Captivity (2007)

Director:

Roland Joffé

Writers (WGA):

Larry Cohen (screenplay) and
Joseph Tura (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

13 July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A man and a woman awaken to find themselves captured in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them psychologically mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.

Plot Keywords:

Profanity | Sex | Stove | Captivity | Shotgun

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Elisha Cuthbert	...	Jennifer Tree
Daniel Gillies	...	Gary Dexter
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Ben Dexter
Michael Harney	...	Det. Bettiger
Laz Alonso	...	Det. Ray Di Santos
Maggie Damon	...	Detective Susan Luden
Chrysta Olson	...	Mary D'Abro
Carl Paoli	...	Victim #1
Trent Broin	...	Victim #2

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grisly images, language and some sexual material.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Russia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:-16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Japan:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Italy:VM14 | UK:18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (DVD rating) | USA:R | Portugal:M/18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:NC-16 | Norway:18 | Australia:MA | Ireland:18 | Taiwan:R-12 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company:

Captivity Productions

Trivia:

The initial advertising campaign for Captivity featured a multi-paneled poster. The first panel was labeled "Abduction," featuring actress Elisha Cuthbert appearing petrified, her mouth covered by a black gloved hand. The second panel was labeled "Confinement" and showed Cuthbert behind a chain-link fence with a bloody thumb poking through. The third was labeled "Torture" and featured Cuthbert on her back, her face hidden within a white cast and red tubes going up her nose. The fourth panel was labeled "Termination" and featured what appeared to be a limp body hanging over a table. The poster was placed on several billboards across Los Angeles, causing a significant uproar and resulting in many complaints. Distributor Lionsgate -- who were not involved in the film's advertising campaign and claimed to know nothing of the poster in question before the posters were distributed -- and producer After Dark Films ultimately decided to remove the controversial poster from the advertising campaign and took the billboards down.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Jennifer opens locker #4, she puts on the dress and some make-up. Including the blood-red lip-gloss. A second later when she gets into Gary's Room there is no lip-gloss at all.

Quotes:

Ben: Play them... don't...
Gary: [finishing his brother's sentence] ... Play with them

Movie Connections:

References "Dexter" (2006)

Soundtrack:

In the Giant's Mouth

Lower your expectations and have a good time.

I had pretty low expectations for this, so when it turned out to be not that bad (almost, dare i say, pretty... good?) I left the theater extremely enthusiastic. It delivers, believe it or not, a complete, if not well-rounded story. Here it is, in a sentence: Jennifer Tree is a beautiful young fashion model getting things she doesn't deserve and deciding she needs to get the hell out. Elisha Cuthbert plays the lead, and she looks phenomenal. Even while she is being held captive, her "damsel in distress" act makes great cinema. Always nice to see a girl that's been passed off as a dumb blond get up and kick some ass. I know there are people that feel otherwise about this movie but hey- I liked it! So there!