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Captivity (2007)

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Reviews Counted:71

Fresh:5

Rotten:66

Average Rating:2.7/10

Consensus: Lacking scares or psychological insight, Captivity is a distasteful entry in the 'torture porn' subgenre.

Rated: 18 [See Full Rating] for strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grisly images, language and some sexual material.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:22-06-2007

Synopsis: Top cover girl and fashion model, Jennifer Tree (ELISHA CUTHBERT) has it all - beauty, fame, money and power. Her face appears on covers of hundreds of magazines. At the top of her game, Jennifer... Top cover girl and fashion model, Jennifer Tree (ELISHA CUTHBERT) has it all - beauty, fame, money and power. Her face appears on covers of hundreds of magazines. At the top of her game, Jennifer is America's sweetheart. She is loved and adored and sought after. Everyone wants her. But someone out there has been watching and waiting. Someone wants her in the worst way. Out alone at a charity event in Soho, Jennifer is drugged and taken. Held captive in a cell, Jennifer is subjected to a series of terrifying, life-threatening tortures that could only be conceived by a twisted, sadistic mind. Inspired by the fact that over 850,000 are reported missing every year in the United States, many of whom are never seen again, CAPTIVITY follows the story of one woman who is abducted and tortured, held against her will in a place where days turn into weeks. Her will to escape and survive is challenged every moment by a maniac's desire to demoralize innocent victims and play out his sick game that has been played many times before Jennifer was taken. A combination of SAW and HOSTEL meets SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, CAPTIVITY is a psychological thriller/horror film that shows us the true terror of the crimes of abduction and confinement that are committed every day by serial killers and psychopaths at large. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Roland Joffe (THE KILLING FIELDS, THE MISSION), CAPTIVITY delves deeply into the minds of both captor and victim with a fresh and terrifying view of this epidemic horror. Being released this summer in theatres nation-wide, CAPTIVITY has been called one of the most controversial films of the year. It's a disturbing and raw, yet classy and thought provoking film which will leave you terrified, and looking over your shoulder as you leave the theatre wondering if you could be next. --© After Dark Films [More]

Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Laz Alonso, Daniel Gillies

Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Laz Alonso, Daniel Gillies, Michael Harney, Mark Damon

Director: Roland Joffé

Director: Roland Joffé
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen, Joseph Tura
Producer: Mark Damon
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Studio: After Dark Films

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A badly written, poorly directed and appallingly acted mess.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment 1 Comment
06/30/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Polished and atmospheric, but utterly vacuous.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
06/28/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Chillingly enjoyable.

Full Review Source: Sunday Mirror [UK] | comment 3 Comments
06/22/07
Mark Adams
Mark Adams
Sunday Mirror [UK]

Larry Cohen, an experienced horror hand, wrote this, and Joffé does his best to keep the tension boiling up to a ridiculous climax. Even so, everybody involved should be ashamed of this nasty farrago.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
06/22/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Veteran writer Larry Cohen has shown a knack for claustrophobic thrillers (Phone Booth), but this tawdry effort is almost entirely lacking in stealth and suspense.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
06/22/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

With only hunky Daniel Gillies on hand to offer help and essential hair products, the question is can her career survive such a lame script? In a word, no.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
06/22/07
Johnny Vaughan
Johnny Vaughan
Sun Online

It flunks because it’s one of the daftest, dullest films I’ve seen in an absolute age.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
06/22/07
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

Like Black Snake Moan, this is a film where poster campaign proves more provocative than content.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment 2 Comments
06/22/07
Total Film

Captivity is an abomination, and perhaps a new low in the torture-porn genre: a film I liked even less than Hostel.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment 2 Comments
06/22/07
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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The film itself is a very sorry and unthrilling piece of nastiness, peddling some pretty crass nonsense about what it imagines to be female psychology.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment 3 Comments
06/22/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Roland Joffé's feeble attempt to swing with the latest horror-flick fashion for gratuitous sensation is embarrassing

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
06/22/07
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]
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A film of two halves, while the first is original, bleak and psychologically disturbing, the second couldn't be more conventional if it tried. By the end, we're the ones feeling like we've been drugged and duped - into watching this nonsense.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/22/07
James Mottram
James Mottram
Channel 4 Film
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Joffe and his screenwriter Larry Cohen deserve a little credit for pointing up the psychological horrors where they can, but Captivity is still a grubby, exploitative film with an extremely guessable twist and universally dull performances.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment 4 Comments
06/22/07
Paul Arendt
Paul Arendt
BBC
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The film’s clunky point-of-view shift and obviously re-shot climax are likely to have you choking in disbelief.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 2 Comments
06/22/07
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out
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Torture junkies should remember it’s only four months to Saw IV -- so you can afford to avoid Captivity.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
06/22/07
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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Does exactly what it says on the tin, grabbing viewers unawares and keeping them in its thrall for an hour and a half of non-stop, heart-pounding exploitation kicks.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment 2 Comments
06/16/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Little White Lies

[Joffe] makes us almost willing to overlook the unspeakable sadism of the first half -- but no, it’s asking too much.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Without even calling into question the morals of a film which seems to exist only to depict the suffering of multiple women through hideous tortures, the film is still an empty mess, offering only a minor afterthought of an explanation to who is doing the

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
05/01/08
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Urban Cinefile

This rank-and-file entry in the new brutality (directed by an obviously disinterested Roland Joffé) is just a snooze.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
01/18/08
Joshua Rothkopf
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York

Inexplicável, como o director de A Missão pode ser também o responsável por este filme vazio, estúpido e repleto de momentos acidentalmente hilários em função de sua imbecilidade.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
01/02/08
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
 
 
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