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Jennifer, a model, is on top of the world. Her highly sought-after image adorns magazine covers and billboards. When she is alone at a charity event, she is abducted and put into a cell with another prisoner. Their captor subjects the two to torture, and they must find a way out of the chamber of horrors before he kills them.
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Lacking scares or psychological insight, Captivity is a distasteful entry in the 'torture porn' subgenre.

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Captivity is the kind of film that gives torture porn a bad name. It's disturbing in the most unpleasant ways possible outside of Abu Ghraib or battlefield snuff films. Rated: 0/5 Jul 20, 2007 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly [Joffe] brings an artful video-grunge look, and not much else, to this Saw clone. Rated: C- Jul 18, 2007 Full Review Rob Humanick Slant Magazine A poseur Grand Guignol, artistically indefensible and rank without purpose. Rated: .5/4 Jul 16, 2007 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review An uninspired horror flick that puts the nail in the coffin of the torture porn subgenre Rated: 1/4 Jun 5, 2024 Full Review Kaleem Aftab The List The current plight of Paris Hilton makes you suspect that the heiress' jail sentence is an elaborate marketing ploy for Captivity. If only the once great director Roland Joffe and writer Larry Cohen behind Captivity could show such imagination. Rated: 2/5 Nov 3, 2018 Full Review Scott Weinberg TheHorrorShow Little more than a grungy-looking TV movie of the week with some pointless gore tossed in. Aug 28, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jeremy A This movie was super boring the first 2/3. Like an amatuer tried to remake Saw. Glad I stuck around for the twist thou. 3* Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/25/24 Full Review Audience Member Marvelous melodramatic movie!! I don’t understand the bad reviews. Great acting, no lulls or slow parts where I lost interest. A sensational psychological thriller with a couple of unexpected twists towards the end. Great movie!! 😊 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/24 Full Review Jeffrey P Gorefest of blood and torture, with no clear motives and a plot that takes too long to materialize. When the motives are finally revealed, they are sick and twisted but severely lacking. Without no plot or clear motives the ending is just a ‘whatever.' At least its not melodramatic with some sort of greater meaning and social agenda, that would be sick. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/23 Full Review Steve D Cuthbert had better material in 24 season 2... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Very underrated horror movie with good acting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Fans of gore and the films hostel and saw will enjoy Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jennifer, a model, is on top of the world. Her highly sought-after image adorns magazine covers and billboards. When she is alone at a charity event, she is abducted and put into a cell with another prisoner. Their captor subjects the two to torture, and they must find a way out of the chamber of horrors before he kills them.
Director
Roland Joffé
Producer
Mark Damon, Sergei Konov, Gary Mehlman, Leonid Minkovski
Screenwriter
Larry Cohen, Joseph Tura
Distributor
After Dark Films, Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Ramco Films, Captivity Productions, Foresight Unlimited
Rating
R (Language|Grisly Images|Torture|Pervasive Terror|Some Sexual Material|Strong Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 13, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.6M
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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