Captive Reviews

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Kate Mara, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I thought it was a rather weak mix of a standard thriller with a junkie drama and this mix never really worked in my opinion. It’s too bad because Kate Mara and David Oyelowo were both not bad at all but the makers never really managed to bring the separate storylines together. On the other hand, I have to admit that, while I was watching the damned thing, I forgot that it was actually based on a true story.  Eventually, it was reduced to some spiritual, even divine, link which was hardly convincing to me. Anyway, what really ruined the whole thing for me was the ending though. Sure, it is understandable that they wanted to give some real footage of the people involved, after all, it is rather standard with this genre, but, seriously, it went on for just way too long. Above all, when they even gave us the real Ashley Smith showing up at the Oprah Winfrey Show and, this point, I thought I was actually watching the Lifetime Channel. Anyway, to conclude, in spite some decent efforts from Kate Mara and David Oyelowo, the material turned out to be really misguided and I don’t think it was worth a look after all.