Trap (2024)

Premise: Josh Harnett is bringing his daughter to the slau- to an in-movie-universe Taylor Swift concert. The Fake Taylor is played by Shyamalan’s daughter, and he happens to direct the film. Anyhoo, there’s maybe a bit too much security because it turns out the gig is going to be used to… trap a serial killer. The serial killer is Josh Harnett. Yup, this is a Shyamalan movie but that’s NOT a twist!
Under 90 minutes? No. Actually at some point I was like “oh this is ending now, I guess” and when I checked there was still half the movie left…
Do they say the title? Plenty of times! But… never like, looking at the screen and saying the title after a tiny pause. Missed opportunity, really.

One sentence review: Josh Harnett is maybe a bit too good at playing a psychopath (in case any cop is reading this) and halfway through the movie you realize you’re kinda rooting for him, which is unexpected because you definitely should root for That Guy selling t-shirts.
Rating: Okay, this was a really pleasant surprise. What a fun movie, I don’t care if it is dumb as hell, it clearly enjoys being dumb and self-aware.
A simple way to improve it: More t-shirt guy, please. Oh, oh, also maybe more Alison Pill looking sad and crying, as usual.

Trivia about the IMDb trivia:

The pronunciation of Cooper’s name - also nicknamed “The Butcher” - is similar to that of the French noun “coupeur,” meaning “cutter.”

This is true in the same way that “Butcher” rhymes with “melatonin”. Otherwise, well, no.