‘Hypnotic’ Review: Silly Netflix Thriller Plays Tedious Mind Games
“Hypnotic” plays the most tedious type of bad movie mind game, in that it’s neither as sharp as it wants to be, nor self-aware or goofy as it could be. It does have a juicy, fruitful pitch—to stretch the realities of hypnosis and use them for a psychological thriller about mind control in which a shrink’s patients black out and commit unspeakable acts.