{"id":44701,"date":"2024-08-02T19:36:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T23:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=44701"},"modified":"2024-08-02T20:36:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T00:36:15","slug":"trap-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/02\/trap-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Trap (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>M. Night Shyamalan sets the stage for a thriller that surprisingly is about as straight forward as you can imagine. He hooks audiences in mainly for the concept of \u201cTrap\u201d where a serial killer has been snagged in his most vulnerable spot and has to look for a way out. Any other time, a movie like \u201cTrap\u201d could not have worked too well, but Shyamalan pulls it off well thanks to the leading performance from Josh Hartnett. Star Hartnett as Cooper Adams is the primary reason to see \u201cTrap\u201d as he not only creates this conniving, clever, and vindictive villain, but he seems to have a lot of fun portraying him.<\/p>\n

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Everyday dad Cooper has a secret. He also happens to be a vicious serial killer known as \u201cThe Butcher.\u201d Taking his daughter Riley to a concert to see Lady Raven (Saleka Night Shyamalan), Cooper is horrified when he learns that the venue is a meticulously orchestrated attempt to find and trap \u201cThe Butcher\u201d once and for all, as led by a determined criminal profiler. Pushed in to a corner, Cooper must now figure out how to escape while also keeping Riley oblivious to his sinister background.<\/p>\n

Cooper seems cut out of the same cloth as \u201cDennis\u201d from \u201cSplit.\u201d He\u2019s so unpredictable and so immensely intelligent that he\u2019s a force to be reckoned with quite often. Star Shyamalan delights in delivering a stellar horror thriller that\u2019s both entertaining and darkly comedic in tone. There’s a hilarious sub-plot that undercuts the dread involving Riley and her feud with a school friend, along with her overbearing mother that managed to inspire a few chuckles. It gladly never hinders the film’s momentum. Although a lot of the violence is primarily implied, Cooper Adams is a man that we know from the outset will slaughter people if he has to.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hartnett\u2019s tall stature and charisma make him somewhat a serpentine presence who spends an enormous amount of time devising his next escape attempt while at a concert with his daughter. The novelty evolves in to wondering what he\u2019ll be able to pull off next, and if anyone will catch on to him. Working as his foil is Hayley Mills in a surprisingly effective role as a criminal profiler who makes it her mission to find Cooper aka \u201cThe Butcher.\u201d While her role is mainly non-verbal, she conveys immense gravitas to the point where even Cooper fears her.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d be remiss if I didn\u2019t mention Alison Pill who is a consistently overlooked performer. Most of \u201cTrap\u201d relies on the non-verbal, to where Cooper spends most of his mental energy trying to escape this evident trap, while also tending to his daughter, The visual cues and quick cuts to help enhance the sense of paranoia. All the while the whole motif of cellphones shining lights in a concert begin to feel like prying eyes on Cooper. \u201cTrap\u201d is a fun, simple, and clever thriller packed with talent and some great suspense and It hooked me in from minute one.<\/p>\n

Hartnett is probably one of the best film villains of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

M. Night Shyamalan sets the stage for a thriller that surprisingly is about as straight forward as you can imagine. He hooks audiences in mainly for the concept of \u201cTrap\u201d where a serial killer has been snagged in his most vulnerable spot and has to look for a way out. Any other time, a movie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[240,259,703,1087],"class_list":["post-44701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-crime","tag-dark-comedy","tag-mystery","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44701"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44713,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44701\/revisions\/44713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}