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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
tame and disappointing, February 11, 2008
all i wanted with this was a decent hostel knock off. i guess thats what you get but...
the intensity just isnt there. they could've taken a lot of scenes way farther. you see people thinking they're gonna be hurt, you see someone forced to eat disgusting stuff a little bit(which was actually a pretty effective scene, probably more than any others). basically nothing came close to the bar set by Hostel(still the landmark of the genre as far as im concerned) when i go into these kind of things i expect to be disturbed, disgusted, questioning my own taste, and loving every minute of it. this didnt produce any of those feelings.
the plot is stupid, but thats not the reason for seeing this and everyone knows it. no, im not thinking the whole "torture porn" label everyone goes on about. theres really nothing sexual about the whole thing, as far as im concerned. its more of a f---ed up look into worlds of depravity we will thankfully never have to experience, and thats entertaining to me, so im sorry. maybe im just a little depraved.
just watch hostel again instead, or hostel 2(not as good as the first but still much better than this)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Predictable to say the least!!, November 9, 2007
This movie is absolutely nothing. It left nothing to the imagination. Not only that, this movie isn't scary, nor is it horror, it is nothing more than a bland suspense thriller at best. A suspense thriller with very little thrills or chills, and certainly nothing that would leave you on the edge of your seat. Truthfully, they left a lot of holes in the story. I wished they would've explained to me why, or what motive, these men had for doing these things to these people. With that said, eveything else was just more of the same. In fact, anyone who has seen their fair share of suspense thrillers could've figured out the plot and about her cellmate early on in the film just as I did. My sypnosis is that you rent this movie if you have nothing else better to do for about an hour and a half, but please DON'T! buy this because you'll have wasted your money if you do.
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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not to be taken seriously?, November 10, 2007
I have a rather mixed opinion about Captivity. Viewed seriously, it is an awful movie. Elisha Cuthbert plays a model who is drugged, kidnapped, held prisoner and tortured by an unknown assailant. During the first portion of the movie, she is essentially the only character, and she is not a very interesting one. For a long time, we know little about her - and nothing of the motivations of her captor - so it is hard to care about her on anything but the most basic level. Eventually, another prisoner appears, and then the plot twists begin; the only problem is that every twist can be seen coming long before it happens. And considering how "brilliant" the villain is, he leaves a relatively obvious trail for the police to at least suspect him.
On the other hand, while watching Captivity, I began to wonder if it is really just a parody of the so-called "torture porn" genre which has the Saw and Hostel movies as its most prominent members. After all, this movie takes torture porn to its extreme: all torture, no character, with a plot that is minimal (and rather dumb), a conclusion that is just plain silly and a bunch of cliches (like the supposedly dead person who pops back to life).
As a straight horror flick, this rates one star. As a parody, it rates three. I split the difference. This is for die-hard fans of the genre only.
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