Review of The Captive (2014) by Andrew O — 06 Feb 2016

Atom Egoyan film. All his films have some sort of polished eye. They have some creep factor. They have some flaws. True for this film as well, but they also have some interesting points of view and some originality.

This is the story of a father that get her daughter abducted, the new policeman get a bit too suspicious and the whole culminate with a great punch in the face. There is also a secondary story of the abductor being a bit manipulated by the abductee, and another about the abductors being smarter than police, but less important.

Haha! kidding... or am i?... In any case, there are many good points in the films and maybe the flaws are there purposedly. Maybe they could not have the girl adbuction be too real. The smart pedophile ring did not look smart enough to outdo the police or even keep the captive captive, but these are minor details.

The film passes the sweat test. In fact, these were barely pedophiles, they were more cruel voyeurs. The story was original enough to keep me guessing, which is also harder when some things are unrealistic.

The daddy part was realistic. The punch was just perfect. Best climax!