Trap

Remember - trailers are a separate work of art. We're being sold something that makes money, not something we'll end up seeing in the movie. Trap is a perfect example of this case. Presented as a suspenseful thriller about a game of cat and mouse, the movie turns out to be a completely featureless attempt to play on the audience's expectations. There is no intrigue, no suspense, for everything is read ahead. You are waiting to be surprised. Waiting, and waiting ... and waiting. Nothing happens. Everyone is moving, song keep coming, and yet ... no impact at all, no stakes, no WOW moments.

You just can't believe how dull the story is, which is holded solely on Josh's charisma. He is an extremely good in this movie, some of the acting choices are brilliant. Without him, it would be impossible to watch this nonsense. In the end, all the action leads nowhere - the finale is devoid of conclusions, twists or drama. There is literally no ending! It's as if the entire hour and a half went nowhere. One of the major disappointments of the year.

I get it. Someone will disagree with my take. But trust me, I wanted to be excited. Was waiting for this movie with some excitement, went to see it Opening Night. Extremely disappointed. Oh, one more thing - STOP portraying special forces like they are some incompetent children with no logic. Sometimes they do make mistakes, but Jesus, they are super dumb in first half of the movie, it's almost pure comedy.

I feel like the idea of directing a concert and a plot inside a concert took over everything else. It starts off quite well and all props to Josh Hartnett but at the end of it all, it's nothing that stands out, nothing at all. The charm, creativity and the out of the box cocncepts and even the eerie settings of his movies are all but missing in this movie.

If you're a fan of his old work like the Signs, Village, Unbreakable, Sixth Sense or even The Visit and The Happening and are fond of his art then TRAP is a complete pivot from his work.

It was also kind of annoying at how they made the cops and the FBI look and think like 4th graders trying to catch a criminal.

Missed opportunity, for us!

The start of the movie was really promising. The plotline was also really promising. I don't understand how is this movie a horror movie actually, because it seems more like a psychological thriller/crime to me. From a director who did a masterpiece like "sixth sense" I was really expecting something else. In fact, "sixth sense" seems more logical to me. The movie is filled with a lot of plot holes and illogical scenes. I don't understand why. It looks like the director wanted to push something more personal in the movie and in the meantime he forgot about the actual movie's plot and purpose. As I said, it started off as very promising but the plot developed in such a wrong way for a movie that should revolve around logical and realistic things. Maybe the director should have studied about this matter more so maybe he would escape all of those plot holes. Josh Harnett is sexier than ever.

A watchable movie, but the director ventures into too many different directions. The third act feels very disconnected from the rest of the film, culminating in a never-ending finale with bland characters that are poorly developed.

The story veered into many different directions, making it feel unfocused. I did not enjoy the poor acting, except for Josh Harriett, who was the only good part of the movie.

The third act was particularly undetermined and disjointed. Surprisingly, the best part of the movie was during the film credits.

Even Josh Harnett's performance, the sole highlight, couldn't save the film from its shortcomings.

Starts off well, but then it becomes increasingly dull and boring. The dialogue between the father and the daughter is unrealistic almost cringe worthy, the acting is mediocre for majority of the movie (it did seem to get better towards the end). Expected so much more from M Night. I would avoid this one :(. The main character barely has a backstory, the movie would have been so much better if they had explored that aspect of the story a little more. There was one decent twist, but other than that, it was just very dull. You would be better off watching this when it becomes available on streaming platforms.