The Invisible begins with golden boy, Nick Powell, who dreams about killing himself during an agonizing graduation party. I sat there for the next half hour, watching his interactions with his mother, friends, and the school bullies who preyed upon his best friend. He defied his controlling mother by enrolling himself in a writing course in London, only to toss his airline ticket at a girlfriend who voiced her pleasure at rebelling against his mother. At that point, he gives up on the writing course and leaves the party to go home.

In the meantime, bad girl Annie Newton is out for revenge against Nick because she was told that he ratted her out to the cops about a jewelry heist. Annie and her cohorts, along with his spineless best friend chase him into the woods. She and the cohorts beat him into unconsciousness, and then hides him in a sewer drain because they think he’s dead.

Nick finds himself in a limbo state, stuck between life and death. He learns that not everybody thinks as highly of him as he was led to believe. This doesn’t stop him from screaming with self-righteous anger at everyone who disappointed him. Of course, nobody can see or hear him.

His spirit latches onto Annie, who is under suspicion with the police in connection with Nick’s disappearance. He follows her everywhere, both shouting and pleading with her to tell the authorities where his body is located before it dies. This was the best part of the movie. I was disappointed with the ending because it was unrealistic and contrived. To me, it went against human nature.

Up until that point, I enjoyed watching The Invisible. I loved the soundtrack and plan on hunting for it later. Also, I felt that the Seattle-like town added to the dark and somber mood.