Director Robert Rodriguez has an eclectic back catalogue of films that takes in no budget thrillers (El Mariachi), children’s films (Spy kids), comic book adaptations (Sin City) to big budget blockbusters (Alita) but the Hypnotic trailer which landed in our inbox is something quite different.
Determined to find his missing daughter, detective Danny Rourke instead finds himself spiralling down a rabbit hole while investigating a series of reality-bending bank robberies where he will ultimately call into question his most basic assumptions about everything and everyone in his world. Aided by Diana Cruz, an unnervingly gifted psychic, Rourke simultaneously pursues and is pursued by a lethal specter – the one man he believes holds the key to finding the missing girl – only to discover more than he ever bargained for.
he mind-bending thriller stars Academy Award winner Ben Affleck (Air) as Danny Rourke, a detective determined to find his daughter with the aid of psychic Diana Cruz (Alice Braga; Queen of the South), whose investigation will lead him to question his most basic assumptions about his world and everyone in it. The ensemble includes: JD Pardo (Mayans M.C.) as Rourke’s partner, Nicks; Hala Finley (Paradise Highway) as his missing daughter, Minnie; Dayo Okeniyi (Rise) as tech wiz cum conspiracy theorist, River; Jeff Fahey (Lost) as Carl; Jackie Earle Haley (Alita: Battle Angel) as the reclusive expat Jeremiah, and William Fichtner (The Dark Knight) as the enigmatic figure Rourke pursues to unravel the mystery behind it all.
Hypnotic will be released in the UK on 26th May 2023 by Warner Bros. Pictures
related feature : The world premiere of Alita in London’s Leicester Square
related feature : We chat to Robert Rodriguez and producer Jon Landau about the making of Alita and what went on behind the scenes with director James Cameron
Here’s the Hypnotic trailer…..
