Imagine a movie combining themes of INCEPTION and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF A SPOTLESS MIND.I am sure the idea itself will send you in a TRANCE. Welcome to the world of hypnosis and human mind which will surely leave you spellbound and consumed by the end of it.Welcome to the latest offering from the talented Danny Boyle.
Trance stars James McAvoy as Simon, an auctioneer who gets mixed up with the wrong group of thieves. Simon's auction house is selling a painting when a thief by the name of Franck (Vincent Cassel) breaks in and attempts to steal it. Before Franck can do so he and his crew notice the painting has gone missing and Simon is the only person that knows where it is. Unfortunately for Franck, Simon suffers a serious blow to the head during all the chaos and cannot remember where it is. After trying to divulge the location from him proves unsuccessful they turn to a hypnotist (Rosario Dawson) who can recover any memory and that's where the audience joins in this psychological trip to find the painting. This film will leave you as hypnotized as any member of the cast was I assure you.
Keeping you indulged for its entire one-hundred and seventeen minutes running time the film is majorl based on narrative backed by some wonderfully pacy background score which makes the film more stylish.All the characters are more than meets the eye at first.All the characters are played exceedingly well by the three leading actors and their subtle body movements slowly gives you the hints of what actually is going on.And this is precisely why some people are criticizing this movie.The film so heavily relies on tricking the audience that it's actually very easy to get lost and unfortunately lose interest in the film.
Danny Boyle, like Ang Lee, sticks to a plan of never repeating genres and he has come up with a masterpiece that would surely develop into a cult in the coming years. While everyone may not like to be played with their intellectual capabilities, this film is a delight to watch.Repeated viewings suggested.
WORTHY MENTIONS
The wonderful background score.
Keep an eye for subtle significance of use of some particular colors (Red and Blue) to understand the film better.
MY VERDICT
**** - Psychedelic Thriller
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