Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissi... Read allSet in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Elena Marisa Flores
- Flores
- (as Elena Flores)
Rene L. Moreno
- Courier
- (as Rene Moreno)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe countdown audio leading up to Commissioner Igoe's descent (1:10 into the movie) and up to Mulligan's descent (near the end of the movie) is the actual audio from the countdown of the launch of Apollo 11, in 1969.
- GoofsLate in the film, Mulligan hands Gabriel a SIM card from an old cell-phone. Whilst Mulligan is preparing to go down the shaft, Gabriel puts the card into an SD card reader slot, and views videos of his mother's baby shower. A SIM card is not an SD card.
- Quotes
Kermode: [on the resistance] They don't exist
William Mulligan: [snorts] That's what they said about aliens
- Crazy creditsDuring the beginning of the end credits, a map of the world is shown with listed locations where human rebellions have achieved victory against the aliens, across America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Biggest Movie Flops of 2019 (So Far) (2019)
Featured review
Hang in there
Several times a year I am tempted to walk out on a film because I don't like it, but I stay with the hopes that by the end it will somehow turn the corner. This is one of those films. The first 40 minutes is unengaging, with a series of characters we know little about and care about even less. Slowly but surely it turns the corners, and the hints, which are abundant, begin to make sense.
I really liked the aliens who are unlike any aliens we've ever seen before. Kudos to the people who thought this up.
In retrospect, the seemingly random flashes of the lives of a dozen people, makes sense and the film makers are trying to give you the feeling of the operations of a cell, where different people are acting independently. It works, but the price is a loss of engagement with any of the characters.
Definitely worth a look.
I really liked the aliens who are unlike any aliens we've ever seen before. Kudos to the people who thought this up.
In retrospect, the seemingly random flashes of the lives of a dozen people, makes sense and the film makers are trying to give you the feeling of the operations of a cell, where different people are acting independently. It works, but the price is a loss of engagement with any of the characters.
Definitely worth a look.
helpful•21980
- drjgardner
- Mar 15, 2019
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,958,315
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,131,525
- Mar 17, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $8,808,611
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content