The brilliant Danny Boyle has proved yet again to be the best working director currently. His newest film, Trance is so mind-bending and awesome that it makes Inception look like Howard The Duck by comparison. It is a film that makes sure the audience never knows what's going to happen next. As I sat there watching Trance....I couldn't help but feel as if I was being hypnotized even more than the main character. Boyle's direction is brilliant and first time screenwriter Joe Ahearne along with co-writer John Hodge (who has written for Boyle 4 times before) have made an absolutely jaw-dropping screenplay.
The film follows Simon (James McAvoy)...an art auctioneer who prevents the theft of a valuable painting. However, upon preventing the theft, Simon gets a blow to the head by the leader of the thieves, Franck (Vincent Cassel.) When Franck discovers this...he asks Simon where the painting went but he can not remember due to the blow. It is then that Franck comes up with a simple solution. He lets Simon pick a hypnotherapist to help him remember where he put the painting. Simon blindly picks Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson) who then gets him mixed up in a web of lies and deceit.
By even explaining the plot this far...I may have already given too much away. Describing the sheer coolness of this film is too overwhelming. The acting is amazing by all, the direction brilliant and the screenplay phenomenal. The film also features many twists and turns and yet knows when the audience has had enough of being played with. In order to view this film, however, you must be very patient. This is the type of film that will play you like a violin and never let go for 100 full minutes. In other words...be prepared to simultaneously have your mind blown and be tricked into believing what should not be believed.
This is truly a remarkable feat of film making no matter what light you look at it in. As far as entertainment goes...brilliant. As far as smarts goes...brilliant. As far as from a film maker's aspect goes...brilliant. I know I have used the word brilliant many times in this review but that's the only word that can come close to even remotely describing the sheer audacity and mind-bending awesomeness of Trance.
(5 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, some grisly images and language)
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