Hologram Man

I hope big explosions are your fancy because, like them or not, there are a LOT of them in this movie. And trust me, there are a lot more than necessary. Another thing that was blatantly wrong in this movie, as the guy before me mentioned, there is a LOT of people standing out in the open not being shot and killed, while the cops behind cars are dropping like flies. But, I soon realized that I didn't feel sorry for the cops, considering they didn't use the cars as shields for their upper torso. They would stand straight up behind the hood of the car like total morons, and get shot.

I enjoyed the cause Slash/Norman was fighting for. I think he had the right idea about causing a revolution to overthrow the corporations. I think if I lived in that day and age with my current mind-set, I would join him to the bitter end. I am absolutely against the idea of corporate control. I believe that Slash/Norman was not too evil of a guy, because, as we saw, he was distraught over killing Dakota. In his heart I believe that he felt bad about killing someone who shouldn't be killed. Those other corporation guys Slash iced, they all deserved it, and there's no hard feelings over people who get their just desert. However, when someone who doesn't deserve to be killed is killed, therein lies the problem.

Terrible music, terrible shoot outs, terrible acting other than the Giggles guy, because he was in Blade Runner! I thought I recognized his voice when I first heard it. I was kind of disappointed when Giggles died. I liked him more than I liked any of the other characters. These are all things that killed this movie. The story line was worth the price of admission (or cost of buying the movie) because it's something that I never hope to ever face in my lifetime.

*Final judgement* Watch this movie in order to get a good idea of how you DON'T want the future to be. Good day

-Scott-

I've come late to the party when it comes to PM Entertainment, an independent production company of whom I'd heard nothing up until a couple of weeks ago. Then as (bad) luck would have it, in rapid succession I've seen a couple of their mid - late 90's features: first The Silencers and now Hologram Man. Suffice to say PM specialised in producing a distinctive line of low-to-medium budget, low brow films mostly targeted for the home-video market.

Hologram Man written by one of the co - leads Evan Lurie, is a fairly typical example of the PM fare, distinctive on this occasion, only in its arguably better than normal support cast and in its complete ripping off of the ideas behind the Sly Stallone/Wesley Snipes vehicle Demolition Man, which had come on to the market shortly beforehand. And let me be clear here, I'm not suggesting for a moment that Demolition Man achieves lofty benchmarks in cinematic quality, because it doesn't. Clearly though PM through Hologram Man, is prepared to pay multiple and obvious homages to its better - known predecessor. But from my limited experience, I'd be suggesting that this is what PM typically do. Take a random, multi - faceted grab-bag of ideas from other commercially successful movies, smash them violently and haphazardly together with endless shoot - outs and repetitive "action scenes", combined with an inexpensive cast of limited acting talent and release to an unsuspecting public.

I have to admit that the casting of Hologram Man may be of marginally better quality this time around, with well known names such as William Sanderson, John Amos, Michael Nouri and Alex Cord on the undercard. But ... oh dear! ... the lines they have to speak.

Look I will admit, if you're a punter drawn to plentiful explosions and gunfire (PM staples), Hologram Man may keep you amused. I have to admit for me, this was a 100 minute film that felt twice as long. I won't bother trying to summarise the plot, the guts of which appeared to have been sketched out on a cigarette paper. Let's just say, there may be plenty of unintended laughter when observing the enormous body count and urban damage in films such as this. Realism is not one of this wannabe science - fiction flick's strong points. I think Hologram Man hopefully signifies the last of my personal involvements with PM entertainments.

"Hologram Man" is another entertaining movie from the PM Group. PM Entertainment put out the best DTV action movies out there. They are now defunct, but in the 90's they were the kings. "Hologram Man" is the straight to video version of "Virtuosity".

The plot is: Slash Gallagher (Evan Lurie) is baddest criminal around. When he kills the Governor, he gets sent to holographic statis, which means his body is discarded for a holographic one. But during his parole hearing five years later, he escapes and only one cop can bring him down: Kurt Decoda (Joe Lara).

This movie has non-stop explosions. Every car, person and building is blown up. They spared no expense on the pyrotechnics this time around. The body count is also very high, with hundreds getting killed. It makes for a fun evening. The acting is also first-rate. Evan Lurie and Joe Lara put in exciting performances. Michael Nouri, on the other hand, looks like he's reading cue cards. Overall, this is a very cool flick that's worth seeing.

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I am not a fan of the "so bad you love them" movies but Hologram Man has converted me. Every line of dialogue was cliche from the rookie cop looking at the Rebel Detective- with his non regulation hair and perfect suits- and saying, "That's not in the manual" to the loud and obnoxious supervisor saying, "You're a loose cannon."

The opening bus chase scene was a complete rip off, down to camera angles, from Speed and Terminator 2.

I especially like how five years pass and every car has been replaced by sleek and futuristic vehicles.

This movie is great, especially from a writer's perspective of what not to do, there are lame attempts to instantly create tension that come off as just hack and downright funny.

This movie is a riot.

Yet another D grade turkey masquerading as Science Fiction. Don't watch this if you have your brain in an active mode.

Wooden acting, a lame script, overdone violence (a body count that puts Arny and Sly to shame!) including scenes where cops behind objects die while bad guys standing in the open live combine to make this turkey one that should end a few careers.

Give it a big miss.