Rachel plays a pivotal part inTrap ’s big winding , and while I liked what M. Night Shyamalan revealed , I really thought that a different winding was coming instead . Guessing what the openhanded twist of anyM. Night Shyamalan movieis half the sport of any first viewing of them . And whenTrap ’s marketing " bollix up " the reveal that Cooper was the Butcher killer , it was cleared that the film director had other surprise in store . Trap ’s endingultimately gave the fun twist thatCooper ’s married woman , Rachel , was the one who implant evidence that he ’d be at the Lady Raven concert .

take a crap Alison Pill ’s character a pivotal part in howTrapends was an intelligent move by M. Night Shyamalan , giving the character a much liberal role than she otherwise had . That is why I mistrust she would be part of whatever big wrench he had planned . Rachel ’s role antecedently was too small to justify Pill ’s part inTrap ’s cast , soit worked well for the movie to make Cooper ’s wife his enemyfor the final sequence . I bought into the direction thatTrapwent , but a large part of me thought Shyamalan was setting up a unlike Rachel twist .

I Thought Rachel Was Going To Be Involved In Cooper’s Killing In Trap

She Could’ve Been A Killer Too

Right beforeTraprevealedRachel knew Cooper was the Butcherand her part in his capture , I was convince that M. Night Shyamalan was go to reveal that she was also involved in the killings . The movie linger on her in the kitchen at dark in a somewhat ominous way before unveil to her and audience that Cooper was sitting at the kitchen table . She is surprised to see him and the fundamental interaction shifts to her explicate the role she play in the FBI discovering that he was the Butcher and how she found it out .

Alison Pill previously wreak a villain in Them

But , I expected that Shyamalan ’s big twist would be that Rachel was also part of Cooper ’s killings , not that she was the one responsible for him getting outed . I remember there would be an added layer to her previous scenes where she was faking being scared of Cooper because Lady Raven and the kids were around . Rachel is not nearly as frightened of Cooper as others are when his Butcher identicalness is revealed , and while that ’s show to be because she already figure it out , it seemed plausible that Rachel could have been a partner in these crimes .

Cooper and Rachel and Riley in Trap

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Rachel Also Being The Butcher Killer Would’ve Been A Fun Twist For Trap

It’s Better For Audiences

Rachel being the Butcher killer along with Cooper would have been the type of twist that could have fill more audiences . The heavy twist being that she was the reason Cooper got caught is not among the expectant twists that M. Night Shyamalan has ever pulled off , makingTrap ’s end unsatisfying . There is potential for more fun with the reveal that Rachel was also a serial killer and a part of the Butcher cause of death ’s indistinguishability . It immediatelychanges how we look at Rachel and Cooper ’s relationshipand make viewers recontextualize the interactions they had before .

Furthermore , Rachel crop with Cooper to be the Butcher is a twist that would be specifically groovy for audience . Cooper would already know about her truthful role and cognition about the Butcher . This would leave Shyamalan to make the distinguished reveal that Rachel was the killer a prospect to bring viewing audience fully up to rush with a valuable piece of data that was previously a secret . It ’s a type of reveal that could leave audiences in shockas Cooper and Rachel drop any facades and completely accept their partner for who they really are .

Rachel Being A Killer Could’ve Made Trap’s Ending Even Better

The Same Ending Story Still Works

It might seem as thoughTraprevealing that Rachel was also the Butcher would have brought about a completely different ending , but most of the main story could ’ve still work and been improved . M. Night Shyamalan ’s motion-picture show spends its concluding routine as Rachel overreach Cooper and drugs him before the FBI come back to get him . They are a husband and wife at betting odds , with Rachel specifically put in a spatial relation where she want her serial killer hubby arrested and taken aside from the family . This lead to the FBI ’s replication , Cooper ’s arrest , and the tease he ’ll break free .

This could have worked in a earth where Rachel and Cooper were working together instead . Trap ’s ending could have show the couple put together a complicated architectural plan for Cooper ’s arrestso that the FBI would not pick up Rachel ’s participation as the Butcher . They could have plan for him to get catch , slip the rundle from the bicycle , and use it to unlock his handcuffs . This would erase any mistrust of Rachel or the kids and give up them to aid Cooper run away from the FBI , still leaving way for aTrapsequel in the future .

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Allison Pill as Rachel and Josh Hartnett as Cooper standing with their kids in Trap

Josh Hartnett Looking Creepy in Trap

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