Determined to find his missing daughter, Austin detective Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck) finds himself spiralling down a rabbit hole investigating a series of reality-bending crimes where he will ultimately call into question his most basic assumptions about everything and everyone in his world. The villains of the piece are hypnotics who are able to bend people to their will often with terrible results. ‘Hypnotic’ is a slick, brisk and surprisingly inventive thriller that showcases Affleck’s action chops and director Robert Rodriguez’s B-movie affinity.