Trap - Wasted Potential

[@hoibsh21]

I'm glad Josh Hartnett is still working, he's a good actor.

[@TheGavrael]

He went dark for awhile but I'm glad he's back. He was cool af in Sin City.

[@Pandemia616]

​@TheGavrael 40 days of night is still my favourite vampire movie.

[@margarethmichelina5146]

He looks unrecognisable in Oppenheimer when he wore glasses in that movie

[@maxpayne69.]

@@Pandemia61630days of night, & yea it was a great movie indeed! The vampires were ferocious, fast AF & their designs were so bloody & well done. I actually felt the ending to be like 😢🥲😢… one of those movies where sacrifices made feel meaningful. In fact more recently, while watching Midnight Mass (drinker recommended) - that very amazing & well written scene on the raft/boat reminded me of the same as that of 30Days of night ending 🥲

[@GreenClassified]

That reminds me, I should do a rewatch of 40 days of night sometime. 🤗

[@leej.a.7810]

Not his worst film. Not his best film. Weird thing is that Hollywood has fallen so far that this is probably in my top ten for 2024.

[@HalloweenHalloween-sc4jo]

Agreed

[@theonlyredspecial]

I quite enjoyed it. Even though some of the plot was weak. Main lead was great. He held it in place for me. But as you said it’s actually one of the more enjoyable films I’ve seen this year. Problems and all.

[@Umapaarvati]

Josh Hartnett was the only reason i survived this film. ​@@theonlyredspecial

[@0h2ezy]

I will probably never go to the theater again

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

Love that... Every Sunday my Beloved and I have dinner home.I cook something special and we plonk down in the TV room, watch a movie and eat off tray tables. I still have some restaurants to keep an eye on so cooking and eating at home is a luxury. Since Koe-vid we keep digging deeper into older stuff we haven't seen in a while because the lack of anything new and, well even watchable is astonishing. ' The Beekeeper' was fun but She has a "thing" for Statham. I like revenge movies... Happily our local library has a nice catalog and you can stream anything these days. She'd never seen 'Raw Deal' do that was last Sunday Night. Next? 'Dirty Harry' which She has never seen. Hard to believe...

[@jthughes98]

“Not Entirely Unwatchable” That’s got to be the best comment for an Shyamalan flick I’ve heard

[@sole__doubt]

I still remember going to see The Happening at the show and my friend and I were so confused.

[@albertosillywhips7281]

I liked some aspects of the film. I can't overstate just how absolutely crazy the story gets at the end. In fact, I'd recommend seeing it once because it has a "so bad it's kinda good" quality.

[@zachb8012]

I've heard a lot of people say something to the effect of, "laughably bad enough to be sort of good". Like he didn't try to make a bad movie but made a watchable bad movie on accident.

[@albertosillywhips7281]

@@zachb8012 Well, I don't think it's fair to say the movie was "bad" in every respect. The real problem is the script. This filmmaker has some great ideas, and he's extremely creative. I think that he would benefit from getting someone to refine the screenplays.

[@bruddaozzo]

I disagree with the drinker here. It's worse than he makes out. He kinda compared it to being as good as knock at the cabin. That wasn't particularly good, but it was WAY better than this. This movie was really bad. I actually like a lot of his movies, bit of a guilty pleasure. I thought Old was good lol. But this movie didn't even really feel like his usual formula. There was no twist (cooper being the killer was never a twist), no supernatural element, etc. This movie wasn't fun or interesting like most of his movies at least are. It felt forced like he made it for someone as a favour. Maybe because he helped his other daughter make her shit movie, his other daughter forced him to do this.

[@MacCrunch]

I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to overlook the unconvincing dialogue and improbable plot progression. The involvement of his daughter feels like a risky move that didn't quite add up.

[@EATMAN888]

I heard the movie was just a vehicle to promote her music. hmmm

[@djk287]

The Happening still one of the best comedies of all time. Iconic movie!!

[@chayophan3078]

What? No.

[@everygamersdream72]

I'm like the only person who loved that movie.

[@davidrenton]

@@everygamersdream72 no i love it as well, i seriously unironically love it, it's so bad, but great , i have watched it probaly 5 times, more than any of his other movies. It's a film with what where they smoking where they approved it, but i'm glad it was made

[@Str52849]

@@everygamersdream72 There is no problem loving something that you understand how and why it was made. But many people, for 20 years, are still waiting for Shyamalan to film an ordinary realistic world, and not his magical realism with different messages)) At the same time, they begin to write nonsense that has nothing to do with the essence of the film. It's easy to call something stupid and terrible that you didn't even try to understand :D

[@Agooo13431]

"I see bad script writers. They don't know they're bad"

[@Siile_]

So many of those in Hollywood nowadays

[@turbo8628]

​@@Siile_ you could say "they're all around us"

[@nhmooytis7058]

👏👏👏

[@travelingsight8314]

Makes it kinda funny makes it kinda sad.

[@SubZero-hs9xc]

He wasnt thr one writing?

[@vincent207]

Last time I was this early, Shyamalan was considered the next Spielberg.

[@amanzeihedioha]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Lulustucru2393]

Good ol' days

[@StillLivinginthewoods]

@thewestwardsky He never was.

[@ryleighloughty3307]

Spielberg is crap.

[@darkgate33]

you're too early to watch the actual video

[@whyphy2213]

Basically, they sacrificed the movie quality to “kickstart” his daughter music and acting career.

[@blackbelt2000]

and it failed.

[@ajsuryavanshi759]

Well, You cannot blame a man for trying to set-up his daughter's career.

[@nevermorehollows]

I thought the same thing when my wife and I watched this movie

[@s.ivainesu]

his other films didnt have his kid yet the quality is...

[@SecretMagician]

Ah, just like Will and Jaden Smith in After Earth, ironically also directed by Shyamalamadingdong.

[@JakeDelanois]

The film seems stuck in mediocrity. Feels like it lacks the crime-thriller substance you'd naturally expect given the premise.

[@TheBelrick]

typical hellwood making the murderer a w-male. How else can they cast as villains these days?

[@Str52849]

You were expecting crime-thriller substance for some reasons. Based on the trailer about a loving father who turns out to be a butcher, I was expecting a back and forth between the good and evil side and the idea of ​​the Butcher. It was this path that Trap showed.

[@Str52849]

@@TheBelrick Yes, yes, yes, also loving father, who became like this because of his abusive mother. Whom, without evidence, on one suspicion, his wife set him up for a trap. And the serial killer was helped by a black guy. Typical hellwood, typical hellwood)) Maybe it’s time to stop searching everywhere for agendas and just start thinking while watching the movie itself?

[@interstat2222]

DePalma did it much better with Snake Eyes.

[@tacitus6384]

Whenever Ridley Scott or M. Night Shyamalan make a film, the gods flip a coin.

[@raymondwatt9773]

Scott's flops at least have something to recommend about them.

[@tacitus6384]

@@malcomtucker7739 American Gangster.

[@DARTH-C3RB3RUS]

​@@malcomtucker7739Gladiator

[@evanburrows1697]

@@malcomtucker7739 original Gladiator, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, The Martian

[@prowelshman]

​@@malcomtucker7739Blade Runner, Gladiator, Thelma and Louise, Back Rain, Kingdom of Heaven, Prometheus, The Martian, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster. hell even Alien Covenant is good. this is a crazy thing to say.

[@tylergoodman3560]

Trap: 40% Good concept for a thriller 60% Terrible execution that makes a promising concept forgettable. Great video drinker. 🎉

[@mightisright]

Watching trailer: How could this movie work? Watching movie: Oh, nevermind.

[@peteMickeal33]

Havent watched it but....good concept for a 90s movie. If you are gonna make it anyway, make it at least believable. In the sense of: explore the personality of such a criminal. From this 6 mins of review I get that he's portrayed like the panel of chickens in The View imagine a serial killer to be. So after all, is it anything different from home alone but reversed?

[@Weazel1]

“Wastes a talented cast” seems to be the mantra of modern filmmaking

[@georgebailey8179]

That's not fair. What about the films with totally talentless casts?

[@davorzdralo8000]

I literally don't know a single person from this cast. It's not like they had Ian McKellen in this.

[@boxerblake1]

Except the Acolyte, which they were all shit.

[@patrioticcat5768]

Henry cavil: oh boy I can't wait to be a part of this upcoming....and it's gone.

[@adamgates1142]

M. Night's greatest talent as a filmmaker is bringing talented actors together in a room and getting the absolute worst performances out of them. Anybody who has seen The Village knows what I'm talking about.

[@s.ivainesu]

The audience was TRAPPED having to sit through a whole concert.

[@mysticc6232]

For real, why was that the longest concert ever 💀

[@kevinhibbard320]

I did sort of wonder if he was taking the piss on pop shows, it felt oddly satirical to me.

[@kevinhibbard320]

My wife made me see it in theaters so I was trapped haha

[@violentgravy01]

It's very meta

[@thomgizziz]

That is probably what it feels like going to a concert put on by Shyalaman's daughter. Most people that are famous or that do well seem to have connections to powerful people... weird, weird.

[@djk287]

I see this as more of a dark comedy than a thriller. It’s worth it for Hartnett alone and the mid credits scene is hilarious as well

[@Str52849]

In the first part there is more irony, in the second part there is more confrontation of the ideas contained in the first part.

[@DoctorRevers]

Awesome addition to the unbreakable universe. The Butcher is an awesome character. Looking forward to how he’s used.

[@BoySiddy]

Josh Hartnett somehow always nails it. His work in Penny Dreadful, especially season 2, is some of the best acting I have seen on TV.

[@trinaq]

Thanks to Josh Hartnett's charm and likability, you'd find yourself siding with the protagonist, since he also has a genuinely sweet relationship with his daughter. But then you'd remember that he's the clear baddie. It gave me "You" vibes with Penn Badgley.

[@QuidSeeker-jr5rj]

Trap is a political Uncorrectness exercise disguised as a thriller. If you watch it 100% as the latter, it might 100% work.

[@ge2719]

they could have even done a twist at the end, where the people he killed were all murderers and rapists etc, and he's actually like batman. and he has all the evidence o all the crimes committed by the criminals he kidnapped. and he even set the "trap " himself, and he would say "accidentally" lose his phone with all the evidence on, and then get away in the end, and even have the daughter be in on it, like a sidekick/robin.

[@jtho8937]

​@@ge2719So Dexter?

[@rogersun6184]

His acting in this is abysmal.

[@mathi9084]

The "trap" is indeed that dilemma.

[@richd8907]

The film would've been better had it remained in the concert for the entire duration. You know, remaining "trapped". Maybe even running in real time too. As the best already said, the film struggles once out of the arena and loses so much of that tense thriller aspect it's going for. I actually was expecting a totally different outcome through. After the trailer made it clear he was the killer, I was looking for a twist to come along. Something like he's not the killer, but the guy he's got chained up is, and he wants to enact some revenge on him himself so is avoiding the police. Then later he sees that the real killer is escaping so he has to find a way out quick and get back to where he has him locked up. Instead, the trailer tells it all and the movie just sticks with it, not really delivering any surprises along the way.

[@agogecoach8790]

I remember how excited I was for 'The Happening.' I organized a group of friends to go see it on opening night, we were all excited. Then it was over and we were all not-excited. Pretty sure that was the last time I went to a Shyalaman film in the theater.

[@TomDrake-A1A]

I know most people have probably tried to block 2021's "Old" from their memory, but I feel like that was the moment I truly gave up on M Night. Just a weird and depressing experience.

[@pahbert]

Weird. I gave up at The Village lol

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

For me it was Lady in the Water.

[@TomDrake-A1A]

Haha, I think I was suffering from what could be called "stubborn admiration", but it finally ended

[@aroyals339]

I enjoyed Old a lot more than this, albeit because it was so bad and silly with some horrible acting. This was just bland and had way too many contrivances / stupid decisions. I'll take bad over forgettable/boring any day.

[@JayFulcanelli--111]

It's really incredible to look at Shyamalan's inability to have any joy or humour in most of his films except for when it is completely unintentional. 'The Visit' still makes me giggle uncontrollably

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

General Akbar warned us about this flick a long time ago in a galaxy far far away…

[@lovescarguitar]

Admiral....

[@TROOPERfarcry]

You are a man of culture for bringing this up.

[@TheSupart91]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Ob1sdarkside]

Admiral, it's Admirable Akbar to you. The guy didn't spend his life commanding ships to be called general.

[@nhmooytis7058]

👏👏👏

[@tylerbrunton7696]

Josh Hartnett is absolutely due for a comeback.

[@billybatts8283]

I want to see him as the lead in an Evil Dead type film. Put him through pure hell.

[@TheElbowMerchant]

I really enjoyed his performance in Penny Dreadful. He is a good actor, but he got typecast as a romcom pretty boy.

[@Optimus.Prime00]

Absolutely

[@hayleylongster4698]

Still got in. Still hot as 🔥 as well

[@Siile_]

His acting in this was dreadful

[@danielwhite1135]

He always had interesting concepts but they were almost always badly realised!

[@nevermorehollows]

Totally agree with you on this

[@georgebailey8179]

But ignore how bad the film is, wasn't the surprise at the end enough to make up for it? No? Oh well. At least he seems to be moving away from films that are all about the twist ending.

[@joshmciver4847]

You're talking about him in past tense... When it should be current. He IS and his movies ARE.

[@gengis01]

@@georgebailey8179 As far as I'm concerned, he died during the filming of The Sixth Sense and this is all part of an extended virtual reality version of Sixth Sense and MN Sham doesn't know he's dead and he's walking around making terrible movies and the kid has to tell him he's dead so he goes away.

[@georgebailey8179]

@@gengis01 It would explain a lot. Personally, I think he heard one too many people say how great the twist was in The Sixth Sense, then made his other films about twists, rather than letting them be the cherry on the top.

[@dominicgugas486]

There's a version of this movie where the twist ending is that it's the 13 year old daughter who is the serial killer, and her dad is protecting her. And that film ends with Lady Raven as her latest victim. I would pay money to see that version.

[@jimjones308]

I met Hartnet at a cushy resort town in Massachusetts years ago when he wasn't working much. First thing that struck me was he's a big guy. Well over 6 feet, and built like he played college football. He's much more believable as a "heavy" than the modern dwarf actors we are subjected to over and over and over. Watching a man smaller than Estelle Getty pummel stuntmen is modern film making at its worst. I want the days of lead actors who were actually big, menacing guys who can come across as big, menacing, guys on film.

[@DARTH-C3RB3RUS]

Depends on the part Keanus 6 1 and he's amazing in everything. Tom Cruise is i dunno 4 2 lol I've never seen either of em play Villains tho 🤔 Name a short actor that played a villain and nailed it??

[@jimjones308]

@@DARTH-C3RB3RUS Jeremy Renner in The Town would come immediately to mind.

[@DARTH-C3RB3RUS]

@jimjones308 That's a good shout actually good film too poor sod almost died saving someone from a snow plow 😳 I'm the type of person that normally routes for the bad guys in the films lol I was hoping Josh would go on a Rampage. Be interesting to see if they do a sequel or better a prequel a proper horror film showing the butchers crimes and victims. I think that could work :)

[@Luke-mq6mn]

@@DARTH-C3RB3RUS Tom Cruise nails it in Collateral.

[@DARTH-C3RB3RUS]

@Luke-mq6mn Hell yeah, he is. I forgot about that film very underrated. Bloody, good fun, tho

[@SheldonAdama17]

These days, if Shyamalan makes a good movie, it’s the most shocking plot twist ever.

[@rafaeltrivino1790]

Nailed it.

[@Str52849]

Nice "сope-paste" comment, thank you for your lack of originality))

[@andrewberna4045]

Honestly if he made a cameo in Scary Movie 3 to say “Tom I’ll need a ride home” he would be an absolute legend.

[@Str52849]

He is absolute legend: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2Takp97rrWborM

[@SimbaTheComicKing1]

The blatant nepotism didn't go unnoticed.

[@chrillex91]

I give him cred for the brass balls. People should've cancelled this movie and its mindblowing it isnt. Since nepotism in hollywoodl people hate currently.

[@johnchuttlesworth6419]

if its blatant, then how could go unnoticed?

[@brianhaugh152]

A step up from always inserting himself in the movie.

[@fandomking8939]

​@@johnchuttlesworth6419M. Night was hoping we wouldn't notice.

[@SubZero-hs9xc]

Plus the other daughter who now is a director and had a 30 million debut movie, the watch ers, who was crap

[@ereini0n]

I really enjoyed the half at the concert, including the whole atmosphere, the concert and the kid and everything.

[@g00nther]

The Sixth Sense is still my favourite cinema viewing experience. Genuine classic. Really hard for him to top that.

[@bengejuknowit3048]

I think Unbreakable would!

[@jfrancismiller]

Really? Read the storyline for a book called “A Stir of Echoes” by the great Richard Matheson written ten years before😂

[@jfrancismiller]

M. Night Scamalot. Can’t make a decent film without “borrowing” ideas😂

[@Geekzilla84]

This movie was just a concert for his daughter. There was more singing than anything else.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Should have been a musical....

[@Sekir80]

Maybe the Bollywood influence is starting to set in :D

[@chrillex91]

@@osmanyousif7849 It is lowkey musical tho, definitely. But the movie was original so it's a plus in my books. It wasnt bad but not a masterpiece but eend of the day i was entertained as fuck and I'd rate it 4/5.

[@Str52849]

Your comment directly shows that you haven't watched the movie at all. At most, you only watched the trailer, which showed a scene from the first part of the film, from a concert. Thank you for showing up to all of us and showing up to the 211 people who liked your comment, who also didn’t watch the movie) So, your opinion is illegitimate. "There was more singing than anything else" - No, and this statement is incorrect. You obviously haven't watched the movie))

[@Str52849]

@@Waywards0n-c3o Continue to miss out on interesting, original, unconventional films and be happy about it))

[@SweetPup_Gaming]

Trap: A Star Wars story, the new Admiral Ackbar series.

[@Star_Joker]

I'd rather watch that than this movie ever again.

[@JHE-ZAX]

Hello America! This is President Eden, and I endorse this message!

[@homeonegreen9]

Except he is the one setting a trap. The movie opens with the crawl title "Its a Trap!" Then the screen pans down to a large Mon Cal cruiser zooming to a briefing room where Ackbar says "Ladies and Gentlemen, the mission, its a trap."

[@myowndata]

the singer definetly looks like Admiral Ackbar

[@LyaksandraB]

When talking about creative people, the answer to the question, "can you imagine what s/he could do without restrictions?" is always, "fuck it up."

[@pahbert]

That's generally true of all humanity, to be fair.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

​@@pahberttrue. Which is why it's always bad... Every coach in pro sports who could build their own team without a GM. Game dev etc

[@no_one_worth_knowing]

Definitely not true across the board and Shyamalan blew his creative wad early in his career. He ran out of material before The Village was written. It's not a problem with creative people, it's a problem with people with limited imagination.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@pahbert lol no it is not, speak for yourself

[@marcogenovesi8570]

Are we sure he is a "creative person"? movie directors are mostly people that fap about visuals and scenes and whatnot, see also Zack Snyder or Waititi. Unless there is an actual writer on staff all their movies are just a bunch of good looking scenes with no sense

[@bengejuknowit3048]

I thought this was a 7/10 thriller personally! M night always has some great ideas for movies but they don't always come off as good as you hoped for! I enjoyed it for what it was and I actually enjoyed the music in the movie & didn't know it was his daughter till after I watched it!

[@vawserr1592]

Gotta second this. I actually enjoyed the film, wouldn't say it was fantastic at all but the music was great & Josh harnett was great in this movie. Very good acting from everyone all round.

[@bengejuknowit3048]

@@vawserr1592 I liked the music too & have listened to the soundtrack on Spotify.

[@Elricsedric]

I loved spilt and I'm still riding that for him, but every movie I watch of him. I'm seriously losing hope

[@Wdavidmetzger]

Im a huge m night defender, but at this point i can't believe actors are willing to work with him. Poor Josh he has such great presence.

[@Str52849]

Because the actors working with him accept his “larger than life” style, and talk about it in almost every interview, in including Josh Hartnett: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5aZi3Vnj7BqpM0 But Trap is a good film, only inattentive viewers who completely miss the point and are triggered by the form of the film may not understand this) Of course, Josh perfectly played the story of a character caught between his good side and his evil side, gradually appreciating the positive influence of loved ones more and more, while being consumed by his dark side. But stupid viewers will reproach him for the unnaturalness of his acting in moments when he should have been unnatural))

[@LiminalSpaceGhost]

Shout out to the props department of this film for casting a Japanese Nakiri for the role of the “knife” instead of the over cast and privileged Butcher Knife. As a culinarian I appreciate the inclusion.

[@bitty_beastly47]

Well M. Night IS asian

[@playlist9980]

As a cook, you mean?

[@TheSkepticalPanda]

M Night vascilates between the highest highs and the lowest lows of filmmaking.

[@interstellarconundrum4774]

I wouldn't say vacillates. That would imply good and bad in equal measure. Mostly bad unfortunately.

[@playlist9980]

@@interstellarconundrum4774 I think he was trying to say "basculates" (?)

[@interstellarconundrum4774]

@@playlist9980 Thank you so much! I was not aware of the existence of that word. Now I can add another to my vocabulary.

[@TheXyxy2]

I don't know man, it's a solid and fun movie. His daughter can act and sing, she does have talent. So I don't care that Shyamalan promotes his daughter as long as she can pull the role.

[@dhertsens5617]

0:26 - There is no movie in Ba Sing Se.

[@alvinleonardo1263]

What Movie? 🤣

[@doughbafett]

I saw this last Friday with my son. He liked it, although he acknowledged the massive plotholes. The movie should've been over before it started. All the wife had to do was tip off the cops, they would've tailed Cooper, gotten warrants for his safe houses and phone, and he would've been arrested shortly thereafter. That's far easier than some elaborate setup in an arena with 30,000 fans, especially not knowing what the hell the Butcher even looks like.

[@Zeetana1]

I think the wife said in the movie that she left the receipt for the tickets on a crime scene for them to find. I don't think she contacted them or told them who they were looking for. The FBI only knew the suspect would be there, no name or how he looks. At first anyway. Doesn't explain how FBI boss lady knew about his mother or whatever. Plot hole maybe.

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

"Hey, I know _exactly_ how we can find,catch this guy! We'll look for him in the _biggest,_ most CROWDED crowd on Earth! Because what could possibly be easier?!" On a serious note, why did they even think that he was gonna be there at _all?_ If he really is a wanted criminal (& is as clever as the movie shows us), he would be laying low, _not_ going to the most public places imaginable!

[@Str52849]

@@shuttittuppitt9355 Your comment and your questions in the comment clearly show that you do not watch the movie itself. The film itself directly answers your questions.

[@chance_ondriezek99]

M. Night Shyamalan making something that isn’t unwatchable is a miracle at this point.

[@TheMaxer03]

That’s bullshit.

[@HowToChangeName]

Most of 2024 movies so far is passable at best

[@lewdleaf4975]

​@@HowToChangeName alr

[@nevermorehollows]

I feel he got caught up in his own hype. Now he feels like he’s the new Hitchcock and can do no wrong instead of asking himself if what he is doing is actually any good.

[@chance_ondriezek99]

@@nevermorehollowsHe compared himself to Hitchcock, Kurosawa and Kubrick during the press tour for The Last Airbender. He’s been full of himself for years.

[@SilentHeaven47]

He was literally Agent 47 at points with how quickly he can change clothes. I loved those parts lol

[@crispyandspicy6813]

If I had a nickel for every time M Night. tried to use his movies to promote a wannabe rich kid, i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[@ynotwalk7391]

it's amazing to me that this guy has such a global audience i've never seen a director coast as hard off one good movie

[@sinisterpanda2738]

"No Views" Last time i was this early, M. Night Shyamalan movies were still good.

[@DannyKnightblade45]

Damn, that was a long time ago!

[@kingofthorns203]

The last time I was this early, Mark Wahlberg was an underwear model

[@MisterHeroman]

Split wasn't that long ago, was it?

[@YBOT-BITTERs]

​@@MisterHeroman7 years is a pretty long time

[@SuperWorldeater]

The only twist is a 4th wall-breaking one, as Hayley Mills reprises her character from the 1961 "Parent Trap" series, now all grown-up as an FBI detective, still trappin' parents...

[@Str52849]

That is, you missed the story with the appearance of the receipt for the purchase of tickets) Did you watch the movie itself?))

[@SuperWorldeater]

@Str6991 Not a plot twist. A contrivance, yes.

[@archandas362]

Josh hartnet would make a pretty good Joker. He was great in the film and that smile is haunting.

[@dannypope1860]

Josh Hartnet was FANTASTIC!!! He turned a bad movie into a good movie.

[@randomSlavGopnik]

3:12 THE MONGOLS ARE COMING

[@FargoFalls]

I had forgotten about The Last Airbender. I wish it had stayed that way- that movie was epic cr@p! It didn't even have a common decency to be so bad it's good.

[@MaryRohwer]

They tried to cram all of the tv series into three hours, which didn't work at all. I was glad to see it in the theatre though because I enjoyed seeing the special effects that way.

[@ChaoticYak1]

Just image that The Last Airbender was the story of Avatar told by the Fire Island Players.

[@dennisa6349]

The scene in the car where Shyamalan’s daughter tried acting was harder to watch than Private Mellish’s stabbing in Saving Private Ryan

[@Rex.Actually.411]

Lol,, harsh but true 😅

[@Roty24-f6s]

Last time I was this early Shyamalan was considered a decent director.

[@13Ryuga]

I'll be honest. I loved this movie. I'm not even lying, the last scene where he chuckles maniacally was immaculate. Josh Hartnett was excellent in this role.

[@enfieldjohn101]

Looks like a student film that somehow got handed a bigger budget than it needed. Like something that maybe M. Night should have done as his first movie rather than his most recent. I guess he's trying out a new twist on the old 'shocking' plot twist at the end - putting the plot twist at the beginning. Shocking! :)

[@agvHZT4unyypbdcu]

1st half was really good, it captured me, which isn't often the case anymore with modern movies

[@kman9884]

Seems like a majority of Drinker’s audience literally don’t go to the movies and only see the things that are lampooned on his channel.

[@josephbeal7975]

Same, there were some parts that weren’t the best at the beginning but very much so bareable. Then there was the second half….

[@hayleylongster4698]

I liked it up until they left the arena. Then it went downhill really fast Basically,.they should have just had him escape somehow, cause you Basically were rooting for him to escape. That dynamic of having you rooting for a serial killer is what was interesting about it

[@symptomofsouls]

That's what I got from it. First half was good, ending was frustrating

[@mikeylicksit]

this is a nepo-baby's video resume posing as an actual movie. you just sat through the shyamalan kid's school talent show and hollywood movie audition together in one "film".

[@fred-62]

It was a good movie the forst hour though

[@patrioticcat5768]

Josh harnett? Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

[@nhmooytis7058]

And after this 🦃 won’t hear it again 😂

[@Sekir80]

Another SW reference? What is this comment section?! :D

[@sonia_kl99]

I'm not too familiar with him but can't actually think of a very good movie/show he was ever in

[@bazat91]

​@@sonia_kl99Penny Dreadful

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@sonia_kl99 I never saw it, but he was in Pearl Harbor.

[@just_some_random_guy]

I had this movie queued up to watch, but thanks to the Drinker I don’t have to! Thanks for sparing me from wasting an hour and a half of my life. The older I get, the less time I have to waste. So I need a resounding endorsement from a critic I trust before I’ll watch something. Frankly, this had “meh” and “wasted potential” written all over it a long time ago. Glad to see I wasn’t wrong.

[@dsb1763]

Thank you Will! You have saved me a lot of money in movie tickets.

[@starwave6842]

The twist in this movie is that the movie itself is the trap! Audiences are forced to watch M. Nights daughter's concert.

[@Hunteriscoming]

Is that what you saw ? 🤓

[@chrillex91]

@@starwave6842 nah the twist was we got a musical thriller instead of a strict thriller. But I dont mind too much some of the tracks are dope and she's hot.

[@StajoLaBell]

​the music sucked and you're simping @@chrillex91

[@simonbaker6962]

I jokingly said to my wife that the singer must be related to the director due to the numerous long shots of her performing.

[@StajoLaBell]

@@chrillex91 simp. Her music sucks and she ain't hot

[@thecollector427]

"wasted potential" Perfectly sums up every recent shyamalan movie (except split)

[@nickmcgookin247]

Wasted Potential sounds like a good movie title

[@Otokichi786]

Or, a description of Boob Igor's Walt Disney company. (Has "a wretched hive of sum and villainy" been taken?;)

[@billmartinson4205]

Except it would likely be a stream of idiotic 420 and blazin'-it jokes.

[@AlanKerswell]

Thanks Critical you’ve saved me a couple of hours I’d never get back👍…I like Josh Hartnett as an actor but the majority M Night Shyalaman movies have been just beyond awful of late. Dear oh dear…

[@modelodesilhueta]

I wish I could see a movie about the tone that Dexter had, but with a great ending

[@ryanpotter9152]

this film was covertly an advert for his daughters new album.

[@anubusx]

Deffinetly.

[@joshmciver4847]

There was nothing covert about it...

[@chrillex91]

Not covert at all. But hey it worked for me I thought some of her tracks was dope and will add to my library in spotify

[@Hunteriscoming]

@@ryanpotter9152 yeah? So what?

[@erickmuller]

You should look into it, she actually made 14 songs specifically for the movie. It's just a simple collab between father and daughter. And you should know, M Night funded the movie himself, so I think he should be able to put anyone he wants in it, and why not someone he loves and enjoys being with? Knock the movie for being bad, but I think a father working with his daughter to make movie is a beautiful thing.

[@zerogrey3798]

I've never been able to forget a skit done on SNL a couple of decades ago where they reviewed or talked about "M Knight Shama-lama-ding-dong's" last movie.

[@MrGetwellsoon]

The security, police and SWAT on this movie were absolutely pathetic.

[@bartsullivan4866]

They make them play dumb like storm troopers the kitchen scene was ridiculous where he thumbs the office on the floor complete BS they would have blown his ass away by that point.

[@qmop2]

Josh Hartnett was amazing in this movie after see this I really wish he was in more big movies. The movie was slow especially in the beginning but I liked it Josh Hartnett really makes this movie a amazing performance even the bad lines they make him say he makes work.

[@Sage-Em]

I loved everything, it was one of my favourite movies of the year. I had so much fun at the cinema and it was overall a great evening for me. Additionally, I am someone whose favourites of all time include Truffaut, Rohmer, Fellini and Bergman. So yeah, sometimes you just have to have FUN. Not everything needs to be a serious masterpiece

[@alexisnaranjo]

Josh was fantastic as Cooper. He's the bad guy and we're on this adventure with him.

[@garrytalaroc]

Lmao. They all talk about him being the butcher but we never actually see him butcher someone.

[@Evan8787]

He literally had a man trapped in a basement, ready to be killed at the click of a button. He also pushed a lady down the stairs and nearly killed a woman, with a deep fryer, just to create diversions. He was even ready to kill his own wife. The movie successfully illustrates his lack of humanity and Cooper is believable as a serial killer.

[@Justanirishfella]

This is a film where the more you think about it the less sense it makes, saying that josh hartnett is fantastic as the dad and deserves to be in a high budget film It’s a film you watch because you’re drunk and you don’t plan on going to bed cause you don’t have work the next day

[@P1nkR]

Perfect for the drinker then.

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

The movie that your description applies to even better is "Us" by Jordan Peal.

[@revoktorment440]

Props to Josh Harnett for expanding his acting range even if the movie is so-so

[@ifyoudisagreeyouarewrong]

expanding his acting range?? LOL

[@riccardoarpea9966]

What i like about Shyamalan is that he has big interesting ideas for movies that always draw me in. The execution and resolution are always a surprise, sometimes it ends well, sometimes it doesn’t. But at least the ideas are interesting and creative, he’s a master at building tension and making his stories feel unsettling and weird. On the technical side you can’t diss the guy: he knows how to shoot. Overall, when a new Shyamalan movie comes out my friends and i always know we’re in for something that will make us talk for days, and the car ride home from the cinema is always a joy, filled with chatter about what we just saw, which is my favourite part about the whole moviegoing experiece. So to me his films are somehow special even when they are not the most brilliant of the bunch

[@modude117]

Bro, can't wait to see you review Longlegs

[@TheGreatPooyah]

Trailers didn’t do this movie any favors basically outlining the movies whole plot

[@dadmiraldankbar3720]

That dude made one good movie and has been riding it for decades

[@Cereal_Killer007]

You didnt like Signs, Unbreakable, The Village, or Devil?

[@kostuek]

@@Cereal_Killer007 No.

[@olisk-jy9rz]

@@Cereal_Killer007 Ok, he made like, 4 or 5 decent movies. But his last one of those was more than 15 years ago. It's over.

[@alexkollammap]

@@olisk-jy9rz 4,5 decent movies? Don't you think some of them count as more than just decent? Anyway he has cleverly stuck to that monetary niche of 20-30 mil. budget and 70-80 mil. box office numbers, which is why he still survives, and going to survive for longer than you expect.

[@Cereal_Killer007]

@@olisk-jy9rz Probably over, ill agree with that and im sure he knows that too...But its not over for his daughter apparently.

[@NrMl1402]

I wanted to see the movie only because of Josh hartnett and I am glad that he doesnt disappoint

[@thetotaldramaking5427]

Couldn’t agree more, it is like watching an advert

[@jameswhittingham8027]

"...Nowhere near as clever as it thinks it is..." might turn out to be M Knight's epitaph.

[@Brian_Boru]

Hartnett is the only reason to see this. It certainly isn't the hack Shyamalan and his dopey daughter.

[@motherplayer]

Night really is talented and dangling the bait that will at least assure a curiosity ticket buy which is all that matters once the money is in hand, but always a toss up in being able to make the movie itself feel satisfying.

[@Siile_]

How? His acting in this is one of the worst aspects of the movie, absolute garbage

[@Hunteriscoming]

@@Brian_Boru hee hee hee that was the trap.

[@CygnusX-11]

The real trap in this movie is Shyamalan making us watch a 1 hour long concert of his daughter.

[@martymcnasty6306]

One of the things that stuck out for me was the daughter. At no point does just go along with her dads crazy bullshit. Whenever he suggests something for his escape, she only too quick to call him out for acting weird. Like the whole "Hey, I wonder wants down that hole? Maybe we should jump down there, and see whats up?" answered with "Why are you being weird?". Shes the smartest one in the movie, and her acting as a typical teenager engrossed in celebrity worship was pretty good. A stark contrast, to the nepo baby performance of the wanna be pop star that is M. Nights daughter. And in there is the actual Trap. Its not cooper thats Trapped, its us, the audience. Trapped in a movie and forced to watch his daughter perform, because she just cant take no for an answer that the 100k minutes her songs got on streaming wasnt enough of a hint that nobody cares. And to be honest, Ive always had a bee in my bonnet for people who shave their eyebrows off and then draw them back on with a thick biro.

[@vermithrx1744]

The real horror would be going to that concert in the first place. I would have turned myself in.

[@benjamminonabudget85]

Some may not like it, but I've always thought Signs was a great movie, and still holds up quite well.

[@HowToChangeName]

M Night Shyamalan movie is like rolling DnD dice.

[@cinemint]

"Wasted potential" - you basically just summed up all of Shyamalan's latest films

[@DevilDaddyGaming2024]

All of Shyamalan Movies are poo 💩

[@Tom-je4iq]

@@DevilDaddyGaming2024A demented comment like that makes me wonder what shitty movies you actually enjoy lol

[@brokenpixels263]

It felt more like a concert than a movie.

[@duden2217]

I can never not think about Marky Mark in the Happening when I think about Shyamalan movies. That clip is truly an all-timer.

[@cavallopazzo3227]

I personally think this is one of the best film you can find in this period, doesn't waste a second, the plot is never seen before, and man your critic is pointless you just say it doesn't make sense... Well you missed the point completely, he is just having fun, he kills for fun, he is there for fun, he likes to fuck around and loves to find out. And omg its a film!!! No plot holes... Just a dude that apparently can change clothes really fast, a dude that has everything, that is better than 90% of the population, and that's the reason he is trustworthy.

[@avdarth]

I don't understand why people still consider his movies "wasted potential". He has no potential. He is a one hit wonder who lucked out with his first movie, which to be fair had plot holes as big as asteroids impacts but still people overlooked it because of the great plot twist. Other than that he is an abysmal writer and director which he has proved time and again with classics like "The Last Airbender" and "Old" to name a few.

[@sonia_kl99]

True, without Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense would have just come and gone

[@bt636]

Wrong on multiple points. There are tons of directors who would kill to have a single movie as socially memorable as the sixth sense. If you didn't live through it you will never understand how much impact it had. And somehow he managed to follow it up with a second even better movie. That's two mythic level movies that will be remembered long after his death. That accomplishment alone is more than most ever achieve. Anything after that is just icing on the cake.

[@Anw4rr10r]

​@@bt636well said

[@JayFulcanelli--111]

@@bt636 No Oscars but two Razzie's for Worst Director.. quite a Legacy indeed

[@darrenstopper1806]

Liked his first 2 films and split was good.And seeing Bruce Willis show up at the end of split got me excited for what came next even if it did just seem tacked on.Regardless, for the first time I was excited to see his next film and was n majorly disappointed.Glass was awful except for some of mcavoys parts.And Bruce Willis “hero” death was abysmal.For the rest of his films tho they r utter garbage.Had lesser known directors released some of those films no way would the majority of them get a cinematic release

[@SteveLazo-si5pl]

Someone else mentioned this, but an interesting idea could have been the killer's victims found the kid (now grown up) from the sixth sense and he helps the cops find killers

[@jdheelfan]

WIFE "I think my husband is a serial killer" Police "OK ma'am we will set up a multi million dollar sting operation involving a pop star concert and your daughter and thousands of innocent victims at the local NBA Arena or we could just come over to your house and question him"

[@Amdlo]

Except that the police didn't know who he is nor where he lives nor who is his wife. So your comment doesn't make sense.

[@karlkanel7403]

@@Amdlo Also why the movie doesnt make sense... he couldve just walked out at the end of the concert with daughter... 3000 suspects! :facepalm:

[@Amdlo]

@@karlkanel7403 Well it was risky. They knew his profile and that he has a tattoo of an animal on his hand. He was afraid that they would figure out that it's him. But the film still lacks logic in many other places.

[@stevenborg102]

Josh Hartnett was frickin brilliant thought to be fair. Really really well cast in this role.

[@shockwave1360]

Josh did a good job in his role. But sweet Jesus I feel like I was having an aneurysm watching the second half of the movie. Rolling my eyes every few minutes at how “lucky” the people were in this film.

[@mvicksdog]

Movie was a commercial for his daughter. Was a whole concert, in its entirety. This movie was Lifetime drama level schlock when it bothered to have plot. His daughter (M Night’s) wasn’t a bad actress, so there’s that.

[@Zeetana1]

Huh? She was a TERRIBLE actress!

[@spinlok3943]

I adore Signs and think The Village is quite underrated. Lady in the Water has some strong moments and concepts that don’t quite come together. I guess Shyamalan is more 50/50 these days. Enjoyed The Visit and Split. Glass I think was mostly good either way and unsatisfactory third act. Everything else has been bad or forgettable.

[@hayleylongster4698]

Totally with you Signs and The Village are actually 2 of my favourite films. I realise this makes me somewhat... unusual 😂 I will also never forget seeing Sixth Sense at the cinema and me and my friend having 'the realisation' at the exact same moment. But yes ever since it's been very meh. I like Unbreakable all the spin offs, but don't think they're the standouts everyone else seems to (glorified comic book movies, basically). But yes he has made some utter stinkers since! It's like he has these concepts in his head that he can't realise without a 'twist', and even when he tries a twist half the time it goes horribly wrong 😂

[@slendersera]

I like Signs, too. It scared me when I was a kid.

[@ChaoticYak1]

I liked Signs and Unbreakable is my favorite of his movies, but I haven't seen any of his later stuff.

[@bazat91]

I loved Old, even though the dialogue was atrocious

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

I don't like _most_ of his movies, including "Signs", "The village", & " The 6th sense". However, he made one movie that I _do_ like. "Devil" (his elevator movie). I'll add that that's just my opinion, so I won't get my (banned word) in a wad if anybody disagrees with me.

[@anubusx]

They should've made it that his daughter knew Cooper was The Butcher and he was training her.

[@hayleylongster4698]

Cool idea! The twist could have been that the ploy to get her backstage was planned between them. They go backstage and kill Raven together!

[@anubusx]

@@hayleylongster4698 It would've been better than what we got.

[@Jack_Hoffe]

The trailer should have edited in a way that Josh Hartnett is the one concerned citizen who is trying to find the "Butcher" so that he can save her daughter from harm's way. Otherwise there should've only been a teaser without revealing much about the plot.

[@johnysharki5694]

The movie was very unpredictable-y predictable because i was expecting some sort of huge plot twist because of the movie's name "trap" which made me think that the movie would deceive the audience in some way, for example by leading us to believe that the protagonist is the one that the police are looking for only to find out at the end that they were looking for soemone else all along and the protagonist set his own "trap" by trying to escape. Instead, they gave us a very ineffective and foreseeable ending.