Hypnotic – Budget of $65 million – 1 hour and 34 minutes
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Danny Rourke finishes his counseling session and meets his partner, Nicks, for their shift. Detective Nicks tells Danny that they got an anonymous call about a bank robbery that will happen today. And the robber will take box number 23. Detective Nicks can see the disbelief on Danny’s face, so he explains. Detective Nicks tells Danny that two branches from the same bank got hit. However, the robber only stole a safe deposit box, not the money. Danny gets in the surveillance van, and a man sitting on a bench catches Danny’s eye. The man, Dellrayne, gets up, talks to the guards, and enters the bank. Danny believes Dellrayne is the mastermind and the guards are part of the plan. As a commotion rumbles outside, Danny follows Dellrayne inside the bank. Danny pretends to want a safety deposit box, distracts the bank employee, and opens box 23. He finds a polaroid of his daughter, Minnie, with the words ‘Find Lev Dellrayne’ written at the bottom. He panics because Lyle kidnapped Minnie 4 years ago. Although the courts convicted Lyle, they never recovered Minnie. Lyle says he has no recollection of the crime. A bank teller enters the vault, and Danny demands answers, but she ignores him. When she finally responds, the two guards attack him.
Dellrayne gets the box, and Danny chases Dellrayne to a roof. Dellrayne opens the box to discover it’s empty. Danny pulls the picture out of his pocket and demands to know Minnie’s location. Backup arrives and points guns at Dellrayne. Dellrayne tells them they have the wrong guy, and they turn their weapons at Danny. Dellrayne escapes by jumping off the roof.
Danny returns to the van with Detective Nicks, and Detective Nicks tells Danny that the techs traced the call to a dime-store psychic, Diane. Danny interviews Diane about Dellrayne, and she is fearful. Diane says Dellrayne is a powerful man who wants to kill her. Before she can confess more, a man crashes into her shop with his motorcycle. The man violently kills himself before Danny can question him.
Danny takes Diane to police storage to keep Diane safe. Diane explains that she and Dellrayne are Hypnotics. Hypnotics can alter someone’s mind through a psychic bandwidth and make people do or think anything they desire. Diane tried to use her abilities on Danny, but they didn’t work. Danny has a block on his mind. A government organization called Division wanted to turn Hypnotics into weapons. However, Dellrayne became too powerful. So Division created a tool, Domino, to stop him. Dellrayne stole Domino when he escaped, hid it, and wiped his memory. Dellrayne left clues behind to find Domino and reclaim his memory. Diane believes that Minnie is the key to finding Domino. Danny tells Diane that he believes Minnie is dead. So they decide to find Domino instead. Danny can’t trust anything he sees or hears in a world of hypnotics.
This movie quickly picks up the pace. Most of the trailer is in the first twenty minutes. The effects aren’t mind-blowing, but they are effective. These altered moments are evident when the director removes them and exposes the bare bones behind the movie’s magic. It will make the audience question everything they see in the cinema. During the recap, they playback with the beginning with and without Hypnotic power, and it will leave you speechless. Also, one mid-credit scene leaves this movie open for part two. This film is fun, but you won’t be in a rush to buy it later. However, it’s worth the theater if you are into mind-bending thrillers.
I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars
Excuse me. Which way is Mexico – Diane
I bet you never got a speeding ticket – Danny
He’s got a spell on you, doesn’t you – Dellrayne
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