'Jaal' the trap is a story about a man trapped in a conspiracy struggling to prove his innocence. Here we see Sunny Deol back in action in his usual form.

Major Kaul (Amrish Puri) lives with his wife (Farida Jalal), son (Sunny Deol) and daughter in Shimla. The major is send on an assignment to New Zealand as security in charge of Anita, the daughter of home minister Bhagwat Choudhary, who is staying there under threats to her life from Kashmiri terrorists. The movie begins with the major and the army men saving Anita from an kidnapping attempt by the terrorists.

Ajay (Sunny Deol) who has completed his commando training, is also an aspiring singer. He falls in love with Neha ( Tabu) a widow, who is a teacher, much to the disapproval of her father-in- law ( Anupam Kher). Ajay's father who is on a visit to India for his daughters wedding wants Ajay to join him. But Ajay who's deeply in love with Neha doesn't want to leave her. Even as both the families agree to the alliance Neha gets kidnapped by the same terrorists who made an attempt on Anita.

Their leader (Mukesh Rishi) informs Ajay that they'll let her free in return for Anita. Love struck, Ajay agrees to their ploy and sets off to New Zealand. He joins his father and waits for his chance. Meanwhile Anita falls for him and when her minister father comes to New Zealand with a prospective groom for her Ajay get his chance. Anita herself request Ajay to take her away to India to avoid the alliance. Ajay takes her to India and hands her over to the militants. But does the militants keep their word...no and Ajay ends up beaten and thrown down a river sans his love.. Moreover they threaten to kill Anita if their demand for the release of their leader from the government's custody is not met. whew.. that is about it.. and of course our hero not one to take any failure tries to save the day now with his family, Anita and also the entire government and the country against him...

Well the film has got the essential ingredients to please the masses especially Sunny's fans. Though slow paced, the first half has action and romance and the second half picks up and has action packed sequences like the boat race, train chase etc. Cinematography is excellent with beautiful locales of snow capped peaks in New Zealand and Shimla. Music is just okay. Tinnu Verma's action sequences are noteworthy, especially the chase sequence at the beginning of the film and of course the train chase if one can overlook the logic.

Performances are okay. Sunny is his usual self, Tabu does her part well but she doesn't have much to do. Reema Sen is okay. Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Rishi and Farida Jalal give support

The film may click just for its action.