21st Film (2000): #015 - Hollow Man (with Adam Hawker)

The first returning guest of 21st Film joins Lorcan for this episode, as Adam Hawker follows up with the film that established Vin Diesel as a leading man in 'Pitch Black' with the final film of Paul Verhoeven's run in Hollywood since 'Robocop' in 1987 as perhaps the most subversive voice working in big budget filmmaking.

The subject matter of what a man could do without having to look at themselves in the mirror would therefore appear to be right down Verhoeven's alley. However, it's long had the reputation of being the worst film of his filmography, and the one that Verhoeven himself has said he can't defend. Is this a film due a reappraisal? Could even its own director be too harsh? In a culture that seems to have become much more toxic now that we don't have to suffer the reprucussion of seeing the people we spew hatred towards, does this film now have more resonance? Listen to find out!