Affleck stars as a detective in the enigmatic thriller from Robert Rodriguez. <\/p>
Ben Affleck has teased fans that they may have to watch his new mystery thriller Hypnotic twice before they truly understand everything that happens.<\/p>\n
The film \u2013 which is directed by Sin City\u2019s Robert Rodriguez<\/a> \u2013 stars Affleck<\/a> as a detective whose search for his missing daughter leads him down a confusing rabbit hole that sees him lean on the support of a gifted psychic.<\/p>\n And, speaking ahead of the UK release, Affleck said of his character: \u201cThis is someone who the audience thinks is one kind of person and then makes these discoveries about as the movie goes on, so I kind of get to take advantage of the fact that I\u2019m playing my own vision of what someone like this character would be.\u201d<\/p>\n Discussing the complexity of the film\u2019s narrative, he added: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to explain exactly, except that Robert\u2019s really smart and understands movies really well, and because he\u2019s written a multi-layered script where you have one layer of reality and then you reveal another level of reality and then another level of reality, you really can\u2019t appreciate the whole movie entirely until you watch it the second time.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause there\u2019s so much of it that might seem a little off or a little strange or disconcerting, and then later on you understand why it is that way. And I really like the complicated, multi-layered aspect of it.\u201d<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve watched the film and have been left a little confused by it\u2019s complicated conclusion, read on to have the Hypnotic ending explained.<\/p>\n **CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR HYPNOTIC**<\/strong><\/p> The big twist that happens at the end of the movie reveals that the world Affleck\u2019s character Danny Rourke has been living in is not actually real \u2013 at least not in a technical sense.<\/p>\n Instead \u2013 as the title rather hints at \u2013 he had been living in a state of hypnosis for the duration of the film: he was not really a detective and the mystery he was trying to solve about his daughter\u2019s whereabouts was not actually based on reality.<\/p>\n The truth of the matter was that he and his wife had deliberately had their memories of their past wiped in an effort to protect their daughter, who had been wanted by a shady organisation that thought they could harness her hypnotic powers.<\/p>\n It was this organisation that had placed Danny under hypnosis, with the rest of the film essentially a ruse intended to get Danny to spill her whereabouts, although they are not successful in their aim.<\/p>\n Instead, Danny eventually manages to work out what is going on and shake himself out of hypnosis before leading the villains into his own trap \u2013 traveling towards where his daughter Minnie (Hala Finley) is hiding and letting them follow.<\/p>\n The thing is, it turns out Minnie has even greater hypnotic powers than the organisation had suspected, and she uses her strengths to make them turn on each other, with a mass bloodbath following as they all shoot one another, with chief antagonist Dellrayne appearing to die in the bedlam.<\/p>\n Only, it turns out during a mid-credits sequence, Dellrayne had actually faked his own death using his powers \u2013 and so the happy ending hinted at for Danny and Minnie might not be as final as it initially appeared\u2026<\/p> Hypnotic ending explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n