Captivity

I saw that movie recently and I found it interesting and worth knowing. I know that there are many other better movies, but it's not the worst one, you have to allow for that this movie is one of the fewest Russian/American Production. And the actors play well so that make it much more realistic. As the movie had troubles earlier with his posters in Los Angeles and New York from the MPPA, thats why the movie will be shown a month later in the US. In despite of the worse criticism we should take it serious. I saw that movie recently and I found it interesting and worth knowing. I know that there are many other better movies, but it's not the worst one, you have to allow for that this movie is one of the fewest Russian/American Production. And the actors play well so that make it much more realistic. As the movie had troubles earlier with his posters in Los Angeles and New York from the MPPA, thats why the movie will be shown a month later in the US. In despite of the worse criticism we should take it serious. PEOPLE, THINK TWICE OF RATING THIS MOVIE IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT ! Some people rated this movie without knowlage.

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Trailer—Captivity

Captivity

Being in the public eye can be both a burden and a blessing. For Elisha Cuthbert's character in the movie, Jen, it turns out to be a burden- in the most severe sense of the word. She is held captive by a psycho who is obsessed with her work, and has meticulously planned how to torture her with her own worst fears. The movie is very edgy and has a gritty look to it. Some of the shots are, in my humble opinion, absolutely amazing. Director Roland Joffe' really has an eye for adding an ultimate creep factor through the intricacy of the set design and shrewd subtlety of the lighting. I got a couple of really good scares from this movie, and it definitely has a high gore factor. If you are into gore and suspense this movie is just what the doctor ordered. For me it was a good mix of the two. The movie was able to kept me on my toes the whole time! Go watch it if you dare!!!

I liked the movie for what it is, a movie to pass the time on a rainy afternoon. Unfortunately, the story is not that great. And with an avalanche of similar themed movies recently, this one really needed to shine to stick its head out above the rest. Don't expect too much of it. One known actress doesn't make a good movie, so don't blame one person for the script etc. Still worth seeing if you're invited by someone else to see it. The end of the movie could have been with a bit more suspense I thought.

I didn't really want to see this movie. I'm not much into the genre and frankly I was kind of angered by the billboards that got taken down. But there was not much else to go see if you're not a Harry Potter fan. I was pleasantly, rather, unpleasantly surprised. This is good thriller. I loved Elisha Cuthbert. I thought she did a great job. I was plenty scared and truly worried for her. There is some pretty hot stuff between her and Daniel Gilles. Gilles has a chance to be another Hollywood heartthrob. I believed in her character and cared about what happened to her. It's not at all what I expected from this movie. Though there are pretty gratuitous torture scenes most of the movie was internal and really tackled fear unlike I've seen in a movie before. It not anything like Hostel or Saw both of which I didn't care for. I'd recommend this for anyone who wants a good thrill and doesn't mind blood and gore.

You see I saw another movie yesterday (9 July 07) about being trapped in a room which may have been to the detriment of Captivity. While in general the idea was good there was something not quite thrilling enough. Captivity borrowed from a smattering of other movies without really living up to any of them. It was nice to see Elisha doing something different, and as always pleasant enough to see her in a film.. but I felt little empathy for her character or indeed, that of her companion. Not psychological enough to be another Silence of the Lambs or 1408, and not horror / gore enough to be another Saw, Cube or Hostel.

Captivity has no originality; it is a lame copy of Saw. Saw was good but the filmmakers of Captivity can't even copy well. The title character played by Elisha Cuthbert was not introduced properly and her acting was so bad that even a dum looking dummy can act better. It is overrated and should have been in the IMDb bottom 100. Saw was intelligent but Captivity was dum, stupid, boring and so predictable that you don't need average intelligence to understand. The film was far from entertaining with a very, very weak (or no) story line. The director must have pulled the script from his bum and was running around his house with it and his wife hit him on the head with a rolling pin and said, "You promised me no more rubbish films!" Overall watching this movie is like that you are held captive and begging for the end credits to end the nightmare. It has more plot holes than a sieve and watching three hours of your washing machine spin would be more rewarding than this!

I had pretty low expectations for this, so when it turned out to be not that bad (almost, dare i say, pretty... good?) I left the theater extremely enthusiastic. It delivers, believe it or not, a complete, if not well-rounded story. Here it is, in a sentence: Jennifer Tree is a beautiful young fashion model getting things she doesn't deserve and deciding she needs to get the hell out. Elisha Cuthbert plays the lead, and she looks phenomenal. Even while she is being held captive, her "damsel in distress" act makes great cinema. Always nice to see a girl that's been passed off as a dumb blond get up and kick some ass. I know there are people that feel otherwise about this movie but hey- I liked it! So there!