He is not insulting him to characterize Darren Aronofsky as a divisive director. Since his beginnings, the filmmaker has alternated the cinematographic monument (Requiem for a Dream), the towers of strength (The Wrestler, Black Swan) and the puffy (Noé, The Whale). And although he has his thematic obsessions, he has always taken care not to lock himself in a genre or a narrative subject. Nevertheless, Trapped – Caught Stealing is, no doubt, his most unexpected project.
The film is presented as A thriller tinged with comedy. And if there is one thing that Erofsky has never practiced in his cinema, it’s comedy. With his poster suggesting a Guy Ritchie and a large name cast (Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Matt Smith… The list is long), Trapped – Caught Stealing looked like a promise of a fun moment while wondering if the trap was not for Aronofsky himself. At the exit, it was finally easy for us to find 3 good reasons to advise you to make you a canvas!
What story for trapped – Caught Stealing?
Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) is A former young baseball prodigypromised to a brilliant future in sport. But an accident cost him his dreams. Today he earns money by working in a bar and Druns in alcohol. Only his girlfriend Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz) and the possibility of seeing her favorite team playing for the title give him a little hope.
Everything changes the day when his neighbor, Russ (Matt Smith), has to go rushly and asks him to keep his cat for a few days. Quickly, Hank finds himself At the heart of a case with dangerous gangsters Without himself understanding how or why. If he wants to get out alive, he will have to mobilize all his resources.
A great cast!
We mentioned it above, but The cast is undoubtedly the strong point of Trapped – Caught Stealing. To the names already mentioned, we can add those of Vincent D’Onofrio et Liev Schreiber in Hebrew brothers assassins or Bad Bunny In gangster very much loving his gun. However, stars only make a film if they are well used and it must be recognized that all these little people sail in this story to perfection. Until the smallest role (cuckoo Carol Kane), everyone gets a moment to shine and bring out the best of his character.
You can easily feel the pleasure taken by these talents, especially when you have to go for stereotype. Matt Smith and his supported English accent, from Onofrio and Schreiber in believing killers … Everyone makes tons, but with sufficient accuracy to be taken seriously. And there are Butler and Kravitz. It only takes two scenes for Erofsky to make us feel a real alchemy of couple, a sensualitythat our male headliner has only known too much (sorry Jodie Comer) in her career. The latter also has the opportunity to show us The entire emotional spectrum of which he is capable, confirming his status as a Hollywood rising star.
A scenario that treats humor like drama
We have quoted a lot Aronofsky, but it is a team job and we must greet the other craftsman of the film, The screenwriter and writer Charlie Hustonwho adapts his own novel here. He signs a scenario that finds the right balance between a fairly black humor and the pure thriller codes. A single sequence can go from one genre to another, starting in a light tone before ending in real drama.
And if, overall, we can easily guess events, it must be recognized that the feature film operates Some particularly brutal narrative choices. Under the pen of Huston and with the sense of staging of Aronofsky, Trapped – Caught Stealing never lacks rhythm And we finish two hours of film with a little desire for Rab.
Assumed and assured entertainment
Trapped – Caught Stealing will undoubtedly surprise the fans of the director who will find here a feature film that does not resemble what he had accustomed us, and with much less impact. An object that could be described as a minor in his filmography, but of which this is perhaps the main quality: a less bulky style at the service of what remains pure entertainment. In other words, the feature film is undoubtedly his most unifying project. It is not a striking work, however it remains a good work that accomplishes what one might ask for it.
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It is likely that in a few years, even months, We zapped this film in the career of all the people involved. The filmmaker has often failed in his proposals by pushing the plug too far. This time, it may be a bit fair … or just what it takes. A lack of ambition that it is difficult to blame him for because The main thing, for us, is kept: that of giving us a good time in the cinema.
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