Dreams don't exist where minds don't expand. In the South Bronx, and many low poverty neighborhoods, it is hard for current residents to explore beyond what's right in front of them: drugs, violence, killings. So they get sucked into this life because it is all they know. Trapped follows Tre, a 26 year old Hispanic male, as he goes through life in the South Bronx. We see the kinds of choices he makes when things get tough which leads him to his ultimate ultimatum.