"The Trap" is an ominous title for an ominous movie. Using the American film noir as a template, this Serbian production injects quiet contemplation of moral dilemmas into the genre. It's like a deep and thoughtful version of "Double Indemnity."

In fact, it might be a little too thoughtful for its own good. The plot is admirably straightforward and uncomplicated, but the movie's languid pace makes it feel overlong, an 80-minute movie trapped in the body of a 106-minute movie. A tighter pace, with fewer scenes of the main character caught in indecision -- that kind of thing is almost never interesting outside of "Hamlet" -- would do wonders for it.

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Grade: B-

Not rated, probably R for some harsh profanity, brief violence

1 hr., 46 min.; Serbo-Croatian with subtitles