Director: M. Night Shyamalan
A father-daughter outing at a pop concert turns into something else entirely once the audience realizes the entire venue has been quietly locked down. Trap builds its tension from that single premise and rarely lets go.
What is Trap about?
Cooper takes his teenage daughter Riley to see her favorite pop star perform live, and the two settle into a night that starts out ordinary: merchandise stands, crowd noise, the excitement of a first big concert. Cooper begins noticing an unusual number of security staff and police stationed around exits, far more than a normal show would need. As he pieces together why, he realizes the concert has been set up as an elaborate operation to identify and capture a killer the press has nicknamed the Butcher, and that law enforcement believes their target is somewhere inside the building tonight. The rest of the film follows Cooper trying to protect his own secrets while staying close enough to his daughter to keep her night from falling apart, navigating security checkpoints, backstage encounters, and a pop star with her own role to play in how the evening ends. The setting rarely leaves the venue, which keeps the pressure concentrated on a handful of characters over the course of a single show.
Cast & crew
Josh Hartnett leads as Cooper, with Ariel Donoghue playing his daughter Riley and singer-actress Saleka appearing as the concert's headlining performer. Alison Pill, Hayley Mills, and Jonathan Langdon fill out supporting roles inside the venue's security and staff.
Context & significance
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Trap arrived in 2024 as a crime thriller built entirely around one enclosed setting and one ticking-clock premise. The concert-venue structure lets the film stage its cat-and-mouse plotting through crowds, backstage corridors, and security sweeps rather than open chases, a choice consistent with the director's preference for tightly contained thrillers over sprawling ones.
Where & how to watch
Trap is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Farsi subtitles, giving viewers the option to watch in either language. This page can be read without any account; watching the film itself just needs a free K-Time login, after which it joins a catalog built for Farsi-speaking audiences in the diaspora.