case at all. He has the advantage of the element of surprise. A moderately strong (invisible) male could lift a female in the air, and could toss her across a table; and could beat the crap out of bigger dudes. People complain about the third suit: But there could have been ten suits, and he could have lost track of a suit. People complain about the dog being at the house; but for all we know she lost track of the dog on the night of her escape and the dog returned to the house later. People complain that she would not risk her plan by taking the dog with her; but it would be simple enough to take the dog with her and meet her sister in the road, while her husband sleeps. People complain about how he gets around: but his brother could drive him; or he could jump on a bus and hide; or he could just take off the suit and drive around like a normal person; or he could put on a wig and makeup. People complain about the guards not defending themselves better; but they have never encountered an invisible man before and would not know what is going on. People complain at her reaction in the restaurant; but she would be in shock and there's no telling how a person would react to that. Some people complain about how quickly the Uber driver arrives; but the scene does show her looking at her phone (and the Uber app), and we don't know how much time has elapsed before this time. (It's possible that she was running and hiding in the neighborhood for 5 minutes.) Maybe the husband developed the suit at a research facility and made a few extra suits for himself and took them home. I'm not saying there are no plot holes, but the complaints here are far too harsh, and lack imagination. The movie is novel, suspenseful, and interesting, and well-acted. (This is not exactly a plot-hole, but wouldn't a DNA test on the fetus prove that it was his son, and thereby implicate him in the crimes? The brothers weren't twins.)