Hypnotic: What is this Robert Rodriguez thriller with Ben Affleck and William Fichtner?

Hypnotic: What is this Robert Rodriguez thriller with Ben Affleck and William Fichtner?



Hypnotic : Ben Affleck goes after a powerful medium

Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck) is a cop haunted by the disappearance of his daughter. While investigating a series of major robberies, he realizes they were committed by a man named Dellrayne (William Fichtner), a powerful medium. able to take control of any mindthus using honest citizens as puppets to recover his loot.

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Dellrayne (William Fichtner) – Hypnotic ©SND

Dellrayne’s crimes are actually a way for him to get closer to Danny. When he realizes it The exceptional thief is related to the kidnapping of his daughter, does everything to find it. But he soon realizes he’s being manipulated and that reality may just be an illusion. While his enemy tries to control him, the policeman can count on the support of Diana Cruz (Alice Braga), a medium aware of Dellrayne’s devastating power.

A Robert Rodriguez-style Hitchcockian thriller

After the Colossus Alita: Battle Angelsuperhero comedy We are the heroes or the series Boba Fett’s bookRobert Rodriguez returns to a leaner project Hypnotic. The director ventures into the side of the Hitchcockian thriller, exploiting the qualities of the antagonist played by William Fichtner to manipulate the viewer.

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Hypnotics ©SND extension

Nothing is reliable Hypnotic and the investigation of the fallible hero played by Ben Affleck thus becomes that of the public, who tries to find the solutions to the riddles ofa film with many twists and turns. After City of sinhis adaptation of the famous comic co-directed with Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez also has fun again with the codes of film noir, taking up some archetypes such as that of the lone detective injured and overwhelmed by the case he is working on.

Finally, in his last act, he stages a shootout through which remember his love for westerns After El Mariachi, one night in hell AND Desperate. A synthesis of his cinema that allows him to return to a more modest project on which he worked for more than ten years, but which he had to set aside due to the production ofAlita: Battle Angel.

Hypnotic it is to be discovered in cinemas from August 23, 2023. The film was presented at the Midnight Screening at 76And Cannes Film Festival.

Source: Cine Serie

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