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Essentially a sequel to the lackluster Mandroid. During a scuffle with Drago, Benjamin Knight was accidentally rendered invisible and his pals are allegedly trying to restore him to normal. Wade certainly wasn't working too hard on the problem. He was busy developing a pair of special sunglasses that enable the wearer to control the Mandroid. Meanwhile, Zanna went from brunette to blonde. Drago, thought to be dead is very much alive and has set up shop in an old asylum. There he finds a small army of empty-headed lunatics willing to do his bidding. For reasons that escape me, he kidnaps women and imprisons them in the asylum. He forces them to do table dances for him and his men. The ugly Drago still wants the formula for the supercon element. Drago is not alone, a doctor at the hospital that Ben was in reports to Colonel Petroff, the local police chief, about Ben's invisibility. Petroff wants the secret so now he and Drago go after Zanna. It's up to wheel chair Wade and the Invisible Ben to save her and foil the evil Drago and despotic Petroff.

This movie is cheesy, corny, and misleading. It's full of improbable villains, pseudo cliffhangers, and sci-fi hokum. Based on the title one would expect it to concern Benjamin Knight and his invisibility. Instead, it's a continuation of the boring Mandroid story, tarted up with peripheral adult subject matter and a nude scene. It aims to deliver fast-paced action and a minimum of technobabble and succeeds to a degree. On the other hand, it suffers from too many subplots and horny lunatics are not exactly my idea of comic relief.

A half-hearted attempt to update the classic H.G. Wells story, this series featured Dr. Daniel Westin, a scientist at the shadowy KLAE Corporation, who stumbles across a means of making objects invisible. The series came out shortly after Watergate. Consequently, so when Westin learned that Uncle Sam planned to use his invention for military use, he turned himself invisible, destroyed his equipment, and promptly escaped. However, his method for becoming visible failed to work leaving him invisible permanently. A scientist friend creates a realistic face mask with a built in wig, and plastic hands to conceal his invisibility.

Daniel and his wife Kate returned to work for the KLAE Corporation, where he continued his experiments in order find his way back to visibility. In exchange, Westin ironically uses his new powers to work for the government. He spends the remainder of the series undertaking secret missions often aided by his wife. The special effects were quite good but all too often the plots were tired, juvenile, a full of clichés. As a result, the show disappeared without ever realizing it's potential.

After two failed attempts by the major networks to do a successful series about an invisible man, cable TV gave it a try in Y2K. Their version differed from the others and the movies; not necessarily for the better. First, the invisible man was a loser, a third rate, second story man, named Darien. Turns out he's not a very good thief either (too bad they didn't recruit Nyah Nordoff-Hall). After going down for his third strike, he faces life behind bars with no parole. His scientist brother offers him a way out. All Darien has to do it allowing his brother to put an experimental gland in his head that can make him invisible occasionally. Opting for the gland should have been a no-brainer. This moron however, actually had to think over which was preferable--not a good sign. I'm sure the idea was to give the show an "edge" by making the invisible man a cool and macho anti-hero. Given that his favorite expression is "Aw crap," I'd say that they missed the boat on that one.

Anyway, this mysterious gland causes him to secrete "quicksilver," a so-called, light bending substance. The first time he transforms is admittedly eye opening. Darien fades out much quicker in subsequent episodes. I've always had problems with the notion of quicksilver. Since light travels over 186,000 miles per second you'd need the gravitational pull of a black hole to alter its course. If light was bent around Darien, then no light passed through his retinas so he should see nothing but total darkness. Quicksilver is a mercury-like liquid so why doesn't it rub off on bad guys when he punches them? In one episode, quicksilver was cold enough to freeze the mechanism of a time bomb. Yet, Darien can be seen by thermal imaging goggles which register heat.

I could easily go on questioning how quicksilver allegedly works but why bother. What it really does is save money on special effects. It also enables Darien to keep his clothes on unlike Jack Griffin, so he can enjoy the advantages of being invisible without facing any of the, ah hem, "hardships." To pay homage to HG Wells however, Darien will go insane without regular injections of quicksilver counteragent supplied by a secret, no budget government agency. This supposedly forces Darien to work for these clowns who apparently handle foreign and domestic problems the FBI and CIA apparently care little about.

A better name for this series would have been Vanishing Man. Darien spends an awful lot of time in a very opaque state, whining and bickering with that grouch of a partner he was paired with-Bobby Hobbes. As a result, I often found myself siding with the show's recurring villains-Arnaud and Stark. I found them to be much more interesting to watch than the guys chasing them. The show was canceled following its second season cause the ratings failed to justify production costs. Aw crap.

The plot of Mexico's cinematic rendition of the invisible man is hardly new, being essentially a remake of the 1940 Universal Studios film "The Invisible Man Returns." Like Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe before him, Carlos, oops make that "Charles Hill" is falsely convicted of murder. Where Radcliffe found himself facing the gallows. Hill is merely sentenced to 99 years in prison. Luckily, Hill's scientist brother concocts the obligatory invisibility serum and smuggles it into prison. Hill takes the serum, vanishes, and simply walks out of jail. Invisibility enables Hill to make fools out of the police and prove his innocence. Unfortunately, that nasty side effect--creeping insanity--rears it ugly, unseen head. Hill decides that he rather terrorize the city than go back to being normal. Can he be stopped in time? Hardly a classic but some nice special effects, a few intriguing scenes, and decent acting make the film worth watching, if you can find it.

My take on The HOLLOW MAN is quite simple-spectacular special effects undermined by a terrible script! It's the same tired old routine about a man who makes himself invisible then goes crazy. The transformation of Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) to invisibility is definitely the film's highlight.

After his dumb colleagues fail to return him to normal however, Caine decides to get rid of them. They act surprised for reasons unknown to me. ALL of the animals they made invisible exhibited behavioral problems afterwards. Yet, they never once asked themselves WHY? Caine admitted that bright lights bothered him but do they use this as a weapon against him? Of course not! They are fighting an invisible madman so what do they do-SPLIT UP-to make it easier to be victimized. Consequently, when they go down faster than teenagers in a slasher film, I feel it's no great loss.

The final straw occurred near the end when Caine is clobbered with a crowbar, electrocuted, and received burns that would easily have the average man pushing up daisies. Yet, he foolishly kept coming back for more. Apparently, the formula had the unforeseen side effect of strengthening Caine's body while weakening his brain. I had high hopes when I rented Hollow Man but it left me with an empty feeling.

It took Universal Studios seven years to produce this sequel to The Invisible Man, but in some regards, it was worth the wait. Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) is an innocent man condemned to death for a murder he didn't commit. At the last minute, Radcliffe's gal pal, Helen (Nan Grey), and the friendly mad doctor, Frank Griffin (John Sutton), decide the only way to save Radcliffe is by injecting him with the invisibility serum invented by Jack Griffin. Radcliffe's invisibility enables him to escape the gallows and easily elude the police led by the wily Inspector Sampson (Cecil Kelloway). Radcliffe figures out the identity of the murderer but his behavior soon borders on madness, unsettling Dr. Griffin and Helen. Should they continue to aid Radcliffe or rat him out to the constabulary? Will Radcliffe remain sane long enough to clear his name or will the law have to gun him down like his phantom predecessor, Jack Griffin?

This is a real rarity among sequels in that it is nearly as good as the original. It's one of my favorites in this genre. The story moves along briskly, features some intriguing scenes, and offers some occasional humor. The acting is solid. The special effects though primitive by today's standards are still effective. That doesn't mean it is without it share of faults. Chief among them is why they didn't inject Radcliffe earlier instead of waiting till the day of his execution? Or better yet, inject Helen, so she might solve the crime. Speaking of solving the crime, Radcliffe uncovers the real murderer's identity much too easily. Still, I would love to see Universal Studios remake this someday with a woman as the unseen protagonist/fugitive-Thandie Newton would be my choice. But, knowing Universal Studios, I probably couldn't get that lucky.

Professor Karl Griffin unable to stand up to his boss at work, invents an invisibility serum in his lab at home. Meanwhile, his son, Josh, is having trouble with the neighborhood bully and grounded by his mother for not doing his chores. Josh decides to use the potion to become invisible so he can get out of the house (and presumably extract some transparent pay back against the aforementioned bully). Unfortunately, his mother accidentally drinks the potion instead. What neither Josh nor his mother realize is that Karl has yet to develop an antidote. Wackiness ensues as mom in her unseen state helps Karl and Josh solve their problems. Now, if only they can figure a way to restore her to normal. As a simple, easy going comedy, Invisible Mom should appeal greatly to younger children, but do not expect much more from it. Adults will easily see through numerous holes in its plot.

Sam Cooper, a low-level State Department dweeb, comes into possession of a small silver sphere. Sam learns that the sphere contains tiny vials of a blue liquid, a serum that, upon drinking it, renders that person temporarily invisible. As a result Sam is hunted by three dumb thugs, a Soviet diplomat, and his best friend who works for Naval Intelligence. All of them want the sphere. Unfortunately, for Sam he can't simply turn over the vials or destroy them. By using the serum his body now carries "residues" that can be used to duplicate the formula. Making him valuable to all parties dead or alive.

For a movie that's supposed to be a comedy, there are very few laughs. Often the film is just outright silly. There is a lot of running around, yelling, and chasing along with a few sex gags and nude scenes. This film might have worked better if they had played it as a straightforward thriller and avoided the gimmicky 3-D photography.

Why is it that insane, sexually-repressed geeks are the only people who seem to learn the secret of invisibility? A nerdy scientist goes mad and kills some of his colleagues. Why? Cause they laughed at him and his failed invisibility experiment. He soon escapes from an asylum and gets hired as a high school physics teacher. He's teased by several vixens in one of his classes. This inspires him to perfect his formula. Despite being injected into his bloodstream, the serum affects his clothes and eyeglasses (how convenient). Once invisible however, all he can think of is to hang out inside the girls' locker room. After his secret is discovered he goes on another senseless killing spree.

If 700 monkeys were pecking away on 700 computer keyboards for 700 years, one of them might come up with Shakespeare's "Hamlet." It would only take about five days however, for a dozen of them to come up with "The Invisible Maniac." This movie is unimaginably silly and stupid with gratuitous nudity its only redeeming feature. By comparison, it makes other invisible man schlock like "The Amazing Transparent Man" seem worthy of a best picture nomination at the Academy Awards. Then again, you know you're in trouble when the theme song playing during the closing credits is the best thing about the movie.

Dr. John Richards (Hannes Jaenicke) is working on a top secret transmitting ray, called the "Triton," which can move objects from one place to another instantly by scrambling its molecules. However, John's Assistant Angie (Ariauna Albright) devises a different use for the machine, which enables her to turn into an exact replica of John. With John locked away in a secret warehouse, Angie, who now looks like John, and her evil accomplice, Martin Grecko (Steve Scionti), proceed with their evil plan to set John up to make it look like he's trying to steal the machine and then make $4 million from it in the meantime. Dr. Richards' son, Jackie (Harrison Myers) and his wife, Barbara (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn billed as "Melissa Williamson") step forward to thwart the evil duo. It becomes much easier after Jackie accidentally renders his mom invisible. This movie sat on the shelf for three years and it's easy to see why. The cheap special effects reflects the film's near microscopic budget. The script is filled with dull clichés and a silly, overly simplistic plot. Only children under the age of ten are likely to find this movie even remotely amusing.

"Amazing" this movie is not. What's truly amazing is that this cheapie was ever made in the first place. Joey Faust, notorious safecracker and hood, is aided in an escape from prison. Why? To help steal fissionable materials for the invisibility experiments of that brainless wonder, Dr. Ulof. The good doctor is being forced to conduct his research clandestinely by a former army intelligence officer. This sleaze bag is holding the doctor's little girl hostage. Evidently, it never occurred to the feeble-minded Ulof to make himself invisible long enough to rescue his daughter. After a quick demonstration, Faust joins this motley crew. Only Faust has his own ideas for how best to use invisibility and they involve banks, not taking over some obscure foreign country.

The plot is stupid, so are the characters. The dialog witless and based upon their wooden performances, the actors knew it. There is little suspense, unless you're waiting around for the closing credits. Despite the minuscule budget, the special effects are the film's best attribute. That along with its abbreviated running time. This is one invisible man film that deserves not to be seen.

Dispensing with the melodramatic excesses of Universal's previous "Invisible Man" films, The Invisible Woman aims strictly for laughs in this dated but still enjoyable comedy. The film puts to good use the considerable leering talents of John Barrymore. Allegedly, he ad-libbed his way through the entire film. Luckily, for him the plot was hardly rocket science. The eccentric Professor Gibbs (Barrymore) invents a weird contraption that under the right circumstances bestows temporary invisibility. What he needs is someone to act as a guinea pig. So, he does what any self-respecting wacko would do in such a situation--he places an ad in the local newspaper. Enter Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce), an eye-catching model with a spunky attitude. Kitty is eager to become invisible so she can teach her boss, a grouchy sourpuss if there ever was one, a much needed lesson in humility. Even having to run about in the altogether in order to be invisible doesn't deter her. The sponsor of these shenanigans (John Howard) is a fatuous moneybags who has lost his fortune and is in need of another. He is irresistibly drawn to the shapely specter like a magnet.

Things become more complicated after Gibb's ad makes its way down to the Mexican hideout of mobster Blackie Cole (Oscar Homolka). He wants the invisibility machine for his own nefarious purposes. Fortunately, for law-abiding citizens, Blackie's saddled with three moronic henchmen. Consequently, Blackie and his gang don't stand a ghost of a chance against the clever and resourceful invisible woman.

Though the special effects for this film are poor by any standards, a talented and likable cast of comical characters overcomes this shortcoming to make this one of the best films in Universal's "invisible series." Oddly enough, Virginia Bruce wasn't the first choice for the role, Margaret Sullivan was, but she sued Universal to avoid doing the film. Ms. Sullivan lost the case but Universal decided not to use her anyway. Viewers were better off as a result. The studio would be wise to update and remake this movie with someone like Charlize Theron in the lead.

Frank Raymond (Jon Hall), grandson of the original Invisible Man, still has the old family formula but won't allow anyone to use it, even though World War II is looming on the horizon. After an unfriendly visit by Axis agents (Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Peter Lorre) and the attack on Pearl Harbor Raymond comes to his senses. He offers the Allies the use of the formula but insists that no one uses it but him. After all, the drug is dangerous but it's never really explained why. Allied Command somehow agrees to go along with this dumb idea. Apparently, it never occurred to them that something might happen to Raymond. If so, what would then become of the drug?

Raymond becomes a phantom commando with a heavy boot for Nazi rears. He parachutes into Germany (an amusing scene). He's supposed to meet with a couple of people and steal vital information. Instead, Raymond spends time wooing the beautiful German double agent he's assigned to work with (Ilona Massey) and playing puerile pranks on an overweight Nazi with an undersized brain. Ultimately, Raymond saves the day by thwarting a far-fetched plot to attack New York.

Despite its faults, this was probably just the ticket for uplifting the morale of American audiences in dark, early days of the war. Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Peter Lorre steal the movie as a Gestapo official and Japanese spymaster, respectively. Their performances are much better than this lighthearted film deserves. I laughed most over Raymond's confrontation with and escape from Hardwicke and his mindless minions at Gestapo headquarters. Still, it bothered me that Ms Massey's character wasn't selected to become to become the Invisible Agent. She was well placed, well trained as a spy, and highly motivated. She knew all the right people, who had access to the right information, and demonstrated cool under fire. Most important of all, she was a lot smarter than Raymond. If she was invisible, I'm sure the war in Europe would have ended much sooner!

After two failed attempts to by the major networks to do a successful series about an invisible man, cable TV got in on the act in the year 2000. Their version differs from the other two (as well as the movies) but often in the wrong ways. First, the invisible man is louse, a professional thief, named Darien Fawkes. Turns out he's not very good thief either. After getting caught and convicted for the third time, Darien faces life in prison with no parole. His brother, a scientist, offers him a way out-let him put an experimental gland in his head that makes him invisible. This moron actually has to think over which is preferable--life in prison or becoming a sometimes invisible man. I'm sure the idea was to give the show an "edge" and make the invisible man a "cool" and "macho" anti-hero. Given that his favorite expression is "Aw crap," I'd say they missed the boat on that one.

The gland in his head causes him to secrete a so-called, light-bending substance called "quicksilver." The first time he transforms is admittedly eye-opening. It reminded me of the liquid metal effects used in Terminator 2. Because of the show's budget limitations however, he fades out much quicker thereafter. I've always had problems with the notion of quicksilver. Since light travels at over 186,000 miles per second you need the gravitational pull of a black hole to alter its course. If this was possible, it seems that "bending light" would distort the appearance of objects directly behind the "invisible" man, since the bent light rays would be hitting the objects behind him at irregular or unnatural angles. Quicksilver is a mercury-like liquid so why doesn't the stuff wipe off on bad guys when he smacks them? Why don't the soles of his shoes become slippery on freshly waxed floors when covered by quicksilver? In one episode, quicksilver was cold enough to freeze the mechanism of a time bomb. Yet, we can see him with thermal imaging devices which register heat.

I could easily go on questioning how quicksilver allegedly works but why bother. What it really does is save money on special effects. You eliminate the need and hassle of showing objects being carried by invisible hands by having Darien simply make them disappear. You don't have to film challenging and time consuming scenes of him unwrapping bandages to reveal an empty head. There is no need to come up with imaginative ways to maintain the star's identity. Since Darien gets to keep on his clothes, he can enjoy all the advantages of being invisible without any of the hardships that Jack Griffin faced. To pay homage to H.G. Wells' creation however, Darien will go mad without regular injections of quicksilver "counteragent" supplied by an impoverished government agency whose budget is so low they can't even afford a name. This supposedly forces Darien to work for these losers who handle foreign and domestic problems the FBI and CIA apparently care little about.

A better name for this series however, would have been "Vanishing Man," as invisibility, per se, has little to do with the stories. It's simply a deus ex machina enabling the heroes to triumph over the bad guys. Darien spends most of his time in a very opaque state, bickering with that grouch of a partner he was paired with. As a result, I often found myself cheering for the show's recurring villains--Arnaud and Stark. I found them to be much more interesting characters than the folks chasing them. The Invisible Man was canceled following its second season because the ratings, though good by cable TV standards, did not justify its high production costs.

In this Oriental rendition of H.G. Wells' Invisible Man, Japan discovers the secret of invisibility near the end of WWII. They also found some eager volunteers to give the transparent treatment. Presumably (I say that because my Japanese isn't what it should be), the intent was for them to wreak unseen havoc against American forces. Fortunately, the A-bombs ended the war. Nine years later, one of the invisible men commits suicide and leaves a note telling the nation that another one is roaming about amongst them. Naturally, this throws Japan into a tizzy.

So, what's an invisible warrior to do when he has no one to fight? Luckily, for viewers, a gang of vicious crooks provide an answer. Dressed up in gauze bandages and trench coats they commit a series of daring robberies and terrorize law-abiding citizens as "The Invisible Gang." Ultimately, the phony invisible men learn the hard way that they are no match for a real one.

The special effects are decent for 1954. The film's lighting is poor at times. I guess to help hide any special effects shortcomings. The pace is sometimes slow as well but I thought the quality of the acting was more than acceptable and a lot better than that in most Japanese horror movies. The story is also not without its share of good moments. Still, one notion struck me as odd. Why create invisible men, then tell them to get lost? An obvious answer might be that the research was taking place in Hiroshima in August 1945. An elusive film (not dubbed in English) worth a look, if you can find it.

Dr. Mabuse, the nefarious supercriminal who regularly confounds the authorities with his ill-conceived and far-fetched world domination schemes, is ready to do battle once more with the forces of good. This time he's after a invisibility gizmo invented by a disfigured scientist seeking to hide his ugliness. One time Tarzan, Lex Barker, plays Mabuse's nemesis--FBI Agent Joe Como. The scientist likes to hang out at a theater where he can spy on the actress of his dreams. Apparently, he thought that by making himself invisible she wouldn't be frightened of him. Evidently, it never occurred to him that moving things around and touching her while he's invisible might frighten her. Is this guy a loser or what?

Eventually, Mabuse gets his evil hands on the device and creates a small army of transparent thugs. The plan is for them to wreak havoc and plunge the world into chaos. It's up to Joe Como and his band of incompetent German cops to thwart the scheme.

The writing for this film is incredibly bad. For example, since when did the FBI's jurisdiction extend to Germany? How did Mabuse know about the invisible man's obsession for the actress? In fact, how did Mabuse know there was an invisibility gadget? I also don't know how the scientist knew that Mabuse knew. Since the scientist was invisible why didn't he use that advantage to locate Mabuse and thwart his plans? Or better yet, since he allegedly cared so much for the actress why didn't he just make another device for her? She could then become invisible if Mabuse's goons threatened her? In my opinion, Dr. Mabuse isn't half as crazy as the folks who produced this turkey.

This reworking of the failed 1975 Invisible Man series starred Ben Murphy as government agent Sam Casey. Following exposure to radiation Casey learns that he can become invisible. Unfortunately, he can only remain unseen for fifteen minutes each day or else he'll lapse into permanent invisibility and die! Nevertheless, the disappearing act proves quite handy for Casey as he undertakes assignments for yet another secret government organization. Gemini man avoided the biggest problem David McCallum had in his invisible man series by having the hero simply flip a switch on his watch to become invisible. The trouble with The Invisible Man was that, while it was inventive and attempted to be more realistic, filming scenes with the rubber mask took a lot of effort, and still remained highly unconvincing. Despite the watch gimmick, Gemini Man fared terribly in the ratings, only half of its episodes where aired before the show was canceled. Still the idea of allowing the hero to have the ability to switch between visibility and invisibility was not lost. The concept would reappear nearly 25 years later when The Invisible Man returned to television.

If 500 monkeys typed on 500 typewriters for 500 years one of them might produce Hamlet. In two weeks, 12 of them would produce Mr. Superinvisible. This was a European attempt to duplicate Disney's successful family comedy format. They thought that by placing Dean Jones, a veteran of Disney films, in a starring role combined with the gimmick of invisibility they would produce a hit. Unfortunately, they were WRONG. Instead, they produced an idiotic, mind-numbing waste of time. Jones plays a scientist who receives a mysterious potion in the mail that bestows temporary invisibility upon whomever drinks it. When a gang of inept criminals learn of Jones' invisibility serum, naturally they go after him. There's a ridiculous chase scene and the climax is almost unbearably silly. Bad writing and overacting plague the film. It's the type of movie that gives the invisible man genre a bad name.

The British television series, "H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man," may have been based on the character created by Wells but had very little to do with the novel or classic James Whale film from Universal. In direct contradiction to the source material, the hero Dr. Peter Brady, was doing remarkably well as a workaholic scientist employed by the British government. He accidentally becomes invisible (fortunately for him, clothes and all) after a radiation leak interferes with his experiments on optical density and refraction. Naturally, the British authorities are suspicious of Brady, wondering what he'll do with his new-found "powers."

Brady becomes a one man Impossible Missions Force. In subsequent episodes, he's dispatched to one mythical Middle Eastern, Eastern European, or African country after another, to foil the forces of evil threatening the British Empire. Despite supposedly being a secret agent, as the series progressed, Brady's invisibility became public knowledge leading to trouble in some episodes.

The special effects were cheap and downright awful by today's standards. For the most part, the "invisibility" special effects were handled by wires holding various objects such as car keys, test tubes, guns, and the like. Scenes were frequently shot from Brady's point-of-view to limit the use of special effects. Despite these shortcomings the series eventually attracted the interests of US television networks. H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man ran for 39 half hours on the CBS network from November 4, 1958 to September 22, 1960.

Robert Griffin (no relation to Jack) was apparently duped and left for dead in Africa several years ago by his partners who went on to discover a diamond mine. Not only did Griffin lose out on his fortune but he lost his mind too. Eventually, Griffin escapes from a mental institution and returns to England. By chance (or the stroke of the writer's pen) Griffin encounters Dr. Drury, a screwball scientist in search of a weirdo to test out his new invisibility formula. Griffin sees invisibility as a chance to get the vengeance he craves. So the demented doctor gives him the obligatory injection.

This is a long way from the quality of the original 1933 film, with Claude Rains. There are a few familiar special effects but Leon Errol's attempts to provide comic relief meet with mixed results. It soon becomes apparent that the film has nothing going for it other than invisibility as a gimmick. The plot is wafer thin and poorly written. There is little action to speak of just a lot of standing around and talking or sitting around and talking. Clearly, this was an exercise to squeeze a few more dollars out of an aging franchise. On the bright side, there are some decent invisibility effects, like when the invisible man dunks his hand into a fish tank or covers his face in flour. That's not enough to recommend this film however.

Pilot movie for a sit-com which never appeared, if you pardon the pun. Alexa Hamilton stars as a perky cub reporter who becomes invisible accidentally. With no way to make herself visible again, she resorts to make-up and a wig to fill in the parts not covered by her clothes to appear normal. She uses her new abilities to solve a series of art thefts which have plagued the city's galleries. There are some nice touches in this movie, including a scene were we see an "outline" of Sandy in a men's steam room. The comedy isn't always superb but the video effects are more than adequate for this film.