********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)

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.

Another excellent Joe Lara movie. All the cast were great but Joe is my favorite. I saw this one quite a few times too. You gotta see this Sci-fi. It's another action flick. It's real cool.

Yet another D grade turkey masquerading as Science Fiction. Don't watch this if you have your brain in an active mode.Wooden acting, a lame script, overdone violence (a body count that puts Arny and Sly to shame!) including scenes where cops behind objects die while bad guys standing in the open live combine to make this turkey one that should end a few careers.Give it a big miss.