A brilliantly twisty thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

The star-studded 2013 film saw the makers of Trainspotting reunite.

The 2013 movie centres around Simon (James McAvoy), an art auctioneer with a gambling addiction. In serious debt, he winds up becoming the inside man for a theft orchestrated by criminal Franck (Vincent Cassel).

Franck's goal is to acquire a highly valuable Goya painting, which is about to be auctioned off where Simon works.

After mysteriously stashing the painting, however, Simon gets a knock on the head amid the robbery.

As a result, he suffers from a case of amnesia and cannot remember where and why he hid the artwork.

In response, Franck recruits hypnotherapist Elizabeth (Rosario Dawson) in an effort to cure Simon’s amnesia and recover the lost Goya.

A love (or lust) triangle winds up developing between the three, as well as a battle for control amid an increasingly twisted situation.

Co-written by Boyle's Trainspotting collaborator John Hodge, Trance was made as the English filmmaker served as artistic director for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

And Boyle has spoken about how all the sex and violence that wouldn't have been suitable for the sporting ceremony wound up in Trance.

The result is a lurid, darkly compelling movie that boldly and excitingly shifts from an art caper to a more psychological and erotic thriller over the course of its running time.

All the while, Boyle keeps the energy levels high through his kinetic editing and slick visuals, aided further by a pounding electronic score from Underworld's Rick Smith.

Trance is airing tonight/tomorrow morning on Film4 at 1.55am. It will also be available to stream on Channel 4's website from Thursday, 18 December.

You can check out JOE's list of the other movies on TV tonight right here.

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