These are the exact stereotypes that Cassandra Nova rejects. She doesn’t obsess over a man that she loved and lost, and she isn’t boiled down to a flat femme fatale. Instead, she shows strength and intelligence.
Though marketed as a romance drama, the film, based on Colleen Hoover’s New York Times Best Seller, attempts to intertwine a blossoming romance with that of a domestic abuse survival story, in turn painting a potentially misleading and harmful narrative on the realities of breaking the cycle of abuse.
Tate McRae, a viral pop sensation once again finds herself on the musical hot seat. This time, however, it doesn’t appear as if she can withstand the heat.
The fleeting stardom of TikTok virailty may have once capsized Doechii’s creative genius; however, her groundbreaking debut proves her to be an authentic, unsinkable force in the increasingly manufactured hip-hop zeitgeist.
While nothing groundbreaking, Trap is a decent film with solid acting and intense sequences, despite a tendency to get trapped in its own convoluted plot.
Rarely do we see morally complex female characters capable of vulnerability, independence, and success. Instead, we are force-fed one-note model female characters written by men.
So while the beginning of a Holy War, hallucinogenic spice harvests, and the religious fervor of an indigenous society may blast the theaters with a breath of fresh air, this powerful sandstorm is just the continuation of a trilogy that will sweep audience members away.
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