While there are some uses of digital effects within the film it is conservative enough that the film maintains a sense of reality. Using practical effects to accomplish this was a great choice especially when at the time of filming a lot of films were starting to switch to using more digital effects to accomplish their shock and awe. The first moment that really grabs ahold of you is when the creature jumps from one host to another and it is spectacular in every sense of the word. Not only do the effects literally take you by storm in a very unexpected way, but they continue to please throughout the film. This is where The Hidden wins big for me. The one thing I was impressed with is how they manage to convey the entity moving from body to body without it being too tacky only really showing the process once and letting the imagination do the work. McLachlan does his best to fill these gaps in the film with his acting ability but it is hard to say on whether or not it made an impact overall. Not the least of which is some incredibly lacking plot points and flat moments. Once we start to see what this entity is truly capable of I was hooked. This film hits the ground running with an action-packed car chase that ends in disaster exactly how you would hope. The question soon becomes do Gallagher and Beck have what it takes to bring the entity down before it is too late or will this be the one per that got away? He partners with local Detective Beck (Michael Nouri) and it seems that only by working together can they track him down and stop him before he jumps bodies again. This is where we meet Special Agent Gallagher (McLachlan) who has followed the suspect all the way from Seattle in an effort to stop him dead in his tracks, pun intended. Unfortunately, the entity does not go down without a fight and ends up in a coma. We first get introduced to this entity in the middle of a high-speed chase where the LAPD is about to apprehend him. This entity seems set on committing a variety of crimes while listening to loud music and driving expensive cars. Our film follows a hidden entity that has been creating mayhem in Los Angeles by hopping from body to body in a, to be frank, rather gruesome and awesome manner. Released in 1987, this film does not seem par for the course for its own time period and that seems to be a very good thing. The only problem with all of that is this is actually an eighties film. and the film also features ultimate 90’s bad guy (to most unless you were a fan of Twin Peaks), Kyle McLachlan. We have a totally implausible plot line with little to no explanation offered. If you factor in everything the film is bringing to the table it’s hard for it to fail. The Hidden sounds like a total nineties win.
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