Robert Davi is Awesome that's the first thing i have to say!!!
Davi is one of those rugged cool tough guy solid acting B-movie stars, who is always good in what they star in even if the movie isn't that good.
Night Trap is a fun pure 90's straight to video supernatural Thriller. There definitely a very slow pace to this film but i find it relaxing & very chill.
Robert Davi is a gem of an actor in my opinion, he's been there in so many movies we grew up watching like The Goonies, Predator 2, Die Hard, Raw Deal & has had a good career within the video store era. I've been a Davi fan since Maniac Cop 2 & Maniac Cop 3, he was great in those sequels & I've checked out alot of his DTV work & discovered gems like Center of the Web, The Bad Pack, Peacekeeper & Night Trap. Davi is always enjoyable on screen to me & i always like his serious approach to his characters with his usual characters traits like always smoking & often sarcastic & cynical. Davi is a rugged looking "Character Actor" that has had a solid career in B-movie land & he's always interesting & better when he gets to play a hard-ass cop like he did here in Night Trap, a tough no-nonsense New Orleans cop & one of his best roles. Low-budget production yes but Night Trap is a fun, relaxing supernatural thriller that really has a nice ambience to it & makes for a great piece of late-night B-movie entertainment.
It's got a nice creepy atmosphere & a cool new Orleans setting & two very good B-movie stars Davi & Michael Ironside, both great & a nice face off together.
Ironside plays an evil serial killer with supernatural powers who is stalking & killing beautiful ladies at night & Davi is the rugged, plays by his own rules tough cop, trying to stop him & it all plays out rather good & sometimes exciting!!!
Yes there's times it's not very exciting & it feels slow but then something cool will happen & Davi & Ironside are always great to watch on screen.
I liked the voodoo type stuff that's in here & it makes New Orleans a cool place for our hero to investigate, i really like the Madi gras carnival scenes with everyone having fun & celebrating while Davi is on the hunt for Ironside it's all done well & exciting.
It's dark & fun & has that early 90's low budget sleazy cheap feel to it at times, but that's fine i loved & lived that era of straight-to-video slashers, cop thriller's & Horror's starring cool B-movie actors & i love it.
If you grew up watching this stuff like i did than it's an enjoyable little flick, rough & cheap in all it's low-budget vhs charm.
