
People don’t underestimate a movie when they see the name M. Night Shyamalan attached to it. So let me answer the question that is lingering on everyone’s mind, should you watch this film or not? But then again, if you’ve seen the 6th sense then you are aware of his cult following till today, thanks to his 1999 masterpiece. After that, there have been a few commendable attempts but it just went downhill from there, if we’re being honest. Shyamalan’s filmography is very disappointing in terms of business, but if you look at the rest of his films, the recent additions are slightly better than some earlier works, but surely the numbers aren’t appealing. In the later part of the filmography, he made quite a number of poor films so it is understandable they’re not relatable from a business perspective.
And that brings us to the interesting question All the unanswered is what do people see in him? What do they demand of him? He’s never been a typical white man. Even in the jobs that have been assigned to him, it’s largely said that he directed everything he could on his own and a lot of came printed stories to him. It’s good that he’s not the Miele dupe of the contemporary modern filmmakers so there’s a likelihood of some disorder around his projects.
Nevertheless, it is fair to say that he is possibly one of those directors that most people criticize in more than one collection of his work. Shyamalan, however, continues to achieve new milestones in terms of ticket sales.
There is a tendency for people to speak out about his films, and Shyamalan is no exception. The practice of “twists” has, however, been overly criticized in his films, which is a large part of the criticism he receives, which is quite a bit unfair. For me personally, it is one of the most entertaining and satisfying moments of cinema as well as film ever, and not just in terms of the quality or sheer strength of the filming process. But ever since the success of the latter, it would seem that Shyamalan has been unable to duplicate that success, but this was probably an audience’s app requirement. However, the problem with this is that today’s audiences are typically accustomed to such events. As such, audiences tend to anticipate and expect them, and then H.R.S. comes up with them at random times, so this in turn is bad for the story plot.
From what I can recall about Trap’s production history, it is hard to call this piece ‘an absolutely new creation’. However, people like us who have seen the film, really do not know why it looks a little monotonous at this stage of the plot. I consider it rather arrogant to assert that a lot was meant to remain concealed, including this film’s so-called ‘twist’ to all those who have seen its clip and already know what the climax is. Now, in my version of the story, determining this film as a twist would be an understatement. In fact, it is the most important piece in the plot. Still, I will not emphasize that this is a twist as I have said already that this is not a twist because the movie’s promotional material encompasses it but I will not mention anything about this in this movie review. I am sure there are people who wish to remain drama-free despite the fact that the film’s poster and the trailer revealed its main elements beforehand, all of which are located in the film’s final scenes. And definitely, let me repeat that the Compliance Content guides of Geeks Under Grace were not intended to be spoiler-free.
Content Evaluation
Violence/Nudity. While the film incorporates aspects of horror, it may be best categorized as a crime-thriller drama as the main plot focuses on the hunt for a serial killer and is laden with flashbacks of past murders. A person gets tortured by having their hands, eyes, and even sockets restrained. While there is some blood present, the action does not cut away too fast. There is a scene where a character is being attacked, but his face is off-screen. Within the film, gruesome borderline terrifying scenes can be found within it. One American cop is made a ‘quasi’ god and ends up receiving a stun gun shock to his brain. Another one ends with a mysterious figure being pushed downstairs.
Language/Offensive. There are few communities that are considerably skilled in sarcasm on the other hand, there are more that do use offensive words such as the f-word and s-word. The phrase ‘Using the Lord’s name in such manner is a sin’ can be heard openly in several places in the film.
Substance Use/Referral Within the film there is a character who loses his memory, it will be safe to assume that he was given an unknown drug, making him forget his identity.
Some individuals present in the audience, who watched the performance, do not seem to be in good health. A drug or even lack of water may have caused such damage to the health.
Spiritual Content: With the exception of one character who asks others to keep simplistic prejudices away so that they can be more compassionate, there are no other usual belief systems of a kind.
Other Negative Content: One of the characters can be defined as a lunatic who relishes lying and causing problems even by applying violence whenever needed. There are also burglary, impersonation, and hostage situations.
Positive Content: In connection with the film under review, the actors and actresses cannot be described as inspirational, although there have been a number of instances when people do decent things despite the threats and dangers.
Among other things, the story of the movie Trap is a failure, but the film itself is entertaining. The most ridiculous aspect of the film is that the claimed “twist” which it has is the fact that it serves reasonably well as a concert tape.
Saying that Shyamalan tried to sell the movie as he spoke on many occasions by saying “Imagine the lambs but at a Taylor Swift concert” is not a mystery, the tape does have a musical quality and that is not a mystery at all. But what is a wonder is how the musical aspect of the plot fascinated me such that I have even joked that I would like to advertise that Trap is a musical film on the GUG website.
In the film ‘There’s Something Wrong With the Children, Saleka Shyamalan appears as Lady Raven, a made-up singer, and Lady Raven is a top star and a popular mega-musical singer. Together with her father M Night Shyamalan, she has amassed quite a few detractors who would love to bring her down as that is quite a star cast in the mother-and-daughter duo. This was followed by the constant criticism Shyamalan’s daughter faces for being a part of his films in which the term nepotism is rather too frequently used. It is sad, as the filmmaker who worked with some members of his family that it does not look like a complete imbecile’s money grab, else they are able to raise some of their own money to cover the expenses of the films if that makes any sense. This is not something that I personally find particularly engrossing. Understandably, one would be frustrated that people are promoted despite a lack of ability, but this is not the case with Saleka. She complements the image appropriately and performs well. In itself, that is already a plus.
I’m sure most of us have encountered at least one song from a musical that just simply does not resonate with us, but for Shaleka, every single one of the fourteen songs that she has created is simply spectacular.
The film draws in its viewers by portraying the electrifying energy that usually is in the atmosphere of concerts and other events. The movie stars Ariel Donoghue in the role of Riley, Lady Raven’s fan and Josh Hartnett’s character Cooper’s daughter. She radiates a lot of energy and is quite eager to help others get into the zone. When one thinks of Raven, it’s not that difficult to predict the outcome of her endeavors in the entertainment industry. I’m not surprised by the fact that the concierge in Trap is the audience, who gets to witness the vast majority of her dancing.
Musical horror is a fascinating combination, but the very first genre in Trap is clearly the most prominent, no matter how they would wish to argue it. To call Saleka Shyamalan a super mega star is a very big stretch but for what not to sound the entire movie to make sense. The idea that such a conglomeration of people could serve as a good ground to search for a serial killer is indeed a massacre of factors that require one to actually suspend belief. These and many other such episodes in the movie are saved by the incompetent performance of the cops and their strategies that are almost nonsensical.
Video testimony at the beginning shows that ‘Trap’ may be placed in the outliers box structurally. Tactically, it is intended to be interesting from one side, and it is so, but it is quite embarrassing in terms of particular goals. To the murderer, and to the viewer, it is all the same an endless gig duration (listening can be enjoyable but it is still an indefinite duration). There are some limits or thresholds that are crossed towards this portion of the narrative, but in the majority of cases, still, all together it is rather philosophical out here, and the swing begins to shatter with the least degree of action that happens to be rather boring. So in the first place, the movie completely turns things around 360 relative to the actions of people which within range is quite novel, not surprising it then turns out to be boring and edited due to the character’s actions of senselessness. However, this is an exciting and entertaining viewing that I believe passes off some ideas of what telling a story is supposed to be in a rather careless manner. There has never been a great necessity for that sort of conflict that was being sought after in the film at the beginning of Trap.
In an attempt to be direct in the delivery, it delves into vague words and in the end, it not only misses but misses the mark completely in a redemptive purpose.
Trapped brings out once again some of the directing shortcomings of M. Night Shyamalan. Despite the flack, at least he does make some attempt towards changing the camera perspectives. However, in Trap there are places where the actors seem to be delivering their lines almost directly into the camera. It’s strange and slightly disturbing. But it does fit the premise of the film I suppose, just not in an appealing to the fans way. Other than that, it does not allow the actors to ad-lib or work off each other, which to say the least is more complex than only doing solo pieces. This means that several batches of the lines turn out to be weak, which is one of those Shyamalan tropes, and very Hollywood, as his scripts are quite often largely straight-lined.
There are those who defended Hartnett and called it a polemic that was a good beginning of his career. If I may be frank with you in no disrespect, I never really subscribed to this idea. Some of his acting was a bit bland at times, and even if some may argue that it is in the character, it was at times not the best of choices. M. Night Shyamalan has had a number of veteran stars like actors throughout his time, but sadly nothing remarkable to show.
It’s still enough to scrape through. However, this does not imply that the film is not good. As I mentioned before, it is a film that one enjoys watching and finds delicious. Given that it is of the episodic kind and is filled with nonstop fights, it is easy to rationalize the downright ridiculous nature yet still so pleasurable and engaging. If they are somewhat appealing the story structures may be considered to be chaotic in nature. It so happens that there is a degree of irreverent wit in the way Trap is also shot, but it is not to say that the movie claims to be serious in any way since its makers know pretty well that the audience isn’t for the simple fact that the film is very simple. Make sure you do not leave after the credits start rolling as the mid-credits scene is quite funny.
If you’re thinking of watching something, I suggest you catch Trap. The movie doesn’t have a single scene that would make it PG-13 and is rated as such without any effort. Trap does involve a serial killer but the killing itself is not that violent nor gory except for two scenes that I have highlighted here but even those two scenes are a bit short. A single fast-forward slash does not look too much and neither is the movie a slasher. People say this movie has a Hitchcockian essence for it seems to be more of a drama(musical) rather than a pure horror film so if you want to go outside the box or want a quick watch and do not mind being a young girl or women then it’s an ideal fit for you. If it’s the case that you’re a parent of a teenager and are looking out for filthy content then the content inside Trap is certainly aesthetically not appealing. But that does not mean it’s not funny, the movie is indeed funny with all its absurd storyline but is devoid of the usual gore.
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