Trap
30,000 fans. 300 cops. 1 serial killer. No escape.
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
Wokeness: 0%
Overall Score: 60%
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Joe
Really enjoyed
Liked this movie
Created: 08-03-2024
45trump47
Technical woke free
Based in Philly, so the limited DIE casting was acceptable. Decent Shyamalan twist.
Created: 09-01-2024
Kurt Hansen
Absurd plot. No propaganda.
We really did not like the plot. How absurd the entire premise was. Having said that, it's refreshing not to be bashed over the head with gay lovers every now and then.
Created: 09-03-2024
Michaels
Dexter
Serial killer thrillers constitute a tired genre, but "Trap" is executed *almost* well. I saw nothing clearly woke.
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, the film revolves around a pop concert by "Lady Raven", who is played by Shyamalan's daughter, Saleka. This may be nepotism, but it's not DEI. Interestingly, the concert looks and sounds like standard pop, because it pretty much is. Saleka is a pop artist, and she wrote, performed, and produced the music. Respekt. She is on Spotify with 200K monthly listeners. (To give you a reference, 200K monthly is on par with semi-known indie bands like Temples, !!!, and Bodega.)
Much of the film sacrifices realism for the sake of the story. The unrealism got unbearable with the police/FBI. Not even the FBI in our clown world reality would be so... clownish.
Shyamalan is overrated. He is a schlock writer who throws logic out the window and, at best, assumes his audience consists of retards. He has a reputation for creating woke movies. Being woke requires accepting mutually conflicting propositions as true. This is why woke writers cannot write logical stories.
Is the serial killer character's back story intended as an attack on conservative values and civilization itself? Maybe. However, Shyamalan's interviews about this film do not indicate such intent.
If you are looking for a very Hollywood serial killer thriller, then by all means go ahead. However, if you want realism and substance, look elsewhere.
Created: 12-13-2024
