Captivity (2007)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Roland Joffé

Writers (WGA):

Larry Cohen (screenplay) and
Joseph Tura (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

13 July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

When You Think The Worst Has Happened....Think Worse

Plot:

A man and a woman awaken to find themselves captured in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them psychologically mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Model | Escape | Cellar | Captive

Awards:

4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 14	2:45 AM	TMC
Sun. July 19	10:00 PM	TMC

Cast

Elisha Cuthbert	...	Jennifer Tree
Daniel Gillies	...	Gary Dexter
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Ben Dexter
Michael Harney	...	Det. Bettiger
Laz Alonso	...	Det. Ray Di Santos
Maggie Damon	...	Detective Susan Luden
Chrysta Olson	...	Mary D'Abro (as Chrysta Olsen)
Carl Paoli	...	Victim #1
Trent Broin	...	Victim #2

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grisly images, language and some sexual material.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Russia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14 | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Taiwan:R-12 (original rating) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Japan:R-18 | Finland:K-15 | Norway:18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Peru:18

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company:

Captivity Productions

Trivia:

The initial advertising campaign for Captivity featured a multi-paneled poster. The first panel was labeled "Abduction," featuring actress Elisha Cuthbert appearing petrified, her mouth covered by a black gloved hand. The second panel was labeled "Confinement" and showed Cuthbert behind a chain-link fence with a bloody thumb poking through. The third was labeled "Torture" and featured Cuthbert on her back, her face hidden within a white cast and red tubes going up her nose. The fourth panel was labeled "Termination" and featured what appeared to be a limp body hanging over a table. The poster was placed on several billboards across Los Angeles, causing a significant uproar and resulting in many complaints. Distributor Lionsgate -- who were not involved in the film's advertising campaign and claimed to know nothing of the poster in question before the posters were distributed -- and producer After Dark Films ultimately decided to remove the controversial poster from the advertising campaign and took the billboards down.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jennifer is talking to Gary she lights the first match which burns all the way to the end yet in the next stage the match appears to be only half burnt.

Quotes:

Ben: Why do good things happen to bad people? That's the mystery.

Movie Connections:

Features "World Poker Tour" (2003)

Soundtrack:

In the Giant's Mouth

A Great (and Chilling...) Ride

I don't typically go for the horror genre, and don't keep up with movie reviews, but I got off work early today and, feeling daring, went to see Captivity. And.... it was awesome. I'm not saying it changed my life, but it was just what I was looking for. I was worried about all the torture and gore that was supposed to be in it, but it turned out to be much more about psychological tricks than blood and guts. On the whole it's really not that graphic, which I'm sure for some people is a drawback, but I prefer to go easy on the stomach-turning, so it worked out for me. The story is quite simple, but sufficient. It is more of a framework in which a series of emotionally traumatizing challenges can be thrown upon our sweet, blonde heroine. Her co-star is a brooding mystery man, and it's fun to watch them interact in their concrete cell under the streets of New York. Anyone requiring a complicated, two hour saga that requires a lot of concentration and brain power should know that this is one of those "along for the ride" flicks, and if that is simply embraced, it's a pretty good ride.