Trapped (2001 film) explained

Genre:Action drama
Director:Deran Sarafian
Music:Bill Brown
Country:United States
Language:English
Executive Producer:Wili Baronet
Producer:Anthony Santa Croce
Editor:Katina Zinner
Cinematography:Jon Joffin
Runtime:90 minutes
Network:USA Network

Trapped is a 2001 American action drama television film directed by Deran Sarafian, written by Michael Vickerman, and starring William McNamara, Parker Stevenson, Callum Keith Rennie, and Meat Loaf. It premiered on the USA Network on July 24, 2001.

Plot

A group of guests must escape a Las Vegas hotel that is on fire.

Cast

Reception

David Nusair from Reel Film Reviews gave Trapped only one star out of five, he stated: "Trapped doesn't really work, especially since we know exactly how these folks are going to get out of the burning building (c'mon, would it even be possible not to realize that Meat Loaf's ride is going to work its way back into the plot?) and the characters are straight out of a how-to-create-a-disaster-movie handbook. And for a flick with this many characters, remarkably few of them wind up charred corpses."[1] Jules Faber from DVD.net gave the film 7 out of 10 stars, concluding: "Trapped is perhaps one of this new breed of film with some decent performances and clever, well-executed special effects. While a far cry from Oscar-winning portrayals, this is nonetheless a surprisingly good production, regardless of the rather tacked on ‘arsonist’ subplot."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nusair. David. Mini Reviews (July 2002). Reel Film Reviews. 24 May 2017. 4 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170704124821/http://www.reelfilm.com/mini19.htm#trap. live.
  2. Web site: Faber. Jules. Trapped (2001). DVD.net. 24 May 2017. 19 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319194528/http://www.dvd.net.au/review.cgi?review_id=3243. live.