The Captive (2014)

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"6.9/10"

“(MU) Effective thriller, mixed narrative times but don't affect tension too much; the additional tension between cops and family with common objective, is credible...” read more

An average movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Atom Egoyan’s work, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it is usually considered as a low point in Egoyan’s career and, unfortunately, I’m afraid I will have to agree on this. Seriously, it has been a while since I have seen such a convoluted thriller. The first issue was that they went for a random chronology which is usually a rather useless gimmick to make a movie look edgier than it actually is. On top of that, there was just so much stuff that didn’t make much sense. For example, why would this pedophile ring would go through so much trouble just to spy this mother? Why would this creepy guy have this poor girl act/read some cryptic text? Why would they allow her to see her father ” read more

Mustanaamio7's Movie Diary 2019 (251 movies items)

"27.4. 2019 A little girl suddenly disappears on a one fateful day. Her father has determined to find her daughter, no matter how long it's going to take. Atom Egoyan's thriller isn't a carefully constructed masterpiece such as "The Sweet Hereafter" because it loses some of its power near the end, but it is still mostly a stable and underrated film in its genre. The film exposes some shocking secrets about repulsive underground child abuse rings and manages to do so without resorting to unnecess"

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"July 20 -- FIRST VIEWING "

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" 15/02"

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BradWesley123's Movie Journal- July 2015 (24 movies items)

" DVD- 1hr. 54min. First Viewing The Captive is pretty much Taken, but without the thrill of seeing Liam Neeson kick the shit out of vaguely Eastern European villains. Instead, we get Ryan Reynolds, who is actually pretty solid here, trying to find his long-kidnapped daughter. The cast is fine, though Kevin Durand is eye-rollingly bad as the villain, and the film looks good, anything snow-set usually gets my vote. All of this could make for an okay thriller, except there's little to no urgency di"