M Night Shyamalan’s new thriller ‘Trap’ receives mixed reviews: “Awkward choices and laughable moments”
nme.comM Night Shyamalan‘s new thriller Trap has received mixed reviews, with some critics calling the plot “farfetched” and “contrived”.The director’s latest film sees (Josh Hartnett) and his teenage daughter (Ariel Donoghue) attend pop concert together, only for the dad to learn that the whole event has been set up to catch a known serial killer.What his daughter doesn’t realise, though, is that the serial killer in question is her father.At the time of writing, Trap currently has a score 50 per cent on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.In a mixed review, The Hollywood Reporter called it “a moderately entertaining thriller” but noted it “struggles to maintain momentum”.
The outlet added: “By the end of the second act and well into the third, Trap, although stylishly directed, can’t help but lose some of its edge.”Variety, meanwhile, stated that each of the film’s twists are “more contrived than the last,” adding: “Asking an audience to go with something that is this fundamentally farfetched borders on an insult.
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