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Hypnotic

Hypnotic

Mystery · Science Fiction · Thriller · 2023

A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.

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Hypnotic

“Control is an illusion.”

2023 Mystery · Science Fiction · Thriller 1h 33m

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6.2 / 10

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A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

Written by

Robert Rodriguez · Max Borenstein

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck

Danny Rourke

Alice Braga

Alice Braga

Diana Cruz

William Fichtner

William Fichtner

Dellrayne

J. D. Pardo

J. D. Pardo

Nicks

Hala Finley

Hala Finley

Minnie (10 yo)

Ionie Olivia Nieves

Ionie Olivia Nieves

Minnie (7 yo)

Dayo Okeniyi

Dayo Okeniyi

River

Court is in session

Put Hypnotic on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.