[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Went to M. Night's latest movie tonight... what a mixed bag Trap was.

I absolutely adored the first half of the movie. Very Hitchcockesque with how it was plotted and shot. A killer being cornered with no place to hide sounds straight out of a Hitchcock movie. I was very impressed and enjoying myself. Hartnett is fantastic throughout and plays a compelling killer. Even the concert scenes were well done, and it felt "real".

Some of the dialogue was rather weird, but that's typical for a Shyamalan movie. M. Night wrote the movie, so I'm not too surprised. He often writes movies in the ways aliens thinks humans speak (and act). So parts of it were rather weird... but the main structure of the movie with Hartnett, his daughter, and the concert were well done.

Then the second half hit and I was disappointed. Another character takes center stage, and puts in a very strange (out of place) performance. It felt like M. Night decided to make a peacock the star of the film. I don't want to say too much without spoiling the movie. It was tonally jarring and killed my enjoyment of the movie. It picks up a little at the end again once the peacock is gone, yet still a mixed bag overall. If your a fan of his work I would give it a recommendation. I liked it more than Knock at the Cabin Door, but it's nowhere near The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, or Signs. He had a chance here to make a classic if he didn't choose that awkward shift, but in this movie his nepotism ran strong.

Is it by any chance the character that his daughter plays?