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Mixed or average reviews- based on 63 Ratings

  • Starring: Daniel Gillies, Elisha Cuthbert, Pruitt Taylor Vince
  • Summary: Top cover girl and fashion model, Jennifer Tree has it all - beauty, fame, money and power. She is loved and adored and sought after. But someone out there 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 su
    bjected to a series of terrifying, life-threatening tortures that could only be conceived by a twisted, sadistic mind. (After Dark Films)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 17
  2. Negative: 12 out of 17
  1. Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    70
    Roland Joffé creates a visually interesting and aurally unsettling vibe, and the story from B-movie maestro Larry Cohen keeps it simple.
  2. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    Quite possibly the final word on a much-maligned genre.
  3. The movie has been thoroughly eclipsed by "Captivity" the marketing.
  4. Reviewed by: Felix Vasques Jr.
    30
    A terrible rehash of better torture genre exploitation, with none of the charm.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. [Anonymous]
    10
    Wow! I was not expecting this film to offer so much. It was powerful, interesting, suspenseful, and brilliant. Better than Saw ! I honestly think that this horror flop should not be missed by horror fans. There is plenty of realistic and awesomely perfect gore. Expand
  2. TurnerS.
    7
    The movie was more than I expected. It really had on feeling glad that it's just a movie, and not real...way to go!!!
  3. Saw meets Hostel in this entertaining, but painfully predictable film. Elisha Cuthbert is the difference between Captivity and the dozens of lame horror movies produced every year. Don't get me wrong, Captivity is full of gore and has a ridiculously stupid storyline, but it's not that bad, and Cuthbert is the reason. The veteran actress, best known as Kim Bauer and The Girl Next Door, is very methodical with every move she makes and that really manages to keep your attention. The maze of traps, moving walls, and pitfalls were also really cool, but outside of that and Cuthbert, Captivity is your typical gore fest, with zero character development, and a chilling story that really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I liked it for the little things, but overall, there's nothing special here, just another lame horror movie, that happened to land the right star. Expand
  4. 2
    I dont like this movie. Its quiet boring with a standart twist in the middle of the film. And iam disappointed that there is not much gore or splatter. I wanted a movie that is a torture porn movie and not a teenager movie. Saw and hostel by far better that this. Expand

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