Storyline
Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored.
Directors
Cast
Vera Farmiga, Alan Ruck, Kevin Dunn, Marc Grapey, John Goodman, James Ransone, Kevin J. O'Connor, Carey Jones, Ben Daniels, D. B. Sweeney, Rene L. Moreno, Otis Winston, Machine Gun Kelly, Alex Henderson, Ashton Sanders, Lizzy Leigh, José Antonio García, Jonathan Majors, KiKi Layne, Madeline Brewer, Ta'Rhonda Jones, Brian Bowman, Jackie Saland, Mickey O'Sullivan, Giota Trakas, Mino Mackic
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Reviews
90
Although the TV ads and other promotional material appear to promise a megaplex-ready thrill ride about space invaders and rebellious Earthlings, this rigorously intelligent, cunningly inventive, and impressively suspenseful drama plays more like a classic tale about a disparate group of resistance fighters united in a guerrilla campaign against an occupying force.
85
IGN
An atmospheric, affecting science fiction flick with big ideas, slick execution and a message that will stick with you.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Though Captive State has plenty of action, it’s not a blood-and-guts sci-fi thriller. It aims for a more cerebral, social-commentary approach.
60
Captive State is imperfectly constructed, at times frustratingly so, but it’s trying, doggedly, to do something different and given the bland efficiency of so many wide-releasing sci-fi movies, that’s hard to fault.
50
It’s not unreasonable to expect something like excitement out of a story about freedom fighters plotting to take back the planet. Captive State does not clear that fairly low bar.
