The Captive (2014)
Storyline
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
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Cast
Kevin Durand, Rosario Dawson, Scott Speedman, Ryan Reynolds, Bruce Greenwood, William MacDonald, Aaron Poole, Duane Murray, Mireille Enos, Alexia Fast, Ian Matthews, Peyton Kennedy, Arsinée Khanjian, Christine Horne, Brendan Gall, Jason Blicker, Aidan Shipley, Ella Ballentine, Paige Baril, Kelsey Ruhl, Wayne V. Johnson, Samantha Michelle, Jim Calarco, Matthew Sauvé
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Reviews
80
The Telegraph
This is Egoyan’s best film for a very long time: like Reynolds, he needed a hit, and The Captive is a welcome return to the form of The Sweet Hereafter. Its eeriness creeps up on you and taps you on the shoulder, and when you spin around, it’s still behind you.
50
A lazily plotted and largely generic thriller.
50
Without a thin tether to credibility, this fussy, morbid fantasy simply slides off into the void.
40
CineVue
Not exciting enough to be taken as straightforward thriller and not engaging enough for a dramatic character piece, Egoyan's The Captive is held back by its own lame script and a distinct lack of necessity.
40
Beneath the well-tuned atmospherics lurks a schlocky, fairly ludicrous and pretty distasteful yarn that ultimately puts the stress in all the wrong places.
