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Originally Posted by montitech
Prior to it, Bacon was not known for any phycotic roles, so it broke peoples expectation of bacon.
It was a bit scarry and sometimes a bit gross for some people.
And last problem was people do not want to be reminded that,
Is it true when you cannot be seen or traced one would loose inhibitions and do things that they know they should not do. this makes people face the big question of is man inherintly good or evil
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Actors break their "molded images" all the time. Jim Carrey is a comedy man but he's done creepy and serious roles as well. Or look at the likes of Loyd Bridges, he did serious roles before and when he came into Hot Shots, he was hilarious. Same with guys like Leslie Nielson and Stacey Keach (Titus dad).
The movie was intended to be freaky and besides, it comes from the guy who directed Total Recall and Robocop, gore is to be expected. As regards to your final statement, it is true man hates to admit it can become evil but the truth keyword of that statement is CAN be evil. Mankind wasn't evil, A MAN was evil here.
The reason Bacon's character Sebastian Caine did those horrible things was not because man is inherently evil or because "everyone would do stuff like that if they were invisible", it's because of several other factors that were clearly stated in the movie:
1. Caine was an egotistical, arrogant, ass who did this experiment to himself to satisfy his own ego.
2. The movie states quite a few times the invisible serum causes aggression and starts affecting the subjects minds. They had a gorilla they tested it on who was just as berzerk and crazed as Caine.
3. The fact the formula caused aggression and rage mixed with a personality like Caine's is what caused him to turn and kill the others. They state it's possible the power itself corrupted him, but even if it did, his bizarre reaction to the "cure formula" and the way his body started to reappear again after being electrocuted showed the formula DEFINITELY effected Caine's genetics.