Frank Markland ********Possible Spoilers******** Joe Lara stars as Dakota a by the book cop who captures Slash Gallagher (Evan Lurie) however in hologram form it becomes apparent that he is even more powerful(One of the film's biggest plot holes.) and it seems that it is only Dakota who can stop him. Michael Nouri stars as President Jameson who is sorely underused. I want to make one thing clear, a hologram is nothing but a virtual image, the level of suspension of belief we are asked to swallow is a fairly tall order especially that we are never told how exactly you make a person a hologram and how exactly can they contain the same intelligence and memories of the person. Or for that matter how they are able to fight and all that. Straight to video science fiction is always a tall order to follow but such numerous plot'holes really distract the viewer. For instance the hero goes and snatches the antagonists' body and destroys it, despite the obvious fact that it is probably far easier to kill the villain in human form than as hologram form. Also the other annoying plot angle is just exactly how Lurie's character has become so powerful, if you are going to make a hologram the strongest why use it on the most dangerous person in the world? This is just crazy. Sadly Hologram Man is unbearable to watch because the action sequences are shot without flair and basically consist of bad guys winning and then losing as the hero arrives. There are so many questions raised by the premise (and the premise is very questionable to begin with) that we wonder exactly how the world got this way and why for instance is automatically the corporations running the show? What happened to the old way? The film doesn't care and therefore it proceeds to fling itself to one action sequence to another. The action sequences (Excepting the one that involves John Amos)are all boring and derivative of The Terminator, Demolition Man and Robocop. One especially noticeable steal is from They Live involving a machine spotter to which Lurie hits with a shotgun. I could go on on how ludicrous this all is but I have to state the obvious, movies like this live or die by the ambitions taken with the material. Hologram Man is bankrupt in all essential areas and in the end it all becomes a tiresome effort which recalls far superior movies. The only real life in the movie comes from Michael Nouri, John Amos and William Sanderson but they are so annoyingly underused that they can't save this turkey.* out of 4-(Bad)

Ryan 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.

elevatormusicman After viewing this movie, all I can say is "odd. Very odd." The sci-fi part of it seemed a bit overly-done; but I can't really comment on that aspect since I never advertised myself as a sci-fi expert. There were wayyyyyy too many explosions and shootings. I sometimes got the feeling the writers added all these when they needed time to fill since most of these scenes seemed pointless. The only redeeming quality of this movie was it's quirky plot in which the viewer couldn't help but be confused whether to route for the "good guy" or the "bad guy," since the "bad guy" (in terms of the guy who was the rebel of society) actually had the right idea. Other than that, there were way too many explosions and shootings. Almost to the point that it was sickening. But like a former poster on here said, "Hologram Man" may actually be worth looking at ... just to see what society should "not" be. If society ever got this bad, I wouldn't want to be in it.

Scott 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-