A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Direction
Danny Boyle's most visually unhinged work—neon-drenched hypnosis sequences.
Acting
Rosario Dawson commands every frame; that one scene broke the internet.
Editing
Reality fractures so smoothly you don't notice the ground disappearing.
Director
Danny Boyle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Danny Boyle and the writers consulted actual forensic hypnotists, then deliberately ignored their ethical guidelines to make the sessions more cinematic.
The Goya painting 'Witches in the Air' was chosen specifically for its themes of suspended reality and helplessness—literally the film's thesis in one image.
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