The
Great Hypnotist (2014/Well Go USA DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: C Extras: D Film: B+
Dr.
Xu Ruining uses hypnosis to treat his patients, but he meets his
match when he meets Miss Ren who claims she can see and talk with the
dead. While all other doctors had given up on her and believe she is
a fraud, but what happens if what she said is true? As Dr. Xu dives
deeper into her hypnosis, he begins to discover more than he knows
and that she HAS a hidden secret... but what if it IS from beyond the
grave ...and the secret from his own past that he had thought buried
in Leste Chen's The Great Hypnotist (2014).
Xu
is an accomplished psychologist, with the successful use of hypnosis
he has successfully treated all his patients. Using hypnosis, he is
able to return patients to face their past trauma and he is able to
become anyone from the patient's past. However, hypnosis's flaw and
weakness is if the person becomes aware of hypnosis, the procedure
fails. Miss Ren turns out also to be a Doctor, but she isn't the
patient, she is the doctor treating Dr. Xu. Problem with Dr. Xu is
that he knows too much on how to manipulate the psychology for it to
work on him and only person he can't cure ...is himself.
This
movie was like an Ocean's Eleven for psychology, all the clues
and facts were there and shown, but the truth was not what it
appeared to be. I have seen Xu Zheng movies before and this is the
first one that I have seen that isn't comedy, guess Xu Zheng either
got tied of them or wants to try something different.
The
anamorphically enhanced 2.35 X 1 image is not bad for the format, but
the lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is a very problematic mixdown from
the original Dolby Atmos 11.1 theatrical film sound. Hope we see
this one on Blu-ray. Extras include trailers.
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Ricky Chiang
