Trap

 

      M. Night Shyamalan's latest  thriller is a lot like most of his films, silly and yet clever at the same time with, of course, always including a signature twist.

      The premise is interesting if not entirely believable. A serial killer takes his daughter to a "Lady Raven" concert (A Taylor Swift type of performer) but the the police have been tipped off that the killer will be at the concert and surround the building. They only have a vague notion of what he might look like and intend to stop every adult male concert attendee on the way out.

       Obviously surrounded, the killer must find a way out without his teen daughter even realizing there is something wrong. A far fetched scenario filled with unintentionally funny dialogue, Mr. Shyamalan still manages to create a tension filled film helped by an excellent performance by Josh Harnett.

       The film co-stars Ariel Donoghue as Riley, Saleka Shyamalan as Lady Raven (Mr. Shyamalan's daughter who also wrote and performed her own music), Allison Pill as Rachel and Haley Mills as Dr. Josephine Grant. Seeing Haley Mills again in a film is a real treat.

       Don't expect a great thriller but it is silly fun.