Review of Captivity (2007) by Rebecca D — 30 Oct 2010

Finally seen!

Seeing the beginning, I started to regret to have bought it; although I had it for only 1,5 $, NEW, on the web.

I partially bought it for the beautiful and talented Elisha, that I, - like almost everybody knowing her -, discovered in the great series 24, but then loved in this genre, watching the excellent remake (although it sadly stars the useless and without any trace of talent nor charisma Paris Hilton and Chad Michael Murray; or Ken and Barbie, if you want their official names) of The House of Wax.

And so, it's not at all her fault if I regretted this in the beginning.

Of course, nobody can pretend he didn't think to Saw, nor Hostel or the good but most violent psychologically film ever (making Saw and Hostel series seem for childs when you compare), I'm talking of the french film, Martyrs.

Apart Elisha, I like Pruitt Taylor Vince, who often played killers (for example in the interesting Identity) and who's credible and good at this.

I thought it was a joke when I saw it was from Roland Joffé.

LMFAO.

I mean, this guy made The Mission, City of Joy and Vatel. Very different movies (even if I didn't see The City of Joy), but all opposite to a film like Captivity.

So, 1 of the director I'd never have imagined making a "Saw-like". And it's at 62 years old that he make his 1st horror movie, and he starts with an extremist one... LOL.

But anyways, I like that fact.

I didn't write any review since a long time, although I rated hundreds of movies (and some really better than this one) last weeks, but I'm very inspired now.

CAUTION, SPOILERS:

Anyways, then, I found it better and better, till a good happy ending, like I love them; and expected, and guessed I'll see... even if horror is a genre where you often see not really happy ending, with the killer still alive, and that, you must admit you love, in this genre; but not for every horror, and so, I'm happy we are sure both the killers die here.

Now, I must say I guessed immediately that Gary was an accomplice of the murderer.

And I almost never doubted, not even when the serial killer extracts him a tooth.

I thought that those kind of monsters are able of monstruous things to psychologically torture their victims, even to bear atrocious sufferings... but doesn't he use a fake tooth in that case? At least I hope (I mean, of course it's a fake, but is it supposed to be fake inside the movie or not?), considering the character doesn't even scream a minimum, as if be torn away a tooth without anesthesia was a sinecure.

Even with a good anesthesia it's a bit of pain (I know what I say, considering I lived it with 7-8 of my teeth in my life), so, without... I guess you could lose consciousness.

Talking about it, i't sooo annoying and making the film lose all its credibility when actors don't scream enough, don't seem enough to suffer.

HELL!

END OF SPOILERS!

So, yes, this movie is pretty predictable, yes it's far away of the level of the best Saw movies, yes the start is seen and not nice, yes, the ending isn't a great surprise, no, it's never really scary, but anyways, although almost all my friends gave really worse ratings than I (starting with 2 only 1 star), I don't care, I'm not ashamed to rate it 4, like the ones who killed it don't have to be ashamed.

Each one his own tastes, and we all must respect that... or leave sites like Flix; and restart our education too.

So, seeing those ratings, I hesitated to put less (but not less than 3,5 anyways) but Hell no, it deserves this 4 and I don't need to say what I have to tell to the ones who should contradict me.

Lol.

Oh, I just watched the alternate ending... WAW!

To conclude, prefer some Saw, Friday the 13th or Hostel and others, but don't reject this one anyways.

Damned, more than an half hour to write this... Inspiration, some checkings... anyways...

The end!