If a new M. Night Shyamalan movie is now in theaters, you know we want to talk about some spoilers. So let’s do just that for Trap, starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, and Saleka Shyamalan. Though Trap has many twists and turns during the film, it doesn’t really have...

Let’s Talk About the Ending, and End Credits, of Trap

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	According to M. Night Shyamalan, the premise of his latest feature boils down to a simple question: “What if The Silence of the Lambs happened at a Taylor Swift concert?”'Knock at the Cabin' Scribes Tackling Horror Thriller 'Wilderness Reform' for Paramount (Exclusive)




	It’s an inventive concept, but Trap delivers on one of those references more than the other. The film is a concert movie for Shyamalan’s daughter, the musician Saleka, wrapped in a middling thriller kept afloat by a compelling performance from Josh Hartnett. 




	Trap opens with Cooper (Hartnett), a dad-joke machine, and his daughter Riley (Ariel Donoghue) at a concert for...

‘Trap’ Review: A Wily Josh Hartnett Propels M. Night Shyamalan’s Moderately Entertaining Thriller

Starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills. by Walter Chaw I try sometimes to put myself inside the mind of the creator, to imagine the route they took to the art they made. Maybe M. Night Shyamalan was at a concert, looked around, and imagined what it would be like if everyone there was searching for him. How he would have trouble blending in, but someone who looked like, say, Josh Hartnett, might have an easier time of it. He kind of took a run at this with the football game in Unbreakable, right? But why would Night imagine people were looking for him in the first place? Did he want that? Did he want the discomfort of being recognized in public, the struggle and obligation to be magnanimous towards strangers while remaining present for his family? Was the sacrifice of it appealing, a chance to display unusual charm and grace and build on the self-mythology he started in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED reporter Michael Bamberger’s hilarious, bathetic The Man Who Heard Voices, which begins: “Night’s shirt was half open, Tom Jones in his prime.” Not Henry Fielding’s fortunate foundling, for sure, but the Welsh sexy beast notorious for the amount of ladies’ lingerie tossed in his general direction on stage. Maybe Night was feeling the burden of being semi-famous in a specific location that night at this theoretical concert. Maybe he was feeling the burden of not being more famous.

Trap (2024)

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	M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller “Trap” follows parental serial killer Cooper, aka “The Butcher” (Josh Hartnett), who takes his daughter (Ariel Donoghue) to see her favorite popstar live in concert. But shortly after arriving, Cooper discovers the event is an elaborate sting operation designed to finally put “The Butcher” behind bars.Box Office: 'Trap' Makes $2.2 Million in Previews




	In an interview with Empire Magazine, Shyamalan described the film as if “‘Silence of the Lambs’ happened at a Taylor Swift concert.” With that logline, it seems the events of “Trap” could only take place on the big screen. However, the film is...

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Review: 'Trap' quickly dives off the cliff from disappointment to disaster

I don't blame M. Night Shyamalan fans for wanting to get a taste of his latest film, \"Trap\", in the hope that the director might return...

I don't blame M. Night Shyamalan fans for wanting to get a taste of his latest film, "Trap", in the hope that the director might return...

Review: 'Trap' quickly dives off the cliff from disappointment to disaster

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