Trap House (film)

A team of agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids a tunnel used to funnel drugs. The team, led by Agents Seale and Washburn, comes under heavy fire, and an agent is killed.

Seale's son, Cody, belongs to a friend group of high school students who are children of DEA agents. The group includes Jesse, the child of the agent who died. The death leaves Jesse's family in difficult financial circumstances, compelling them to move. Cody is upset that the DEA does not offer better financial help for Jesse's family.

In Mexico, criminal boss Benito Cabrera is angry about the raid on the tunnel. He suspects a rat and orders the killing of one of his men. Cabrera's sister, Natalia, goes to El Paso to manage operations there.

Cody and his friends get the idea to start robbing trap houses because they want the money for Jesse. Using their parents' intel and equipment, including night vision goggles, they pull off the heist but steal less than five hundred dollars. They decide to do it again, robbing a van, stealing much more money, and further upsetting Cabrera. Deni ends up in the hospital with a delayed onset concussion. Cody wants to keep going by robbing another truck, but his friends are hesitant; only Kyle agrees to continue. They manage to steal the truck, which is filled with drugs, but Seale recognizes his son.

Cody's girlfriend, Teresa, comes over to the house with her mom, who is revealed as Natalie. Teresa figures out that Cody stole the truck. Natalie has Deni kidnapped from the hospital. Cody must return the drugs to secure her return. Seales track's Cody's phone; he and other DEA agents kill Benito and Natalie. Seales make it look like Cody was kidnapped along with Deni.

• Dave Bautista as Ray Seale
• Jack Champion as Cody Seale
• Sophia Lillis as Deni Matthews-Albright
• Kate del Castillo as Natalia Cabrera
• Tony Dalton as Benito Cabrera
• Whitney Peak as Yvonne Reynolds
• Bobby Cannavale as Andre Washburn
• Inde Navarrette as Teresa Flores
• Blu del Barrio as Jesse Padilla
• Zaire Adams as Kyle Morales-Alvarez

In April 2024, it was revealed that an action thriller film directed by Michael Dowse and written by Gary Scott Thompson and Tom O'Connor was in development, with Dave Bautista set to star and Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis, Kate del Castillo, Whitney Peak, Tony Dalton, and Bobby Cannavale rounding out the main cast. Inde Navarrette, Zaire Adams and Blu del Barrio also joined the cast. The film was financed and executive produced by Capstone Studios, Signature Entertainment, Creativity Media, and Ashland Hill Media Finance.^[3][4]

In May 2025, Aura Entertainment acquired Trap House as its maiden release, scheduling it for a wide theatrical release in the United States on November 14, 2025.^[6]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 52% approval rating based on 21 critics.^[7] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film 2 1/2 out of four stars. Kenny found the development of some characters unconvincing, but he wrote that the "narrative moves along at a spanking pace, and the action is staged and shot at a pretty high level".^[8] In The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Scheck called the film's premise "absurd", though he praised Bautista's "big-lug charisma".^[9]