Paul Verhoeven's 'Hollow Man' hit at the exact transition between the post-Cold War euphoria of Bill Clinton and the nasty hangover that was the Bush years, when we were just beginning to realize how difficult it was going to be to pry misogyny loose from the hands of entitled white dudes. But is this film a critique of sexist men, or a depiction of them? Let's dive in and find out!
(TW: sexual assault and rape, animal death, animal experimentation)