Steel Trap Movie
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Surviving Each Floor Is The Name Of The Game.
As an extravagant party unfolds on the top floor of an abandoned towering skyscraper, five different guests receive a mysterious text message inviting them to join an exclusive VIP party being held on the 27th floor of the same building. Once there, the five adventurous party-goers and two partycrashers discover the same odd imagean empty room...
| Mark Wilson | Wade |
| Pascal Langdale | Robert |
| Adam Rayner | Adam |
| Frank Maier | Executioner |
5.10 out of 10 (202 votes)
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A bad horror movie
posted on 29 Jun 2009I think that a filmmaker who decides to make a slasher flick has two choices : having a lot of faith on the screenplay and to trust that he found a new perspective for making that formula interesting or making a completely mercenary film which is full of clichés for finally making a cheap movie.The crappy film Steel Trap belongs to the second style.The slasher films became popular thanks to Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th and,since of that,we have seen hundred of movies with similar structures,characters and story.The details change,so every slasher movie tries to be different by using a curious location or a new mask,just to mention two examples.I do not pretend to find a lot of originality on slasher films but what I pretend to find is even the minimum effort for giving the known formula a special element,making it interesting and entertaining.Steel Trap could have chosen that difficult point but,instead of risking,director and co-screenwriter Luis Cámara and co-screenwriter Gabrielle Galanter wasted that opportunity so Steel Trap is a tedious experience with an extremely weak screenplay,repulsive characters,a boring and generic killer without any personality and a forced and arbitrary ending.I usually do not like to criticize an independent film from my favourite genre but,even on some incompetent works (like Return to Sleepaway Camp),I appreciate some energy and enthusiasm which on some way compensate some fails of the movie.But Steel Trap does not even have that.Plus,to add more negative things,Cámara's direction is completely insipid.In other words,it seems nobody involved on this movie was really interested on it.The characters are so repulsive that I was glad when the killer started to kill them.Steel Trap is a very crappy film.This is one of that movies in which I feel I really lost the time with it and that's the worst sin a movie can make.If you wanna see a very good modern slasher flick,I recommend you the Norwegian movie Fritt Vilt.Skip Steel Trap,a very bad horror film.
It's different, while somehow being the same
posted on 15 Jun 2009A bunch of "beautiful people" at a New Year's Eve party at the top of an abandoned office building receive mysterious text messages on their cell phones to meet at some party on another floor. Upon arriving, they find what looks like a child's birthday party set-up, complete with plenty of colorful balloons and insulting place cards. What happens then is they embark on a journey/adventure/nightmare of someone else's doing, because they've all be chosen to be there for some reason unknown to them. And one by one, they meet with death. Of course. Absolutely none of these people are likable either, so you won't care much when they meet their fate.What's kind of cool about this is the abandoned office building, with random festive locations with PLENTY of colorful balloons, which makes it even creepier. As one of the participants mentions, "this guy sure likes to decorate". And there IS some guy there, stalking and killing our party goers, wearing a black mask & one black glove and one that's made of something else, who knows, but they're different.What's kind of not cool about this is that the acting is terrible, the lines and the script are fairly terrible, and the ending...well, let's just say it'll leave you gaping in disbelief. It's kind of as if someone got stuck on how to end it and came up with this idea as a last resort. It is a sort of "revenge is sweet" ending though.Steel Trap is a passable time-waster, but nothing more, and nothing you haven't seen before, really, especially if you've seen "Saw" and it's ilk. 5 out of 10.
A quite bad attempt at thriller/horror
posted on 10 Apr 2009I can watch almost all kinds of movies without any greater problems, but one of my pet peeves have always been poorly made horror movies. Some directors seem to think that this is the easiest genre out there, and that anyone can make a horror movie, but nothing could be further from the truth.Steel Trap is yet another really poor attempt at making a buck of other peoples original ideas. At first, I thought this would be something of a Saw type of movie, but it is more like a straight forward slasher. Nothing new here.The script and acting is OK at times, but those times are rare and really overshadowed by the sometimes down-right retarded decisions made by the characters. It's really not that difficult to attract say the police or fire department to a skyscraper in the middle of a large city.If you're bored out of your skull, I suppose this movie is better than staring at the wall or re-arranging your sock drawer, but if you've got anything, and I do mean ANYTHING, better to do, I suggest you do that instead of watching Steel Trap.
Ugly People
posted on 29 Dec 2008I agree with much of the previous stuff...bad writing, dialog, etc., but what I really found most shocking was how ugly the cast was. I mean...in a horror? Don't you really want to see pretty people being killed, maimed, raped, tortured, etc.... Here, it looks like they went around to all the plastic surgeons' offices in town and took all the "befores" and threw them in the movie. Old ones at that. Everyone appeared to be at least in their 30s.***** Spoiler -- sort of ***** That "prettiest girl in the room" line just killed me!!! I think it wasn't as much an exclusive party as where the rest of the town hid out all the ugly people.
half hearted remix of classics
posted on 14 Sep 2008I watched this not knowing anything about it. I hadn't heard about it and thought it might be interesting. The first few minutes were somewhat painful. Wooden acting, uninspired camera ... It wasn't exactly exciting. But then : I like Cube, and that had similar problems. Then the actual story started, and from then on it went downward. It looks like someone wanted to take advantage of the success of slasher/thriller movies like SAW and Battle Royale but just couldn't think of an original idea, so mixed thriller classics, and added some blood. If you know any of the "10 little n*ggers"-based movies (sorry ... That's the name of the original Agatha Christie book, and somehow she didn't care about being politically correct), you'll figure out what the ~punch line~ of Steel Trap is. This really just a remake of the original story, but sadly it is a very boring one. The characters are all very annoying and the story lacks any kind of suspense. The inevitable come back of the "oh so dead" killer at the end, the frame job ... It's all so predictable it's not even amusing anymore. I give it 4 out of 10 for a few nice lines and the fact that some of the girls actually look kind of nice.
So unlikeable, its hard to even root for them to die...
posted on 08 Jul 2008Duped! Yeah, totally duped... You know Dimension Extreme has given us all some really great stuff, but they have also given us some really, really, REALLY bad stuff - Steep Trap falls into the latter. Now coming from someone who is very much into the horror genre and can usually find some shining moments in the worst of the worst gore or scare flicks, I really can't think of one nice thing to say about this one except for - It was so bad I laughed a few times... But not in the way a Troma movie is so bad it made you laugh. No, no, no, Steel Trap was just really bad. At a upscale New Years party on the top of an abandoned high rise, several extremely annoying individuals are invited down a few floors to where the "real party is at". The unlikable ensemble quickly find out that this is no party at all as one by one they all begin to suffer very uninventive and forgettable ends to their miserable lives. They all must play the killer's game till the end or suffer an ill fate at the hands of a truly laughable silver masked maniac. Horror fans, do yourself a favor and skip out on this one. There are no inventive deaths, no well built suspense, no likable characters, atrocious acting - good and evil, and worst of all the dialouge is so forced it will embarrass you to no end.
Well crafted thriller.
posted on 27 May 2008Seven people trapped in an high rise office building, are picked off one by one by a mysterious masked maniac who invited them to party via text message. When the group arrives at this so called "party" they each receive a set of instructions to be followed for what they assume to be some kind of treasure hunt with a special prize at the end, not so, as each clue leads each & everyone of them to their own gruesome deaths. Can they escape the building or will they die at the hands of this mean spirited prowler? STEEL TRAP shares many similarities to the SAW series, however while this usually means that we'll get treated to some over the top gore scenes & very little else, STEEL TRAP has the upper hand on most by concentrating on the suspense & chills rather than the usual gore fest this could so easily have been. The film boasts good acting & directing & has several neat death scenes up it's sleeves. The suspense was well handled & the film makes for a fairly interesting viewing with a neat twist ending, I didn't see coming. Although demanding horror fans & gore hounds will probably want to give this a pass, as for the non demanding horror/thriller crowd, it makes for a fun time. Definitely recommended.*** stars
Wasn't that bad, but could have used some improvement.
posted on 09 Feb 2008I had been curious about "Steel Trap" for a long time. Because with a name like "Steel Trap", you would think it would either be a bad "Saw" knock-off, or a good "Saw" knock-off if that. So when I went to watch it for the first 10 minutes I began to get a little discouraged. Like I don't particularly like it in horror films(with some exceptions) where for the first 10-15 minutes they immediately introduce the main characters and try WAY to hard for them to automatically be likable. In "Steel Trap" for the first few minutes it unfortunately is that way. So I sat there expecting it to be a very slow movie. However as it gets more into the story it becomes more entertaining, or at least enough to keep you watching. When it went off I must say that I was satisfied, and that it over passed my original judgment from the first 15 minutes. However the main problem with "Steel Trap" is it's dullness, and even if you did like it, you have to admit it was a bit dull overall. Like the writing is just a little rushed, and it tries WAY to hard to make it seem original, likable, and good. Unfortunately the pacing, and timing is wrong. Also the story had it's good share of flaws, and it was filled with predictability at times. Plus even if the plot holes were to be fixed, you know they would fix the logical things with cliché'ed stuff. The acting is nothing to brag about either, but it was passable. My last argument is that the writer and/or writers just made almost everyone of the characters faceless, and bipolar. Like the couple for instance one minute they fine, next minute they were boastful, and arrogant, in situations that didn't call for it. However I must admit the resolution to "Steel Trap" while it's very simple, is still very good, and very sinister, and for me pretty much made up almost any problem I had with it, to where it is no big deal. Overall even though I might have expected a little too much from "Steel Trap" it nevertheless is pretty mediocre, so would I truly recommend it? No. Would I say it's worth a shot at watching? Yeah, why not?
Steel Trap
posted on 25 Nov 2007A New Years Party on the top of a plush abandoned building. A group of spoiled success types(..rock singer, newspaper columnist, television exec, celebrity cook, entertainment lawyer, high-maintenance slut)find themselves trapped in the isolated wings of the abandoned building after following a riddle to a properly prepared party by a psycho. The psycho haunts the rooms, hidden behind his prey who wander aimlessly trying to survive as he captures them one by one when certain individuals make the mistake of getting separated. Booby traps await equipped with riddles. A list containing the names of the group given an invite are labeled with specific titles(Kathy-loser, Nicole-heartless, Adam-pig, etc)and when each victim is dispatched a red X is marked through them. The killer's weapon of choice is a hook. But, other methods of execution include used an ax splitting the forehead, end of a knife stabbing a hole in the neck, a sliced throat, heart removed from a chest with it beating in the killer's hand(..not elaborated in grisly detail, the director uses sounds, only displaying the beating heart), the back of a victim's head crushed repeatedly into the floor during a scuffle, and a vicious attack with a meat tenderizer. The gore-murders lack bite and slasher fans who watch this genre passionately will find them merely adequte. This is a rather tedious slasher with a lot of the film showing this group trying to find an exit while bickering with each other. The characters like to insult each other constantly, fighting often over superficial stuff..their antics are at times playful, other instances nasty. Regardless, the killer couldn't plunge the hook into their gullets fast enough for me..but, alas, we spend a great deal of time longer with these sleazy egomaniacs which is unfortunate. There's of course a twist(..does the killer have a partner in crime?), but "Steel Trap" is little more than a tired Saw retread set in a building that lacks atmosphere, no matter how often the lights blink on and off. The killer should be creepy, but he's merely a walking kill-device whose motives for committing these acts is embarrassingly uninspired. Some slasher fans might get a kick out of who's *really* behind this mind trap, as the film closes with a warped comic tone mimicking cooking shows. The riddles used in the film are corny instead of witty, leading the characters in a maze of doors and rooms with the killer knowing exactly where to strike almost at all times.
crap may spoil I guess if such a crappy movie can be spoiled
posted on 02 Aug 2009crap...my fiancé fell asleep.... bad acting, predictable, nothing to waste your time on. REALLY don't waste your time or $$$.Even the gore scenes aren't that gory. The main character is a wannabe Rachel Ray I guess and the end result just disgusts at the small attempt at a twist ending.LAME LAME LAME. This movie didn't even satisfy my B horror movie cravings and I can deal with even cheese with gore but they were actually serious when attempting to create a "HORROR" movie. The cover art doesn't even have ANYthig to do with the movie. NOthing to do with the movie and technically there is NO steel trap so inaccurate title also. TOO bad it may have had potential.