Shyamalan isnt in the business of giving away his twists unless theres another twist around the corner.
Sure enough, the movies third act is full of unexpected turns.
But the logic of that last part doesnt hold up to much scrutiny.
This receipt led the police to set up the trap.
Trapgrossed $82.7 million against a $30 million budget.
And even after putting a concert full of children at risk and pulling almost every cop and S.W.A.T.
officer in the city away from their regular duties, this plan still failed.
The only reason Rachel did it this way was to facilitate the premise.
When she began to suspect that her own husband was the Butcher, she didnt want to believe it.
Trap is a film by writer-director M. Night Shyamalan under his Blinding Edge Pictures label. The film is part of a deal struck with Warner Bros for him to direct and produce several films under their banner.
When she began to suspect that her own husband was the Butcher, she didnt want to believe it.
Butshe left behind a subtler trail of breadcrumbs because she was holding out hope that Cooper was innocent.
Still, shed seen way too much evidence of Coopers killing spree for that excuse to hold any water.
But of course, that wasnt the case.
Maybe torturing and killing people like poor Spencer was their twisted way of expressing love.