Cosmic Trigger

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2017)

The title caught me. I came to IMDb to see how many others had figured it out. I've combed through many pages of disparaging reviews but what I haven't found is any reference to Robert Anton Wilson's "Cosmic Trigger I: The Secret of the Illuminati". Perhaps the reason so many people didn't enjoy this movie is because it's a bit incomplete without that book. The references to the Illuminati in the opening credits were a subtle reference. Then the fact that the Doctor who treated young Sparrow was named...Dr. Sirius Leary is the big yellow arrow pointing to Robert Anton Wilson. The endless Jungian synchronicities in the movie just add to the fun. If you figured this out, congratulations. If not, you have now found your way to the real secret message in this movie which, if you choose, will lead you down the real rabbit hole. Big thumbs up to the writer, Fernley Phillips, though maybe he hid his inspiration a little too well, and it therefore went a little unappreciated. I'm sure there's a lot of Robert Anton Wilson's readers out there who's attention was caught by the title alone.