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A renowned
supermodel, Jennifer, wakes up inside a
basement, only to find out that she's been kidnapped
by a psychotic serial killer. As she tries to find
a way out, she meets Gary who's also been captured
against his will. Together they have to play the
games of the serial killer in order to stay alive
while they're being given clues as to why they're
there. Meanwhile, love blossoms between Gary and
Jennifer as the game becomes more and more dangerous.
After all the buzz on the controversial billboards
(that to me didn't feel all that graphic), I couldn't
wait to see if the movie delivered what it promised.
Well, it didn't - at all. Captivity is a pathetic
attempt at a psychological thriller and tries to
rip off Saw in as many ways as possible. It even
has a minor subplot where a bunch of incompetent
cops try to find the missing supermodel.
Elisha Cuthbert's character is a stereotypical
supermodel, I'm actually surprised that the model
industry hasn't gotten more upset about this movie
yet. And since it's impossible to root for her,
there's very little to stay interested in. Her
character should have been killed off in an opening
scene, not be the star of the movie. Anyway, let
me tell you a little about the thin plot.
Jennifer wakes up inside a basement and is supposedly
tortured by a serial killer who's watching her
through surveillance cameras in a hidden room. The
thing is, she's never really that tortured if you
ask me. The killer supplies her with food and new
clothes (well, only one pair of clothes if that's
considered torture... perhaps for supermodels).
Other than that the killer doesn't do much, most
of the torture she brings upon herself while trying
to escape. Honestly, I have no idea why this got an
R rating. I mean, rated R for what? Sand!? The most
horrific way of torture is when Jennifer gets thrown
in a sand pit and I hardly think that that qualifies
as real torture - at least not in a horror movie.
Meanwhile, since they obviously wanted to rip off
Saw as much as possible, Jennifer is getting clues
as to why she's there. She soon finds Gary in another
room who's also being held prisoner of the killer
and it doesn't take long before love blossoms.
Seriously, I doubt that anyone would be able to think
about finding Mr. Right in a situation like that.
They've also tried desperately to put Elisha in
claustrophobic situations (such as the sandpit),
but for some reason, they just don't come through
as very threatening. Not once did I get the feeling
of claustrophobia in this movie. Perhaps it was due
to Elisha's surprisingly poor performance.
Then we have the "twist", which I think everyone saw
coming after 30 minutes, it was just too obvious
and cliché. I don't know, perhaps there was a good
story in there at one point, but what I just sat
through was anything but good. I'm not even sure if
it deserves a rating of 1 as this was one of the
worst theatrical experiences of the year for me.
Don't hold your breath for this one, this should be
sent off straight to DVD.
No. Except for some minor blood, absolutely nothing.
Way too competent for this movie, deserved to be
attached to another horror flick.
This was pathetic. I don't think that anyone will be
captivated by this tame thriller, which by the way
wasn't very psychological at all since it was
extremely predictable. I think, and hope that this
is going to flop big time once it hits American
cinemas, so I'm all for sending this straight to
DVD. God knows, there are so many better DTV horror
flicks that deserve theatrical releases more than this.
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