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Steel Trap (2008) DVD Review
Steel Trap (2008) DVD Credits:
Steel Trap (2008) Directed by:
Luis Cámara
Steel Trap (2008) Written by:
Luis Cámara, Gabrielle Galanter
Steel Trap (2008) Cast:
Georgia Mackenzie, Mark Wilson, Pascal Langdale, Julia Ballard, Joanna Bobin, Annabelle Wallis, Adam Rayner
Steel Trap (2008) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
Steel Trap (2008) DVD Release Date:
14th July 2008
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Steel Trap (2008) Synopsis:

Seven strangers are invited to a special VIP area at a party, but very quickly what should be a selective party area for celebs turns out to be an elaborate trap.

Steel Trap (2008) DVD Review:

Steel Trap is a straight to DVD horror film from Dimension Extreme a branch of Dimension Pictures. The film begins as a New Year’s Eve party on the top floor of an abandoned building in downtown Los Angeles. The event is a star-studded affair full of people in the entertainment business.

However, things really seem to heat up for the party goers when an illustrious few get text messages inviting them to a VIP bash on the 27th floor. The five text recipients and a pair of party crashers who tag along move the party to their new digs.

Things get a little strange when they begin to realize that this new VIP area is actually some sort of twisted game concocted by an unseen masked assailant. The seven party goers are locked on the 27th floor with no way of contacting help or any of the other partygoers rocking in the new year several floors up.

Slowly but surely, the mayhem and confusion brought on by the killer’s games create the opportunity for him to pick off the VIPs one by one. Seven can play the game but only one can win. Those playing the game need to figure out how to escape, why they were chosen to play and who it is exactly going to such extreme measures to kill them.

Steel Trap is yet another of the seemingly endless extremely low budget horror films being thrust upon Hollywood. These films are a dime a dozen, they are cheap for the studios to buy, which creates a high profit margin because they also tend to sell fairly well. The problem with these low budget, independent horror films is that they are generally more worried about gore, shock value and that “unexpected” twist that is so obvious to everyone but apparently the acquisitions person at the studios, than about creating anything relatively new.

Steel Trap is one of these films. It is unoriginal and unimaginative. The writing is hokey and non-conversational, sounding more like a 1930s dime store detective novel than any kind of modern film. The dialog is surface level at best and never reveals anything new other than what the audience already knows. This does not really matter since the acting is well below what could be considered sub par. There is not a single performance worthwhile in this film instead it is more like a group of actors delivering a first read run through of the screenplay.

On the technical end, Steel Trap appears to have been filmed on a consumer grade Best Buy special, standard definition video camera. The footage is shaky and grainy, and does not hold up well for such a commercial release.

The DVD of Steel Trap includes the film, presented in widescreen format and a 5.1 stereo surround soundtrack. The DVD special features include a feature length audio commentary with director/co-writer Luis Camara, a behind the scenes featurette, The Making of Steel Trap, a photo stills gallery and a theatrical trailer.

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Steel Trap (2008) DVD review written by: Andrew Mattson

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