Trap
2024
**½
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Night Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, Alison Pill, Jonathan Langdon, Mark Bacolcol, Marnie McPhail-Diamond, Scott Mescudi, Russell "Russ" Vitale
Cooper takes his 12-year-old daughter Riley to pop star Lady Raven's concert. When the venue is suddenly swarming with police, Cooper, secretly a serial killer, tries to evade capture and hide it all from Riley. Apparently M. Night Shyamalan created his latest twisty thriller to showcase his daughter's music. Saleka Night Shyamalan plays Lady Raven, and she is a much better singer than actor. Although the central conceit, 20,000 innocent people put in jeopardy to catch one murdering madman, is stupid, Cooper's first half attempts to escape his predicament are entertaining and darkly funny. However, the second half becomes incredibly silly and preposterous. Josh Hartnett gives a suitably unhinged lead performance.
