The context of "Hypnotic", the newest film from Robert Rodriguez, uses the aspect of perspective and perception as a progression tool of control. Using Ben Affleck as the lead brings the actor back to his roots. While many have spoke to "Inception" as a benchmark for this film, it actually leans more to "Paycheck", a film Affleck made in the early aughts with John Woo.

"AIR" as a movie is a specific exercise in a way but the reason it works is because the people making it have a certain freedom without being exploitative. It is a very specific story told with good actors in an almost compacted space with a sense of scale.

"Deep Water" is based on a Patricia High Smith novel. And while it is not Ripley it does have characters who both have secrets but also make decisions for their own reasons. Armas and Affleck play a married couple separated by time, instinct and place in life.