FLASHBACK (2021) Ending Explained

#flashback #endingexplained
In the sci-fi mystery thriller Flashback, a young man starts having horrific visions of a girl who vanished in high school. Digging into the past he is sent on a mind melting journey through time and his memories involving a mysterious drug called mercury. This one is extremely convoluted and hard to follow, so we're breaking down the twisting story as it unfolds, and explaining the big twist in the end that changes Freddie journey completely.
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[@akaste4413]

when will they stop casting him as a high school student, the world may never know

[@ericastein3926]

When he stops fitting the look of the role better than how teenagers are now

[@ShadeVictoria]

30 year old teenager lmao

[@ericastein3926]

@@ShadeVictoria better than a lot of what is out there

[@YayMiko]

He’s got a youthful face

[@chrish7543]

To be fair he’s barely aged since like 19

[@logansymmes2193]

This movie is the sheer definition of “You Blink and You’ll miss it.”

[@nightstaller1]

Kinda also need to blink with all those blinding flashing lights in the movie

[@HelloItsYou]

I thought the same thing!

[@HelloItsYou]

Theres a mini video game that was created that Links to your camera and You kinda play through life and you skip as you blink in certain situations through time. Its really interesting.

[@VardaElysium]

@@HelloItsYou you're talking about Before Your Eyes, ain't ya?

[@HelloItsYou]

@@VardaElysium yessss i couldn't think of the title. Thanks x

[@matthewmayle.]

I’ve never heard anything about this movie until about 35 seconds ago

[@jacksonl1060]

fact

[@MarielaQue]

Same

[@matthewmayle.]

@@romeo9710 I don’t know what to say that was incredible

[@austinblickenstaff5340]

Welcome to foundflix

[@kirttivushantalukdar5965]

It was named the Education of Fredrick Fritzel initially and was not released last year due to pandemic... released in june 2021 as Flashback. One of the reason most people were confused including me

[@acidmana6141]

if this was released during 2000s this will be an instant cult classic

[@alysefitz5351]

I've only made it through 11 minutes and agree

[@toptiertech7291]

Yeah because it would have been original. This just looks like a Mashup of similar movies from the 2000s

[@walkerfreeman2697]

Well it is now so your here to stay lmao I’ll see u in ten years!

[@walkerfreeman2697]

@@alysefitz5351 dude same, I saw a video ab a scene then watched it and told someone I was only ten minutes in and it’s absolutely bat shit crazy. Idc how simple the base concept is. This movies is amazing. I hope it gets recognition. It’s super dark tho so idk

[@GZP1023]

Its from 2021 genius

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

This whole movie is just one big "appreciate your mom while you have her" film and I love that. Cherish your parents while you can, cause I promise you life gets a little dimmer without them

[@kaczan3]

Yet zero mention of the father.

[@LeahIsHereNow]

You clearly don’t know my parents.

[@herringstheseries]

So Andre and Sydney became drug addicts to get over that supernatural entity they were running from in It Follows.

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

@Chance Welsh glad someone noticed that he noticed

[@dhanedhane6367]

AHAHAHA

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@joedkat]

@@iHaveTheDocuments glad to notice that someone noticed that the other person noticed

[@Hatterixxx]

Glad to see someone noticed that he noticed that other guy who noticed you guys who noticed that fact

[@kkelseym]

I think this is the first time a movie (at least that I've seen) had a main character get with his "dream girl" just for him to go back on the choice and go back to his wife.

[@ofimportance5458]

Erased, the anime

[@fritosnlegoshai]

@@ofimportance5458 In Erased, his dream woman had a husband after he awoken from the coma he went in to save her. In the anime at least, he literally couldn't choose his dream girl.

[@idunbeezasmart1]

Anyone else notice he goes from calling her Cindy to Sydney?

[@D0NU75]

i can't even tell which actor plays who still, i believe their naming is the least of my problems

[@skachor]

I thought I was losing my mind or something

[@anonymousanonymous9209]

Tbh, I thought my hearing was off. But the names are so similar. I could barely tell.

[@ryuzaki6865]

@@D0NU75 You need a fresh pair of eyes my guy

[@erin724]

Same lol

[@Xenrys]

*Never* heard of this film until today.

[@jenniferelaine8445]

Same here

[@Gundam_JAY]

Don't you mean never heard of *THIS* film until today

[@abdulrosyida236]

i mean the movie is kinda new as well so that's probably why no one really talks about it yet

[@mikel27180]

Great film never seen it

[@Gundam_JAY]

@@abdulrosyida236 yeah that too

[@sedevacante0027]

I love that there's never Ads.

[@jjjjj4787]

True!!

[@BestOnThursdays]

What? lucky! There at the beginning and end for me NEVER in the middle

[@CapucineNighly]

At the end tho, which is fine with me.

[@henrybeenh7076]

There wére, in another timeline

[@rasalasblack]

How lucky you are. Mine just went from 4sec & skip to 5sec & skip. 👻

[@jonesfrom9661]

Character's name is Freddy. Drug's name is Mercury. Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

[@lucaswest5078]

Definitely could be onto something there

[@ravendaughteroftrigon2998]

Ghad Fawkin' Damn...

[@alevelazco10]

no escape from reality

[@merrilleeparks3885]

That's a Queen song...

[@MonaeJohnson]

Wow. Great catch

[@misha745]

For a second there I thought the light he saw was his first memory as he was being born.

[@Bimskuuy]

You should watch butterfly effects

[@amycope7970]

I still think that’s what it is

[@Blech-h9z]

I think that's what it is, too.

[@nomarmorales3542]

I liked the movie and how it unfolded in the end, the twist made it quite interesting. I just can’t decide if I think the ending was happy or sad, I thought it was gonna end with Cindy and Freddie being together in the yellow house by the sea. But I guess he didn’t want to live his life like that jumping to different timelines forever, so I do understand why he choose a life with Karen and his mother. Happy to see Dylan O’brien is getting more diverse roles now!

[@kneau]

What I found readily apparent (24:57) was the heavy implication his mother used this same drug while pregnant. Hence him having an associated effect, "from birth"

[@leeman27534]

maybe, maybe not. even if it happens later in life, if something gives you access to your whole timeline, it's not just from when you take the pill, and if he can go back to before he took the pill, kinda implies he can go back to when he was a baby - so he, as a baby, can still have this 'ability', even without his mother having taken it while pregnant.

[@leeman27534]

@@kneau potentially, i guess - but that would imply that she's a user now, so therefore so is her mom, etc back through the entire human race. if it worked like that, one person using this would mean everyone used it. and honestly, i think it's more of a mental thing than the drug itself - the drug sort of 'unlocks' the potential via experience, not really 'you took the special k, here's new abilities'.

[@kneau]

@@leeman27534 agreed, hence my initial take on it. The follow-up is an attempt to explore how it could be anything else; said attempt is not very successful.

[@leeman27534]

@@kneau i kinda like with stuff like this, there's a couple possibilities and it's kinda whatever you want it to be, since there's no real 'right' answer provided or anything - your idea of his mom having the same ability could be valid as well - hell, maybe that's why she's in the hospital at the end of her life with memory issues, besides normal old age stuff - it's just the end of one of her 'paths' and she's done so much hopping around the timeline that with her age, she's lost focus on reality.

[@kneau]

@@leeman27534 aye. My take is pretty biased though. I used to consult in graphic health & medicine; if/when media depicts a real life condition/treatment, I'd consult on the appropriateness/accuracy of said depiction. The notion of 'crack babies' boiled down to a *copy/paste* "belief that gestational cocaine exposure can affect brain development, especially the dopamine system, which in turn can harm cognitive function. An area of concern is "executive functioning," a set of skills involved in planning, problem-solving, and working memory." Having consulted on narratives including pregnancy combined with substance-abuse, my actual thought was more along the lines of, "Oh! So he's a Mercury baby?" Granted, this pulls from research circulating & contested in the early 1990s. In effort to avoid perpetuating the myth, I'll add a quote from researcher Halum Hurt: Poverty is a more powerful influence on the outcome of inner-city children than gestational exposure to cocaine." The more I happen to overthink this, the more I think my pool of experience has biased me into falling for an obvious - and for that reason, possibly incorrect - interpretation of events.

[@BriarPatchNyra]

Teen Wolf fans have been trying to tell y'all how amazing O'Brien is for years

[@B-Dad]

Yeah….but yall watch teen wolf 🤷🏾‍♂️😂😂👍🏾✌🏾

[@tederahsarahhenderson7915]

Exactly

[@sheldonthegoat2157]

Fact

[@j.l.raikes970]

To be fair, he is the true reason we watch the show. Stiles is the best

[@tabbycat2154]

RIGHT??? He is always a win goddamn. Like that one scene where he hallucinates on wolfsbane in season 2 and he barely moves, and doesnt say a word while his dad blames him for his mother’s death and you can see every fucking emotion on his face. It’s heartbreaking.

[@oliviaenglund]

I liked the movie and how it unfolded in the end, the twist made it quite interesting. I just can’t decide if I think the ending was happy or sad, I thought it was gonna end with Cindy and Freddie being together in the yellow house by the sea. But I guess he didn’t want to live his life like that jumping to different timelines forever, so I do understand why he choose a life with Karen and his mother. Happy to see Dylan O’brien is getting more diverse roles now!

[@dsandoval9396]

Damn, ain't never heard of this movie till now but it seemed really interesting. Right up my ally.

[@groyperfuhr4871]

well technically isn't the movie ending all emotions? since they have every type of different ending with eachother. the ending made everything no stakes. It was an annoying end for me as I was hoping they'd make a sequel more about the drugs and the (I'm assuming) aliens that don't want the drug to be given to humans. If they're happy being homeless junkies as long as they're together I really doubt they'd team up to kill some aliens when their life is perfect already.

[@RominaJones]

I'm a fan of Dylan O'Brien since season 3 Teen Wolf. He's the villain in 2nd half of that season and was so good. He really should do a villain again hopefully next time in a high profile flic.I predict that would be the real break out for him.

[@invoker9890]

Just from re watching teen wolf Soo much I will never forget his face XD

[@aaunyea4799]

I honestly stopped watching after season 3b because nothing could top Nogitsune Stiles!

[@jourmodder131]

What? He’s the main character in The Maze Runner does he really need to ‘break out’ that was a pretty big role

[@da-vidcargill4975]

@@aaunyea4799 but it was not himself, he was possessed

[@fallopianfiddler]

One of my favorite performances of his!

[@nekkidnora]

I do enjoy a movie where a relationship with a mother is pictured as a lasting, positive influence, where the connection with a mother is prized and the lessons she teaches are important. I really enjoyed the twist that the thing he'd been chasing all this time wasn't a romantic relationship, but one with is mother, it made the whole thing feel less cliché to me. And Dylan O'Brien has always been fucking great- I remember in college, when I watched Teen Wolf? He was the best part of that show, the only reason I watched. He was so likeable and felt like a real teenager. He had this monologue in season... 3? while speaking to the guidance councellor that was a real jolt, like "holy shit, he's really good at this!" and I've been wanting to see him in serious roles since. I enjoyed him so much in this movie.

[@brettbaratheon9776]

Of course there is no father. Cause fathers are “bad” these days in Hollywood. Can’t support the dynamic full family anymore, right? Pff.

[@nekkidnora]

​@@brettbaratheon9776 We are allowed to occasionally celebrate and star the relationships with women. Whining about a mother being in the centre of a movie instead of a father or both parents just shows you to be a depressingly sexist idiot.

[@MsLunachu]

@@brettbaratheon9776 nobody’s talking about that lmao? You may have misinterpreted the topic of her comment

[@brettbaratheon9776]

@@MsLunachu who said nobody is talking about that? That isn’t typed anywhere on here. Enjoy your work trash Hollywood movies that all tank.

[@MsLunachu]

@@brettbaratheon9776 Once again, I think you may have misunderstood. 😂

[@DarkScarlettVixen]

someone (rather rudely) pointed out this is a spoiler. you have now been warned. Wasn't expecting this to be a mom appreciation movie. that's nice

[@mayflower5193]

Now go hug your mama!

[@lilliebobson3146]

I read this in James A. Janie's voice. Lol

[@abney_66]

@@mayflower5193 ew no

[@RiveryJerald]

@@abney_66 hug your dadmom

[@mochiminpjm]

@@lilliebobson3146 same!!!!

[@OmniscientSloth]

I was sick in my twenties and had a couple Near Death Experiences. This movie reminded me of the trippy reality bending stuff that happened to me when I was in that in between death and alive state of consciousness. It’ll mess up my life if I spend too much time trying to figure it out. All I know is that we know almost nothing about consciousness and reality...

[@logananaya]

Thats insane, you believe in god?

[@OmniscientSloth]

@@logananaya yes, but it isn’t what I thought it was prior to the experience. I was raised Christian and never really got into it and didn’t really believe. After the experience, I’m 100% convinced but it was a more Hindu/Natural kind of experience although religion still doesn’t seem to do the best job explaining it. It’s like a universal consciousness that everything is a part of. The feeling of Love this universal consciousness gave was unbelievable. But there was some hard stuff that was shown about my faults and fears and all that, that felt a bit like walking through hell. A lot of my experience was similar to other NDE experiences I read about after the experience trying to figure out what the hell happened to me. Check out some of that stuff; it’s pretty crazy that many people share very similar experiences

[@logananaya]

@@OmniscientSloth Thank you for taking the time to reply, I aporeciate you sharing your exoerience. I've done a little research on nde's but don't have extensive knowledge. One thing I have heard though is that we are apart of this human experience on planet earth to love one another and thats it. Well atleast thats the main goal, so its extremely interesting you mentioned hinduism which seems to ride in the same vein. Have any research reccommendations or specifics to look into?

[@FigmentForever]

I believe the “light tunnel” I experienced during my NDE during my severe sepsis I died from on the table as this: Due to the law of conservation of matter, it cannot be created or destroyed. I feel like it’s my “soul’s” reemergence into a new “form” a whether human or otherwise

[@mjjanson70]

So no one is gonna point the "Freddie Mercury" reference....? Freddie taking Mercury.

[@cerebrxll6064]

I was singing Bohemian Rhapsody will looking through comments and damn is that an amazing coincidence

[@viviemorton14]

Funny you say that, I was reading your comment while the rest of the video was playing and then an ad began playing Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@tylersamuels4438]

I didn't even realize that lol. That's funny

[@cgarcia3614]

Got a commercial using Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" right after the video.

[@thepainteduniverse3648]

I CAME HERE TO SAY THAT. 😆

[@Stubbs___]

Dylan O’Brien looks like he’d be a good Robin

[@ky015]

Tim Drake forsure

[@urmomsonmycouch]

My brother and I have been saying this for YEARS!! VINDICATION

[@orangecat9559]

factsssssss

[@silentstorm454]

maybe

[@Stubbs___]

@Jeff Bridger night wing is good idea too

[@Nooboroshi]

Dylan O'Brian is the Ed Harris of this generation. Eternally underrated.

[@afromerican7161]

Eternally young.

[@nook3211]

No, he just chooses bad roles. He could do better just bad choices

[@Nooboroshi]

@@nook3211 probably a bad manager or agent

[@subtlemonk]

@@nook3211 he doesnt have bad movies, he has like one bad movie other than that he got into an accident and had to find his love in acting again. He was gonna honestly quit

[@cr9477]

@@subtlemonk what happened to him? I didn’t know that

[@CarvedDuchess]

Glad Dylan O’Brien decided to keep acting. He got injured on the set of maze runner and contemplated not doing movies anymore but thank goodness he’s still doing it. He has great range as an actor

[@cezariuszreginia5300]

Second favourite after Tom felton

[@darqjade]

Totally agree Dylan O'Brien is underrated. I was just singing his praises in my Infinite review. He's in that for about ten minutes but it was enough to make we wish they had swap him and Mark Wahlberg's role, making Dylan the lead.

[@jenniferc6285]

Omg I said the same thing in my review. To me it made no sense. They definitely should have swapped but Wahlberg is the bigger name...

[@DanteYewToob]

So it seems that you can either form strong emotional memories to act as anchors to time jump, or force it with a drug. It’s basically an analogy for life. You can form real bonds and have real pleasures and experiences, or take drugs have fake pleasure and fake experiences which only slowly drag you down into suffering. In that universe, I doubt a drug just magically makes you able to time jump, it just likely helps the mind focus on memories without the strong emotional anchors needed to do it without them. A mother’s love is real and powerful, but it seems like Cindy became infatuated with him and manipulated him into ruining his life for her own selfish reasons. Instead of building a strong real connection, she took the easy way and used the drug to essentially force the situation she wanted. Pretty cool.

[@vadalia3860]

The way this was going at first, I thought we were going to find out Cindy (Sydney?) was the teen version of his mom & that's why she is aware of the time hopping & presumably can do it too. That would also explain the "some of my favorite grandchildren look like you" comment, since his kids would be her grandchildren.

[@jodijo6857]

Sin dee

[@thetexasbuttholeticklingba5770]

Sweet home Alabama...

[@kenpachizaraki1188]

Yes sydney is his mother...

[@gaila.9852]

@@kenpachizaraki1188 That is not true.

[@srinath344]

What a plot twist😮

[@trentonmayfield4065]

I can imagine the rappers in this movie's universe rapping about mercury. " Took a merc, popped a perc, then a xan, now I'm in Japan"

[@zionishawade1189]

I was shocked when you said you never saw “The Maze runner”. It’s definitely worth the watch.

[@Boggsy.]

The synopsis of this reminds me of the anime “Erased”… but druggier.

[@ZombieMan2090]

exactly lmao

[@Nicole-gl5ho]

I think anything "druggier" is more exciting lol

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

More like Bioshock Infinite.

[@literallyimtrash7975]

as soon as i heard the plot that was all i could think of

[@Sheriden.]

I was thinking that too!

[@lukereddy756]

I interpreted the movie. As choices. The choices we make define who we are and road we travel.like when his mom said remember what happened the last time. He had a memory of that and realized he shouldn't do that and went to his mum. Choices that define every one of us and where we are at was my find in the movie. And actually gave me insight to my life and where I am at. Every choice leads to another road. I find that the whole movie was about him remembering why he made those choices.and the what if he chose different. And mercury represented a facade of freedom. And when he was in the room on merc. The high made him feel like he could go anywhere but in reality nothing changed.as per the drawings on the wall represented tha falsehood of the merc and their journeys. They never left that room if he chose mer and the chic.

[@Mawhahha]

imo his mom didn't know he could time travel she was teaching him boundaries and how to make good choices, He claims she is the one controlling him but really she is just trying to keep him safe, just like the life form making time linear. He choose to live a normal life because he didn't want to fall down the stairs anymore.

[@alfredcampbell4908]

i kind of like the main actor as well, for the old teenwolf days.

[@tkimb3]

STILES!!!! I loved me some teen wolf

[@Rageren]

And Maze Runner!!

[@JohnnyWasabi]

@@tkimb3 Teen wolf? how old is he?

[@WelNep]

G A Y1

[@ayodeledare8724]

I miss teen wolf

[@hellofriend12345]

You missed one very important scene, the one where he finally snaps out of the trip and tells Cindy he can't follow her. C'mon man, that's key...

[@SlappyChop]

The Maze Runner is a huge guilty pleasure for me. Anyone who hasn't seen it should definitely give it a shot. As for the trilogy, the Scorch Trials was not good. But The Death Cure was fantastic.

[@LoveYouLove1986]

I watched and enjoyed most of those movies unironically and without guilt lol. But seriously, they're good if you like ensemble, sci fi adventure movies. Teen led action flicks used to be a lot bigger than they are now and I guess they get a bad rap, but the movies aren't embarrassing or anything. They're good fun.

[@PixelHeroViish]

Watched "The Death Cure" recently and I actually liked it lol, but that finale? Gawdam that actually had me shook at what was going on, it was pretty crazy

[@erichg9931]

It became my nightmare, the ending death I mean.

[@goblinhunters]

Compared to the books. The first one was spot on and I loved it, but the rest of the trilogy where decent movies but it's a entirely a different plot

[@MonaeJohnson]

the scorch trials was the best one.

[@WordUnheard]

The lead character is named Freddie, and the drug is called Mercury. Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality I'm overthinking, but I did love this movie. My mom died in 2019, in a very similar manner as Freddie's mom. My dad just died last month. I'm three years into a terminal brain tumor that was supposed to have killed me in 2020. This movie hit on a lot of levels for me.

[@marcusbelanic]

How are you doing?

[@LeahIsHereNow]

Possibly referencing the well-known Mandela effect in “we are the champions.” Some people remember ending with “of the world” but that part is not there anymore. It ends with the word “champions.”

[@ldittoe_]

If you ever get around to series again, DARK (Netflix) could be an interesting one to do. Its been a while since I watched it, so it might not be confusing at the end but does have timeline stuff

[@user-tt5hz8hm5l]

he should definitely watch DARK absolute masterpiece of a film

[@frog212whyd4]

That show seems right up his alley

[@FigmentForever]

Best Foreign Series ever!

[@thomasplummer8103]

The first time that Freddie did Mercury...Wasn't that around the time they formed Queen?

[@DensilGrant]

Dylan was always a good actor.Even in infinite his few minutes were better than the entire movie.

[@signeaarejrgensen61]

True. And he seems to be making smart and interesting/bold choices in his career.

[@ALajProductionFilm]

So I guess I’ll have to watch that film for those few minutes!

[@Green_Gold]

That's not saying much. Infinite was God awful lol

[@HEEHEEBOII]

I believe the movie is actually about his mom, trying to remember him at different point of his life but still was not able to. In her mind, in the end she remembers him but then passes away. I think the movie is talking about people with amnesia or dementia.

[@saranobutt]

Finally something about this movie. I'm like one of those kind of people that watches a movie and I have no clue what's going on and I need someone to explain everything to me because I'm kind of dumb.

[@uselessmask3816]

Well you are a girl.

[@danielharrison8238]

Ehh fuck these dudes. It's alright to seek answers and they could be here for the same reason.

[@hardworkingcriminal4873]

@@uselessmask3816 Stop being a useless human being & try to make both your dad's proud.

[@uselessmask3816]

@@hardworkingcriminal4873 my stepdad got shot by a tweeker and my biological dad I've never met. You are really good at making assumptions though. What do you assume I should eat tonight?

[@danielharrison8238]

@@uselessmask3816 I'm truly sorry for those those things happening to you, but you're making assumptions yourself.

[@migmigjohnson6083]

He had no “innate ability to time travel”. Like you said, with Mercury, time isn’t linear, so he could live his entire timeline simultaneously.

[@samanthalindgren54]

I took the movie to be a metaphor about drugs and life choices. I didn’t think he was literally time traveling with the drug. It makes a lot more sense now. Thanks.

[@izagreen943]

Yes! Thank you

[@legorahma]

i watched this last week, the storyline had potential but it tries too hard to be deep resulting in the opposite effect, it's thoroughly engaging though.

[@D0NU75]

imo to me what kept it hard to track were the visual queues and effects, they should have brought someone to overview the most meaningful shots and bring consistency and cohesion to the whole thing

[@RevCQ7]

9/10 times this complaint is for people too dumb to get the depth, though.

[@MrMisterTM]

It's hard to take you seriously with that pfp. 😂😂😂

[@D0NU75]

@@MrMisterTM it's all in good fun

[@legorahma]

@@RevCQ7 lol i fully understand the concept as i'm into quantum theories, spirituality, esotericism, psychedelics etc. the execution was just not great.

[@lukep.5957]

This is literally almost the plot for that movie synchronic

[@onenation559]

Yea I was thinking that too

[@eerievibes6854]

@@onenation559 No you weren't fkface. Jk

[@naughtyjupiter]

@@eerievibes6854 bruh

[@bigbugga861]

Synchronic is different tho in that the protagonist travels back in time after taking a drug that propels him further back than he ever lived, for example, the civil war, or cave man era, but this one is only able to travel thru his own timeline. I personally liked the synchronic concept a lot more, this one seems to just be a slightly different remake of the butterfly effect movie

[@chadachi3970]

@@eerievibes6854 He was in several other timelines, it's just that part of his memory locked it away until he saw this comment.

[@whiteboyramen]

I'm so thankful this channel puts me on movies I have absolutely never heard of.

[@ertjiesb4158]

Dylan is an amazing actor. For someone that started on KZbin to this.. A lot of talent.

[@alienlegs498]

SO good to see Dylan O’Brien crushing it in this big roles. He’s been talented for ages and it’s so cool to see lil moviekidd826 in actual movies 😭

[@jalajones22]

I’m glad I stopped and watched this video. This movie definitely calls for different views and perspectives and I could see how it could also represent drug addiction. You get around the wrong crowd and start losing the people you love. Thinking that the highs are what makes you most happy and best memories when in reality it could simply be your loved ones and making the right decisions. This is coming from an addict that has been clean for 2.5 years from ecstasy and I can say this was my perspective by the end of the video. Great video and movie concept.

[@pandassunflowersgalore.8687]

10mins to gather soda and snacks. I'm here now Flixy my boy.

[@masteroogway3805]

Man I feel bad for people who have epilepsy trying to watch this movie.

[@Chrispyy__]

i was thinking the same with all that damn flashing in the movie

[@rofflesvanwagon]

If they try to watch "In The Earth" they'd die.

[@bluebiclighter4463]

@@rofflesvanwagon 💀dyin

[@youngmagick8554]

I've been saying Dylan was an amazing actor since season 3 pt 2 of teen wolf, he is so good in that season its legitimately impressive considering it's an MTV teen drama lol

[@ALajProductionFilm]

Same 😊 I’m always so happy to see him continue to grow as an actor

[@CTEagleCeltic]

I’m not a psych Major or anything, but I HAVE to believe the bright light was him remembering his birth.

[@ceilingfan7393]

That's what I was thinking too and maybe it was yellow because that was the color of the ceiling.

[@bookishbisexual98]

I just sat through this entire video twice and I'm still so fucking confused.

[@ozmul5810]

I'm suddenly reminded of the plot from Arrival. Where learning the aliens language opens up your perception of time.

[@honeymon131415]

O'Brien was to good for the mess that was Teen Wolf writing. At least they gave him a chance to show how amazing an actor he is.

[@ertjiesb4158]

Agreed

[@Cybo-18]

Season 3B still remains the best season imo

[@sydney4782]

The way he slowly changes Cindy to Sydney

[@Brandon-dy8us]

I just watched a weird horror film called welcome home with Aaron Paul and they never explained why what happened happened. Could you do a video on that movie?

[@turma8eac]

Its great how Dylan always gives 100 per cent for any role Best kind of actor to work with imo

[@mli6613]

ahhh seeing Dylan o Brians face gave me teen wolf nostalgia. Im so glad hes getting more popular acting roles

[@caffenefree]

Perhaps the mom also used the drug and that's why she's got memory problems at the end of her life? Explains how she knows how it works.

[@phatmantv]

I think the mom was doing merc and passed it down to Dylan. That's why he was able to control the time hopping, and his mother was aware of it all, guiding him too.

[@nohandlepls]

Maybe I'm thinking too much into it but maybe she got the ability from taking too much merx and then somehow passed it down to Dylan. Similar to developing an illness from the overuse of some substances?

[@griffin4131]

Could the possibility be that his mom was Sydney? Sydney did mention one of her favorite memories was a child who looked a lot like Freddie. That would kind of explain how his mom's face resembled Sydney from the faded memories and how she knew about the time hopping.

[@chynnavindiola58]

Ooohhhh

[@leeman27534]

no. the time travel is 'within your body' time travel she's X years old in whatever year that is, she'll ALWAYS be X years old in that year, no matter how they mess with the timeline (barring death, i guess) like dude said, she was alluding to having kids with freddie. they lived several lifetimes of time, and several lifestyles, together. but she can't go back and be freddie's mom, just like freddie can't got to 1827 or something - freddie can jump back to HIS life and make different choices, but is stuck within the bounds of that life - if he wakes up jan 18th 2020 and decides at that point to go somewhere, even with his time traveling powers within 5 hours he can only get 5 hours away - the only way to get farther is to go back even further than jan 18, and start traveling then.

[@MichaelErnest666]

@@leeman27534 That's Only One Level But There Are Multiple Levels Within Each Dimension So She Most Definitely Was Also His Mother His Sister His Brother His Father And So On... 🙃🙂

[@leeman27534]

@@MichaelErnest666 ... no. that's not how it works. it's not some reincarnation BS where one person can be multiple people. rather, it allows YOU to be any version of YOU you can possibly be, with the available choices in your life - you can't be superman, and you can't go back in time and be your own father or some shit. it's YOUR timeline, modifiable, not access to ANY timeline.

[@MichaelErnest666]

@@leeman27534 It's Okay 🙃🙂

[@jjjjj4787]

I don’t care if I’ve been dying to see the movie he’s talking about or never heard about it.. I STAAAAN #foundflix

[@ricecola9609]

Don't be a Stan fam those are weird

[@joedkat]

6:46 If you notice, the light on the ceiling in the flashing in and out looks just like the drug Mercury/a pupil as well

[@thejoevandotcom]

Wait that actually wasn’t what I got from the movie! I got that the alternate timelines were just trips, like what salvia does to some people, kind of like a dream. Then when he discovered the face was his mom, I figured that was him wondering the deformed face was the invasive life form but it was really just his baby memory of his mom scolding him. (Babies don’t recognize faces until a few months later.) And at the end with his mom saying you remembered, she wasn’t training him with time travel abilities, the scold had already happened and she was just happy that he remembered what happened last time he went off near the stairs.

[@ainnamustakip5878]

I watched it last month and after finished watching this, I immediately writing in your video section to cover this movie. My prayer has been answered. Thank you foundflix❤

[@Gurtington]

6:45 this is one of my biggest fears, waking up and not knowing if its a dream or really your reality. Like not being able to tell which iis which, along with Heights, the ocean, and forgetting /being forced to forget memories of people you love.

[@isaaclopez-eb6yg]

OMG as a person who had trouble with drugs I can relate to some of the plot points that this movie displays. Sometimes getting stuck in the dillusions and dreams that drugs fill your head with and staying stuck too much in the past wanting to repeat those memories again for that high and the "good vibes." His focus on that one girl as if she was the key to him breaking free when in reality the girl was not his salvation but what would make his life worst. This is a brilliant movie I love it

[@josephyoung6749]

This movie does present an accurate depiction of what it feels like to be on mushrooms or LSD. Almost every time I've tried these substances, something very similar would happen. Maybe it was just my imagination, though terrifying none the less, this ineffable quality captured so accurately by this movie! Nicely done. I myself would not touch these drugs nowadays, as the sensations they impart are truly earth shattering.

[@joshuathomas5626]

It's strange that they're saying everything happens at once and that time isn't meant to be taken as linear, though when they travel to different instances they're time is always experienced as linear. This is why screenwriters shouldn't do drugs as kids, they end up a little to special.

[@martham7997]

😂

[@twospacedanimations5008]

You know the movie is complicated when the ending explained needs an ending explained

[@mostmelon]

I just realized something. This channel is literally what movies are in the movie The Invention of Lying.

[@clumsybanana6524]

Explain please. *sips tea

[@mostmelon]

@@clumsybanana6524 In The Invention of Lying, lies in any form simply don't exist. So movies are just a guy explaining a historical event to the audience in great detail.

[@holyglaucus2444]

This sparked a deep dark memory in me did we read this in middle school or high school? I'm frightened why do I recognize that plot

[@pdzombie1906]

Yo do know there's not one movie in this channel which isn't fiction, unlike the movies in The Invention of Lying which are all historical facts...

[@mostmelon]

@@pdzombie1906 He's explaining the details of real movies, not pretending that the events of these movies occurred in reality.

[@raymondsykes2954]

I JUST WATCHED THIS and HOLY FUCK was it good. My jaw was dropped the ENTIRE time. Absolutely beautiful movie. Kinda confusing but if you realize it's skipping places in time, it really just draws you in more. The end made me really sad tbh. Choices people.

[@haretasora7646]

Would love to see you do an 'Ending Explained' for The Number 23 with Jim Carrey Its a trippy movie that I seriously seriously loved and would love a clear understanding of the movie Keep up the amazing work :D

[@hardworkingcriminal4873]

@hareta sora That movie is not complicated at all lol. Not tryna question your comprehension I'm j/s

[@JohnDoe-vn1we]

So you are going to keep posting this until you get your way? Are you a toddler?

[@haretasora7646]

I'm posting it in hopes that maybe he notices and does it He literally says to leave suggestions in the comments and whatnot I'm not doing anything wrong so why the hate?

[@stonermeetsworld4413]

It’s a pretty easy concept to grasp. Jim Carey killed his love interest in the past and repressed his memories, but not before he wrote it down in the book. As he’s reading it, he starts to remember everything but in a convoluted manner. He blames the number 23, but really it’s his own paranoia (although the ending could make that up to debate) and inability to deal with his actions. At the end he serves his time for the murder, but the paranoia will always remain.

[@saltoftheegg]

“I was doing other stuff while watching this in the background” “You have to pay *extremely* close attention if you want to understand”

[@leeman27534]

he does say 'the first time i watched this'. implying he put it on for some background stuff, but it was more in depth and engrossing enough that he watched again, this time focused, and paid more attention. i kinda doubt he does a video on movies he's barely covered at all himself - kinda defeats the point of him explaining the movie to is.

[@mellow3995]

I would love it if you could cover the movie 'Devil', it's an underrated movie made by the master of plot subversion himself

[@jackpadz6079]

You mean the one where the main cast is stuck in an elevator? That was a good one.

[@Kspice9000]

The one where the old last was obviously the Devil?

[@naplockblubba5369]

The one where some random guy made fanfic of it in the universe of a Facebook Pokemon ripoff?

[@SuperSwordman1]

You mean that elevator film? The one that sucked and should have killed M Night's career?

[@jackpadz6079]

Lol i thought it was good

[@bensonabernathy4664]

This movie is crazy. I'm going to give this a watch for sure. Such an interesting premise, and super crazy and trippy. I mean this all as a compliment to the film.

[@Phantom_Yur]

My brain can't establish of what I just learned of the ending of this movie. My brain is trying to do some bench reps when watching this video.

[@acidmana6141]

Time hopping ability was actually his own ability, mother instigated it. His memory became cloudy due to drugs, thinks his mother is that random classmate she has a crush on.

[@erynz]

dylan o'brien is criminally underrated. he's a legitimately good actor but no one ever pays him any mind. he started showing major potential in the later seasons of teen wolf (regardless of whether or not you hated the show, you have to admit that dylan carried the show and was actually a good actor) and then had potential with the maze runner series but because the show and the series was geared towards teenagers, he was swept under the rug. it's a shame honestly he has so much talent

[@EnoDekciwEht]

I seen this movie the other day and when it was over I thought. “Oh man I hope Found flix does this one” 😁😁😁

[@hardworkingcriminal4873]

@enodekciweht What streaming service is this on?

[@EnoDekciwEht]

@@hardworkingcriminal4873 I’m not sure honestly I rented it

[@joedkat]

@@hardworkingcriminal4873 PopcornTime

[@dakaridavis1276]

I haven’t seen this movie but could it possibly be a metaphor for how we live life and make choices based on the consequences of our previous actions that’s why his mom was his link because she was the one that taught him there is consequences to every thing you do hence the baby and the memory

[@danlotroth9231]

Imo, was the only future that Cindy could see a lifetime with Freddy, loved him that much.

[@GoldBearanimationsYT]

Goes back to 2012 BUY BIT COIN

[@LittleCuteNekogirl]

I'm pretty sure the drugs were just regular hallucinatory drugs that messed with his ability that is hereditary and his mom has it too, which is why she had her own flashing memories.

[@cindiadkins9510]

dylan o’brien deserves more a-list films, he’s been a standout since teen wolf

[@I810752]

Oddly I found the "omniscient presence" in multiple timelines and self realization leading to ability to transfer between possibilities in a book I recently read. Mind blowing coincidence

[@penmads6091]

I painted the road picture a couple of hours before b4 I watched the movie!

[@HelloItsYou]

I LOVE DYLAN O'BRIEN !! It saddens me i dont see him in MORE !! He needs to land another TV series pleeeease someone make this happen.

[@Berezowskiej52]

Last two vids were super good. This channel has been my favourite for years, keep it up

[@frostywarrior4649]

Yeah I barely got through Tenet with my sanity attached, I don't think I can do this movie... But I do greatly appreciate the movie synopsis tho

[@ALajProductionFilm]

In my experience, you just kinda let this movie happen and not try and work it out - just, well, experience it haha.

[@JohnDoe-oo9ll]

This movie made me cry twice. There was so much that still happened after what I thought was the climax. I felt for the first time that I really want to have children and a family.

[@RodericPerez]

I hope you are becoming a Dylan O’Brian fan, I also will NEVER watch the Maze Runner movies but I was introduced to him as an actor in The Internship and although his character was generic he gave off the vibe that you were watching someone special, kind of like watching Tom Hanks when he was starting out. This was followed by American Assassin which was really good. When he almost died making those insipid Maze Runner movies it felt like it did when Anton Yelchin passed. Obviously he recovered and was a lot of fun in Love and Monsters (fingers crossed for a sequel to this) and like you I cannot wait to see what he does next. I haven’t seen Flashback yet but even after watching your recap I look forward to the performances in it. Great Job as usual.

[@NeoAkuholy]

How does this charming man continue to find himself in my recommended feed? Guess that means I've gotta subscribe...

[@myieracraig98]

Am I the only one still confused? What happened to Cindy? I saw a post saying that Cindy could've been a version of his mother from her stating "My favorite grandchildren look like you" It doesn't explain the girl and what happened to her? I understand the whole getting a chance to do everything over again but what was the girl's purpose in the movie??

[@amandahoulton5253]

I think she decides to stay a drug addict in the abandoned building and he decides to move on. I am not sure they really "traveled" perhaps just high on drugs. She "dropped out" of life and he joined her??? Dunno so many thoughts!

[@TheStraightJakket]

"I understand your confusion - your were bottle fed" - Dylan O'Brien

[@grapeshot]

When I serve in the Gulf when I was in the US Army I can't say I had flashbacks at least not of a violent nature but I would dream about it sometimes. Now my dad who served two tours of Duty in Vietnam, my aunts and uncles told me when he first came home from Vietnam he had violent flashbacks.

[@_S.D._]

So did my Uncle, it got to where we weren't allowed to mention Vietnam around him. Thank you both for your service 🙏🏼

[@feechiacheampong4446]

My Great uncle served in Northern Ireland Against the ira

[@clumsybanana6524]

@@feechiacheampong4446 thank you?

[@estoylaroca]

What I don't like about it... is, at least how I got it through this "ending explained", is how self-centered the guy is. I mean, think about it. Dude's living a good life with his wife Karen, and then all of a suddenly, he throws everything away for this girl that he met when he was in highschool. Turns out, girl in highschool was finding him all along. They lived good live(s), but then one day, he suddenly realizes that he didn't like the girl... he was actually longing for a good relationship with his mother. And so he deleted the high school girl from existence, and then got back in with Karen. Like... bro.

[@gun___]

i think he was just getting his shit together ..to finally find something that gives you peace nd makes you feel like home...Cindy did what she wanted to ..what she felt home like...ne fred did the same...

[@savannahbeigan6073]

Another movie I don’t have to pay to see thanks to this guy

[@faze_buendia9514]

Dylan and the LaCrosse Coach were the only reasons I tuned in to Teen Wolf on MTV every week; even back then you could tell he was a different caliber actor compared to his castmates

[@marcoslaureano5562]

Dylan was awesome in the movie adaptation of American Assassin with Michael Keaton as well.

[@SeanWMODonnell]

Drank a 12 pack and forgot I had already taken 5 grams of mushrooms, took another 5. Needless to say, this movie exemplifies exactly what I have been trying to describe for years in visual form! Time jumps forwards are fine, when you jump back, it gets confusing...what time IS it actually?; and, am I actually hungry, or am I just eating this cake for no reason?

[@SeanWMODonnell]

Also Salvia ONCE.

[@lazarus8447]

So, he never really needed the drug to be able to time travel and maybe its something her inherited from his mom who could do it to but choose to stop doing it because whenever she did it would change her future and would change his..