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      Captive

      2012 1 hr. 28 min. Action Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 42% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A detective wanted for murder kidnaps a journalist in a race to reveal and destroy the corruption plaguing the city. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A bit better off than expectation. Still, it's those 'Frenchie thing' however. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Huppert l'aventuriere de tous les combats passe des soubresauts africains de Claire Denis aux jungles des Philipines de Brillante Mendoza avec le meme sens du naturel et du devouement face a l'adversite. Du cinema temoignage nerveux mais qui manque un peu de suite dans les idees. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Director Brillante Mendoza's latest opus is about a group of people vacationing in a Philippine beach resort taken hostage by a fundamentalist Filipino-Muslim separatist terrorist group, the Abu Sayyaf. Isabelle Huppert plays a French Christian social worker. Just like with Mendoza's previous work, [i]Kinatay[/i], this is a challenge to get through. The film unfolds unconventionally, foregoing the expected narrative trappings and instead lets the film just happen, almost documentary-style (it is quite loosely based on a true story that actually happened). It's this structure that makes the film a trial to sit through, at times excruciating but people open to Mendoza's style (an increased budget allows him to be more visually gorgeous this time around) will find the film rather rewarding and thought provoking as both the hostages and their captors are humanized throughout. Not my favorite Mendoza film but a solid entry nevertheless. Huppert is of course predictably outstanding. It helps that Brillante is fantastic with actresses. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Simon Foster Screen-Space Mendoza's riff on 'Stockholm Syndrome' psychology indicates he is a filmmaker continually developing his filmic take on humanity. Jun 5, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A detective wanted for murder kidnaps a journalist in a race to reveal and destroy the corruption plaguing the city.
      Director
      Jordan Brown, Jonatan Burnett
      Executive Producer
      Andrea Hidalgo
      Screenwriter
      Jordan Brown, Jonatan Burnett
      Genre
      Action, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 10, 2016