20 Biggest WTF Movie Moments Of 2023 (So Far)
6. The Hilarious Credits Scene - Hypnotic
Ben Affleck's new sci-fi thriller Hypnotic feels like it stumbled straight out of 2011, so tired is its sub-Inception narrative and style.
The film's mere existence in 2023, as directed by Robert Rodriguez to the tune of $65 million no less, is a WTF moment in of itself, yet it's the hilariously optimistic sequel-baiting mid-credits scene which proves even more bizarre.
At the end of the movie, the villainous hypnotic Dellrayne (William Fichtner) is seemingly killed in a chaotic final shootout.
However, the post-credits scene reveals that, in fact, Dellrayne used his psychic abilities to switch appearances with protagonist Rourke's (Affleck) foster father Carl (Jeff Fahey), who was killed in his place.
Dellrayne reverts back to his real appearance, picks up a gun, and walks off, setting up a sequel which, given the film's disastrous box office failure, hasn't got a hope in hell of ever coming to pass.
Gotta admire the confidence to even include the tease in the final cut, though.