We are watching M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, TRAP. Now I have a love-hate relationship with Shyamalan movies. They are either brilliant or trash and there really doesn’t seem to be an in between. And he is still digging himself out of his live action Avatar the Last Airbender hole. He still owes us approximately 10 incredible movies to make up for that monstrosity. That said, I find myself morbidly fascinated with his films and I love Josh Hartnett with all my heart, so here we are.
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Now something that I always advocate for when going to see new movies is managing your personal expectations. Don’t go to a horror movie and then say it sucked cause it was scary. You need to understand what it is you are walking into. The thing with Shyamalan movies is that people are expecting a twist. It is something that he is known for and therefore the quality of the film kind of hinges upon the quality of the twist. The twist was pretty good. It felt a lot more focused than a lot of Shyamalan’s more recent films. It was a straight up serial killer story and it was executed very well. I think the last 20 minutes was a little unnecessary and kind of stepped on a perfectly good movie. But overall it’s still one of M. Night’s better films, especially recently.
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