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The Invisible Man remake/reboot is an overall good movie that keeps you entertained and anticipating the next move.  It would probably have been better if Universal correctly re-branded it as what it is; a really really good Hollow Man reboot.  
   As with the other monster films Universal has tried to remake/reboot, this is a decent story that has very little to do with the original film, if at all.  As a classic monster movie fan, I went in expecting a new take on the story and hoping to find some Easter eggs that tie it to the original. At the very least an Una O' Connor scream or reference.  I found 1 1/2 things (the character's last name of Griffin and a bandaged up  hospital patient).  Aside from these two things, the film is an original story that can hold its own.  Just like The Mummy, it seems like Universal heard an original idea and  decided to brand it as a reboot/remake of its old well known properties.  Even after Dracula Untold, and the disaster that was the Dark Universe, Universal refuses to see that these properties mean something to a lot of viewers and just stick a title to anything that remotely resembles one of their previous successful, well known monster movies that they like to disregard until it is convenient. Having said that, the invisibility concept in this movie as well as how the story plays out is interesting and fun to watch. Perhaps they should have put more trust in Blumhouse succeeding with an original idea. 
   That critique aside, the film, is a good watch with great performances and suspense.  It is more suspense/thriller than horror but the original was also more of a suspense film.  The film is a little over 2 hours long which is something that bothered some people, I however, did not think it was detrimental to the movie.  Blumhouse has once more proven that they know what they are doing with scary movies but again, this could have been a good film on it's own without the cash grab property name since it has nothing to do with the 1931 film or the novel by H.G. Wells.  2018's Halloween was a good example of a property being rebooted because it actually had to do with the plot of the original.  However, I would recommend this movie to anyone just make sure to watch  Hollow Man  beforehand because who isn't a Kevin Bacon fan?  

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