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Captured

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CAPTURED is a thriller which pits a development tycoon against a car thief.

Holden Downs (Nick Mancuso) is a developer who has his dream of building Millenium City halted due to a lawsuit by a conservation group. Two car thieves choose the wrong time to attempt a theft of Holden's car and he takes it out on one of them by breaking his arm. This act leaves a bad taste is the mouth of the older brother, Robert Breed (Andrew Divoff), who plans to steal the car for good. Meanwhile, Holden, who has not taken kindly to the threat, has the security system on the car updated to set a trap for the would be car thief. Robert acts on his plan to steal the car and end up as Holden's captive; pitting two captor and captive against each other with a downward spiral which presents a moral dilemma of going too far and at what point one went too far.

CAPTURED does a good job of maintaining its pace and giving Mancuso quite a bit of dialogue to deliver overzealously. As Divoff presents a balancing character, it is ashame that they did not give him as much with which he could work, leaving his character underdeveloped. Despite this, Divoff does give a good performance with what he has. The imbalance in the characters, even though Mancuso's character is the primary, takes away from the potential to sypathize with other than Mancuso's character, and that will disappear in short order.

What CAPTURED ends up presenting is a story about one man, who nobody cares about, and a thief, who nobody cares about, winding its way through a predictable series of events and an overdrawn ending which was obvious well before the movie got there.

Despite this, CAPTURED does maintain a good pace with Mancuso and Divoff working well off of each other. There are moments of tension which raise the film above its own predictability. CAPTURED is not a movie I would highly recommend, but, if you have nothing better to do, it will not bore. It frankly strikes me as a 95 minute episode of The Outer Limits with its moral dilemma and its twist ending.--Bob

This movie was so good, all I can say is, "wow." One of the best thrillers I have seen in a long time. Peter Liapis who starred in Ghoulies and Ghoulies IV wrote and directed this movie. It was creepy and suspenseful.

Andrew Divoff stars in this movie as a petty thief who gets caught trying to steal a car owned by Holden Down (Nick Mancuso) and ends up trapped in the car.

During the middle/end of the movie, Andrew (Robert Breed) gets out and then things get really interesting. From the beginning to the end the movie kept up with the plot, and it never got boring.

I think in the beginning though, it is kind of hard to understand until you see Andrew's character and his Brother going after Holden's car, then it starts from there when Holden catches his Brother and breaks his arm. The acting was really good, Andrew Divoff was the best actor in this movie. I enjoyed his performance as well as Nick Mancusos.

Michael Mahonen is one of Canada's finest actors. I loved him when he played,"Lee Colagen",on the CBS/Canadian mini-series, "Conspiracy of Silence". I also agreed with other people that he role should have been more in-depth. On "Captured", I feel as though they wasted the talent of a good actor. Is there a website for Michael Mahonen; if so, please let me and the rest of his U.S. fans know about it. Thanks.

This movie actually raises some pretty good morality questions and that was a pleasant surprise. Who actually is the "bad" guy here? Justice? For whom? Not great character development but you don't really need it here because Mancuso and Divoff handle the material well enough to give you a good sense of what each guy is about. I thought the ending was a bit drawn out but overall the movie kept me interested to see the ending.

I loved this picture. First, the twist of the story itself and a moral dilemma in it, second - brilliant performance by Nick Mancuso - his character , who used to be IN CONTROL AND LOVING IT, now being on the edge of insanity... Well, Nick Mancuso IS IN CONTROL of your attention till the very end. Add music, photography... An hour and a half very well spent!

Captured is a very difficult movie to watch. The emotions run high for all of the major characters, with no let up. The "Hero" becomes a vigilantie ; the car thief becomes the victim. While the two lead characters battled with each other; I was disappointed to see the younger brother, Joey ( Michael Mahonen; who is a brilliant Canadian actor) left with little or nothing to do. I wish his part had not been cut so drastically. His was the part of the younger, devoted brother. His character could have taken some of the brutality of the film and ballanced it with family loyalty; creating a little sympathy from the viewer... making an emotional attachment we could empathise with. But, no...it went from one brutal and harsh scene to the next. The film has some remdeming qualities, I just wish there had been a little more of Joey, to balance the plot...

Nick Mancuso and Andrew Divoff are two of my favorite actors. I bought this movie on a lark because it was cheap and because of the stars, and I was not disappointed. Nick Mancuso plays the role of a wealthy man who has come a bit unhinged, and takes his revenge on a hapless car thief. The best part about this movie is how the director allows the extreme behavior to come to its logical conclusion, and allows the actors to behave as real people in this situation would. Virtually an unknown movie but you will not be disappointed.

Just like to say simply, that this is one of the best straight to video titles I have ever seen.

It's one of those movies that is SO much better than it sounds, and therefore greatly under -rated!

I was on the edge of my seat all the time!!