Friday’s movie-goers will spread word at the water cooler Monday about “Hollow Man,” the latest film from director Paul Verhoeven starring Kevin Bacon. They’ll say they’ve “never seen anything like it.” They’ll be telling the truth. The film is set in a top secret underground military facility where Sebastian Caine, played by Bacon, heads a team of scientists performing experiments with invisibility. After animal tests prove successful, the team is to report their findings to military officials. Instead, Bacon convinces his coworkers, played by Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin, that they should conceal their success and perform human testing on their own, with Bacon volunteering as the test subject. After three days of invisibility and hijinks, Bacon is to be returned to his visible state, but the procedure fails. As days pass, the aggression found in the animal test subjects during their invisibility begins to appear in Bacon. That, along with the threat to his career and his discovery of a relationship between Shue and Brolin, sends Bacon over the edge. When his coworkers attempt to expose the experiment, Bacon goes on a murder spree, killing military officials and team members.Sounds pretty sweet, right? We all know as soon as we’re invisible, we’re gonna spy on naked people in the shower and kill our coworkers. Who wouldn’t?Well, there are other parts of this movie that are hollow besides Kevin Bacon – like the plot. At times it seems rather contrived. The acting was also less than solid, with a mediocre performance from Bacon and what may be the worst acting from Shue, who failed to provide credibility to her role.The movie also sports several computer-generated shots of Bacon’s penis, as it would be seen through infrared goggles or during the skinless phase of transformation. Guess what kids? The whole invisibility thing can only be done in the buff. With all the special effects in this movie, you’d think they could have airbrushed the zits off Bacon’s ass. If they were going for a laugh, they got one.If there is one plus to this film, it’s the staggering special effects, which are probably the best computer-generated effects to date, rivaling such blockbusters as “Jurassic Park” and “The Matrix”. However, the transformation scenes are not for the faint of heart.Neither is the rest of the movie, for that matter. It has some of the most disturbing shots ever seen, second only to “A Clockwork Orange.” If you are disturbed by violence, specifically violence against animals, this may not be your feel-good hit of the summer. Here’s a hint: Exploding dog.The movie might also leave you with the feeling that Verhoeven put little thought into bringing the whole film together. All of the sudden, Shue seemed to be skilled in all forms of guerilla warfare. Here’s a little advice, Elisabeth: When you’re trapped in a freezer with a crowbar and Kevin turns the thermostat to minus 50, you might want to try breaking the cooling fans before constructing a makeshift electromagnet.And not to spoil the ending, but could we please get away from “The Matrix?” Original ideas in action movies are desperately needed right now.”Hollow Man” has its good and bad points. If you want to see it, go see it, but don’t expect Oscar performances. The visual effects are pretty solid, but like most summer action flicks, the concept is rather transparent.