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1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
2	** Is Caine really that evil and crazy, or did his fellow scientists force his hand? Did the serum make him less empathetic and more psychotic, or did the power of invisibility simply give him freedom to be who and what he'd always been? Was it a combination of both? Actually noted in the film, "Was it the serum that fucked you up or was it the power?"
3	** Did Caine actually rape his neighbor, or "[[DistinctionWithoutADifference just]]" terrorize and molest her? A deleted scene of invisible footprints in the carpet, away from the bed where the woman is lying limp and sobbing, would confirm the former, but the final film leaves it a bit nebulous (though it's still obviously Caine's crossing of the MoralEventHorizon).
4	** Odds are, Sebastian already had dark triad tendencies in him before he became invisible, having said power merely made it easier to act on them. Give most guys invisibility and the worst they're likely to do with it is play pranks on others and maybe indulge in some voyeurism. Any dude who would go next door and rape his hot neighbor incubus-style already had a broken moral compass from the beginning.
5	* CompleteMonster: [[InvisibleJerkass Dr. Sebastian Caine]] started out as the [[InsufferableGenius charismatic but egoistical head scientist]] leading a project to test an invisibility serum. After a successful run, he lies to his superiors about the project to continue with human experiments, using himself as a [[ProfessorGuineaPig guinea pig]] to see what it was like. Initially passing the time with pranks on his colleagues, he [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity gradually gives in to his darker inhibitions]] he hinted at early on, by molesting his female colleagues and eventually [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping]] his attractive neighbor whom he constantly spied on, reasoning no one would know. Growing more unhinged and reckless, Caine [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals batters a dog to death]] when he learns his ex-girlfriend and colleague Linda is now in a relationship with fellow colleague Matt. When his mentor Kramer is told about his activities, Caine murders him and decides to kill off his staff, and sets the facility to explode; leaves one member to bleed to death; manhandles one to shoot herself before snapping her neck; stabs one to death with a crowbar; and locks Linda and Matt in a rapidly cooling freezer, making final attempts to kill them when they escape.
6	* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/KevinBacon playing a character named [[Film/XMenFirstClass Sebastian]]. It's also pretty funny to see him and ''[[Creator/JoshBrolin Thanos]]'' of all people were co-workers. Or, if we want to go strictly by the same cinematic [[Film/XMenFilmSeries universe]], then he is [[Film/Deadpool2 Cable]].
7	* MoralEventHorizon: [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil The invisible rape sequence.]] Ironically, you can ''see'' on his latex-covered face the very moment he makes the decision, when he realizes for the first time that his invisibility allows him to do whatever he likes with no fear of consequences.
8	* {{Narm}}: The amount of punishment Sebastian endures during the climax becomes comical rather than scary. If there's one way to make your previously threatening human villain into a farce, it's having him set on fire, bashed in the head with a crowbar, accidentally electrocuting himself, and getting caught in a giant explosion, all in rapid succession ''without dying''. Some viewers have joked that the writers forgot he was ''invisible'' and not ''invincible''.
9	* OvershadowedByControversy: After the studio had trouble finding positive critical quotes for their post-release ad campaign, they invented a fake critic named David Manning for the purpose, and even kept using him for a few other poorly reviewed movies before getting caught.
10	* ParanoiaFuel:
11	** One of your colleagues is invisible. And naked. And insane. And right behind you. ''And he wants to kill you.'' (Rape is not off the table, either.) Trying to electrocute him (the cure) will just turn him into a mass of [[BodyHorror walking organs]].
12	** There's also the part of the film where Caine drags a guy into a pool and drowns him, and the guy's wife looks outside and thinks her husband just fell in.
13	** The transformation sequence. It's possible that even a single drop of serum is enough. Your heart just felt warm and is tingling?
14	* RetroactiveRecognition:
15	** Greg Grunberg (the pilot in ''{{Series/Lost}}'', Matt Parkman in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'') plays a supporting character.
16	** Another scientist is Kim Dickens (Cassidy in ''Lost'', Ms. Stubbs in ''{{Series/Deadwood}}'').
17	** Creator/RhonaMitra, the vampire in ''[[Film/UnderworldRiseOfTheLycans Rise of the Lycans]]'' and ''Series/TheGates'' is the rape victim. Her vamp powers would have come in handy here. Or even the combat training she got in ''Film/{{Doomsday}}''.
18	** Creator/JoshBrolin is Matt, seven years before he would truly hit it big in ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'' and later as Thanos in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
19	* SpiritualAdaptation: Though not an adaption of Creator/HGWells' novel, many viewed this movie as a pretty decent modern remake of the ''Film/TheInvisibleMan1933'', at least until [[Film/TheInvisibleMan2020 the actual modern remake]].
20	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many critics and viewers thought the intriguing implications and possibilities granted by invisibility were pretty much glossed over in favour of Sebastian quickly going utterly psychotic and becoming a generic, one-dimensional slasher villain, killing and raping people just because he's invisible, feeling such an outcome was the most bland and predictable.
21	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Both the transition from/to invisibility and the invisible effects themselves are impressive. The 3D model of Kevin Bacon has since been donated for scientific research.
22	* TheWoobie: The rape victim. She gets viciously assaulted by an unseen psychopathic assailant and left deeply traumatized. In the extended version she's seen laying in her bed sobbing in fear and humiliation.
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