So we just post up a movie review eh? sounds good to me!
Movie Name:
Trance
Main Actors/Actresses:
(Links lead to Actor/Actresses IMDB page)
Rating:
R
sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, some grisly images, and language
Genre:
Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller
Plot
A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated. (Taken from IMDB)
The Review:
Danny Boyle, you've done it again, or have you?
If you don't know who Danny Boyle is, he's the man behind Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting and 127 Hours, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics in London (I'm not sure if he did both but I'm reasonably sure he did the opening). This time he treads into the realm of psychological thriller with Trance.
In the same vein as Inception and The Prestige, not everything is as it seems. An extremely expensive painting gets stolen, but the man tasked with protecting it (McAvoy), for lack of a better word pre-steals it before the thieves realize it's not in their possession, they go after him only to find out that due to the blow to the head he took from the thieves, he's lost all memory of the heist before the heist. So what do they do? They hire a hypnotherapist (Dawson) to retrieve the memories. From there you take a bumpy ride full of twists and turns that will either leave you on the edge of your seat, or with your head buried in your hands.
It's one of those films that leave you guessing as to what the real motives of the characters are, while some are a bit obvious, there are a few that hit you upside the head like a 10 week old bagel.
It's decently done, but nowhere near as good as some of the better psychological thrillers.
Pros:
Good Pace, and good overall story
Actors are quite believable in the roles they play,
Good twist at the climax
Visuals and cinematography are quite well done
Cons:
Some of the twists and turns are a bit contrived, the full frontal nudity scene being one of them. It's hard for me to decide whether that scene was gratuitous or a part of the character development
It's supposed to be one of those movies that make you want to watch it over and over again to pick up the little details, but you may also end up punching a few holes in the plot as well
The Best Part:
It has to be the big reveal, now I'm not new to the genre, I know that theres always some grand plot twist, and pride myself in being able to figure it out before it comes. This one though? It came out of nowhere, I had a thought as to where it would turn, but it went deeper down the rabbit hole than I thought it would.
Rating:
7.5
A good movie but in a genre where there are such great films as Inception, The Prestige, and Primal Fear, it just doesn't compare
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Coming Soon:
In honor (more like anger but meh) of the American version of Oldboy I'll be doing the Vengeance Trilogy (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance)
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