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| Director: Danny Boyle (2013) |
In his 19 years of making films, Trance, Danny Boyles
latest, is the first that could be considered a complete let down. The premise
of the film seems relatively simple, a botched art heist puts a criminal
(Vincent Cassel) the amnesiac, double crossing thief (James McAvoy) and his
hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) on a trippy, mind bending venture in order to
uncover the hidden location of the painting. While the film possesses decent
cinematography and performances, the narrative is a complete shambles; a mess
of plot arcs and dream sequences bog the film down from the get go. It leaves
the audiences head spinning aimlessly, a far cry from other, smarter crime
thrillers in recent years (Shutter Island, Inception). The story twists and
turns itself into the ground, Boyle simply doesn’t want events to make any
sense. A couple of revelations resonate, but the end product is relatively
poor.
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