First, the callbacks to the previous, iconic iterations ofThe Invisible Man.
This ain’t the only time Whannell winks at the previous films though.
Now, onto the real sneaky stuff.
Finally, and perhaps the most subtle nod of all.
Whannell’s previous directorial effortUpgrade, if you haven’t seen it, absolutely freaking rips.
It’s a muscly near future sci-fi-action-horror about a man out for revenge implanted with an A.I.
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But there’s something even bigger going on, with something even smaller.
The name of the tech company inUpgradeis Cobalt.
And the name of Jackson-Cohen’s tech company… is Cobalt.
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IsThe Invisible Mana stealth prequel toUpgrade?
Is there an extended Whannell-verse of dystopian technological nightmares?
Did Jackson-Cohen’s Invisible Man inject himself with the same A.I.
And… well, we’ll let Whannell speak for himself.
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