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  • 2007
  • R
  • After Dark Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • After Dark Films
  • 1 h 36 m

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 subjected to a series of terrifying, life-threate...

Directed By: Roland Joffé

Written By: Larry Cohen, Joseph Tura

  • 2007
  • R
  • After Dark Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • After Dark Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Captivity

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
24
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 30 User Ratings
5.9
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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 subjected to a series of terrifying, life-threate...

Directed By: Roland Joffé

Written By: Larry Cohen, Joseph Tura

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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6% Positive
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24% Mixed
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71% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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6% Positive
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24% Mixed
4 Reviews
71% Negative
12 Reviews

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70
Roland Joffé creates a visually interesting and aurally unsettling vibe, and the story from B-movie maestro Larry Cohen keeps it simple.
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Roland Joffé brings an artful video-grunge look, and not much else, to this "Saw" clone.
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The_D4RknesS
Aug 4, 2023
Watched this movie so much when I was a kid ;⁠-⁠) I remember it messed with my psyche so much when I watched it the first time I felt like the main character. The ending of this film is a sinister plot twist.
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gt1967
May 5, 2020
Seen worse, seen better, either way it kept me entertained for an hour or so. The acting was very good for this sort of movie which is why I've given it such a positive score. Quite liked the twist as well.
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30
The movie has been thoroughly eclipsed by "Captivity" the marketing.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
25
Thoroughly irritating little film.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
25
A wan, derivative entry in the torture-porn cycle.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
20
It's the movie business equivalent of encountering someone you once knew begging for money on the street.
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If there is another challenger for worst entry of 2007, I don't want to see it.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
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Tss5078
Feb 22, 2013
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.
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Andys_Reviews
Sep 8, 2012
A film with a very small cast that has a very claustrophobic feel to much of the action. I have seen it described as just another
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L34D
Mar 5, 2013
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.
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Production Company Captivity Productions, Foresight Unlimited, Russian American Movie Company (RAMCO), RAMCO
Release Date Jul 13, 2007
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating R
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Tagline When You Think The Worst Has Happened....Think Worse
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/captivity.2706/
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Awards

Razzie Awards
• 3 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Nomination

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