Leste Chen, “The Great Hypnotist”
The Great Hypnotist is a 2014 Chinese mystery-thriller film directed by Leste Chen and starring Xu Zheng and Karen Mok. The film was released on April 29, 2014.
The Great Hypnotist seeks to mesmerize its viewers. Concluding the 2014 Beijing International Film Festival before unspooling across mainland China, the film boasts of excellent production values, sturdy performances and an ambitious plot zipping in between dream and reality, as a buoyant psychotherapist engages in a battle of wits with a mysterious and strangely belligerent patient who claims she sees ghosts.
This is a good film to watch if you enjoyed the “Sixth Sense”. A great thriller with a major plot twist, the film draws you into it. My only reservation is the short part of the movie after the twist in which flashbacks seek to explain the twist. Not really necessary in my opinion. If you have Netflix streaming, the movie is there for you. If not, you will have to really search for it. Worth it.