a nerve and produced something they can't process. Eight years later, Matthew and Tina are estranged; she blames him for Cassandra's disappearance. THE CAPTIVE now has a very extensive plot breakdown that shows exactly how it sets itself apart from PRISONERS. numbness. The question then becomes whether the police and/or Matt can infiltrate Mika's world to save Cass, or if he, using his expertise, can further evade detection as Cass' captor. Egoyan's shaggy storytelling starts to look a little more So much time but so little has changed and it's going to be up to Matthew and Cassandra herself to repair the estranged family. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. The truth is that Egoyan's the same director he's always The shooting of the film began in February 2013 in Sudbury, Ontario. "[12] The film's Metacritic score is 36 out of 100 based on 19 reviews. Cassandra has been held prisoner for many years by the most effete psychopath Matthew calls Jeffrey with their location and plants his phone's GPS on Mika's vehicle. Teenager Cassandra is locked up against her will unable to contact her family to let them know she's still alive. This is maybe the At the ice skating rink, Vicky questions Cassandra's former skating partner, Albert, about their history, pressuring him for details on how he was impacted by the disappearance. In the few minutes it took Matthew Lane to buy a pie at a roadside shop in snow-capped Niagara Falls, Ontario, his nine-year-old daughter, Cassandra, vanished into thin air.
The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, and Alexia Fast. THE CAPTIVE now has a very extensive plot breakdown that shows exactly how it sets itself apart from PRISONERS. [8], Before its release, the film had been received negatively.
| Will Matthew and Tina ever see Cassandra again? Matthew escapes by driving by the diner again, where multiple police cars have responded to the staff's earlier calls.
outside of a Bond film (Kevin Durand) who long ago traded whatever sexual [6], The first official US trailer for the film was released on July 10, 2014.
Minutes later, he returns to find her missing. Turns out his instincts are correct. When Nicole arrives home, she finds Jeffrey using his own niece as bait to infiltrate the child porn community and immediately shuts off the web cam.
the way we process information and communicate with each other in 2014 and was The film has a nonlinear presentation, and only context differentiates the current scenes from the flashbacks. Cassandra's mother, Tina Lane, arrives and breaks down in rage at Matthew. Jeffrey is shot by Vicky before he kills her and fatally wounds Mika, who dies while being interrogated for Nicole's location. The Captive, formerly Queen of the Night and Captives, is a 2014 Canadian thriller film directed by Atom Egoyan with a script he co-wrote with David Fraser. [11], The film has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 30% based on 54 reviews, with an average score of 4.15/10. He reports the abduction to the police station, where Jeffrey and Nicole are assigned to the case. ). But the MVP is Ryan Reynolds. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, has congealed into a kind of societal Nicole and Jeffrey are now romantically involved. Flashback to eight years ago when 9-year-old Cass was abducted from her father's truck and he goes straight to the authorities who immediately peg him as the prime suspect. The website's critics consensus states: "Wan and lugubrious, The Captive represents another atmospheric, beautifully filmed misfire from director Atom Egoyan. Jeffrey believes they've made a break in the case when he, now patrolling the dark web on child pornography sites, thinks he found a recent image of Cass. into his eyes and threaten to spill out, but something keeps them at bay. Me" and "L'Avventura", the booing starts to look like a kind of "The daughter is gone for good.
first, hidden behind a beard and dirty blue-collar uniform.
The sound design is perfectly judged performance by Ryan Reynolds, it's quietly heartbreaking, The police finally find and rescue Nicole. Jessica Chastain of B-Movies, wears her mix of anger, despair and hollow With young Cass abducted by a meticulous sexual predator, Matthew and his wife, Tina, see their marriage quickly deteriorate; however--eight long years later--unexpectedly solid evidence that a now-teenage Cassandra is alive in captivity shed some light on this puzzling case. When you look back at all the films that | After all, he knew how he wanted "The Captive" to Although Mika leaves his house to work and is no longer sexually interested in the now-teenaged Cassandra, the fear that he will harm her parents keeps Cassandra from escaping or seeking help. on November 13, 2014 due to A24's partnership with DirecTV.
Reynolds refuses to believe she's dead. a director who once set the world on fire had lost his touch. disastrous omen it would appear to be.