Why watch?

Josh Hartnett as a dad caught in an insane plan to catch a serial killer — the moment he realizes what's actually happening at the stadium hits you like a shock to the gut. Shyamalan does something different here: he takes one wild premise and unfolds it piece by piece over the whole 105 minutes instead of saving a twist for the end. Hartnett's basically in every shot, so you watch every thought cross his face, which makes this a genuinely tense psychological thriller.

Who is it for?

Watch this on an evening when you want a thriller with a twist but nothing too extreme. If you remember The Sixth Sense or liked Split, you know what Shyamalan does. It has some genuinely unsettling moments, but it's not horror for kids — more for older teens and adults.

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Trap

2024 · 1h 45min6.212
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A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.

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Josh Hartnett plays a father who takes his teenage daughter to a massive pop concert, and within minutes both of them realize something is terribly wrong with the whole event. M. Night Shyamalan traps them inside an arena where nothing is what it seems, and the longer they stay, the more impossible their situation becomes. The film builds this paranoid, claustrophobic pressure where you don't know who to trust or what's actually happening around them. If you liked the contained dread of Prisoners or the slow-burn conspiracy feeling of Zodiac, this scratches that same itch.

Why watch?

Josh Hartnett as a dad caught in an insane plan to catch a serial killer — the moment he realizes what's actually happening at the stadium hits you like a shock to the gut. Shyamal…

Who is it for?

Watch this on an evening when you want a thriller with a twist but nothing too extreme. If you remember The Sixth Sense or liked Split, you know what Shyamalan does. It has some ge…

Similar titles

If you liked how Trap keeps tension wound tight around a madman trapped in one location for almost the entire runtime, check out The Neon Demon or Goodnight Mommy — both lock you i…

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