THE FLASH Star Ben Affleck's New Sci-Fi Thriller HYPNOTIC Arrives On Rotten Tomatoes With 41%

THE FLASH Star Ben Affleck's New Sci-Fi Thriller HYPNOTIC Arrives On Rotten Tomatoes With 41%

The trailer prompted a mixed response, and it looks the like the movie has followed suit. The first reviews for Robert Rodriguez's Hypnotic starring Ben Affleck are now online...

By MarkCassidy - May 11, 2023 11:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Via SFF Gazette

The trailer for Warner Bros.' Hypnotic was released online last month to very little fanfare, and the first reviews for the sci-fi thriller might explain why the studio decided not to put too much into the marketing, despite having a big-name star like Ben Affleck in the lead.

The movie, which was directed by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, The Mandalorian) has now arrived on Rotten Tomatoes, and currently sits at 41% - though it is worth noting that only 22 reviews have been added, so that score is sure to fluctuate when more outlets add their verdicts.

Hypnotic focuses on a cop named Danny Rourke (Affleck) who is determined to find his missing daughter, but 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 (Alice Braga), 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.

Check out the trailer below, and let us know if you plan on giving Hypnotic a shot when it hits theaters for a limited run on May 12.

The cast also 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.

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ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 5/11/2023, 11:39 AM
Affleck got ALOT of stinkers under his belt but also some great hits so idk wtf to do with him
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/11/2023, 11:42 AM
Was sad to see it was Directed by Robert Rodriguez, didn't realise until today

The trailer looked really generic


Can Affleck give us a sequel to the Town please?
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/11/2023, 1:08 PM
@SimplyAz - Sometimes Rodriguez is way ahead of the curve and leagues above everyone else, then sometimes he directs a movie while sleepwalking and it is just awful.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/11/2023, 1:09 PM
@SimplyAz - He has simultaneously directed some of the most remarkable and some of the most unremarkable films of all time.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/11/2023, 2:01 PM
@ObserverIO -

You're definitely spot on.
I think because Desperado and Dusk Til Dawn absolutely blew me away when I first watched them, those are the movies I've alway held as his best one's.

Although my own kids did like his Children's movies (The pain of having to watch Shark boy and Lava Girl was a bit too much sometimes 🤣🤣🤣)
DocSpock
DocSpock - 5/11/2023, 11:47 AM


Affleck has made/been involved in a handful of excellent movies. But no one has made/acted in more sh!tty boring movies than him over the last 25 years.

EnergyVamp
EnergyVamp - 5/11/2023, 11:52 AM
"Dayo Okeniyi (Rise) as tech wiz cum conspiracy theorist"

Ummm wtf?

Also should've known better than to be in a Robert Rodriquez movie. That dude is mostly ass as a filmmaker.
SoulReaver
SoulReaver - 5/11/2023, 12:01 PM
@SafeSpace - I know what you're thinking, but that's a genuine term basically meaning "combined". You pronounce it the same way you would the "cu" in "cube"
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/11/2023, 12:14 PM
MasterMix
MasterMix - 5/11/2023, 12:18 PM
"The Flash star Ben Affleck?" They really do stretch these comic book movie connections for the sake of an article sometimes don't they.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 5/11/2023, 12:28 PM
That thumbnail makes him look like he’s got Doctor Octopus tentacles.
Stinkor1
Stinkor1 - 5/11/2023, 4:51 PM
@MrDandy - I came here to make the EXACT comments. In another universe….
Nightmare
Nightmare - 5/11/2023, 12:33 PM
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/11/2023, 12:54 PM
@Nightmare - Ben when he saw the paparazzi

MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 5/11/2023, 12:38 PM
I'm still going to watch it.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/11/2023, 1:01 PM
He seems like a nice guy, and he is a fantastic writer and director...but he should seriously start considering retiring from acting.
Next month The Flash will be yet another failure that they will try to asociate with him.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 5/11/2023, 1:27 PM
I literally had no knowledge of this movie's existence 'til now.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/11/2023, 1:38 PM
I thought the movie looked alright from the trailer,how wrong I may be.
JonC
JonC - 5/11/2023, 2:21 PM
Ya know whenever i see this photo for the movie i think he is playing Doctor Octopus.


bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/11/2023, 2:28 PM
THE FLash star? Really? Out of all movies, you pick the one he probably only has a few scenes in
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