Captivity

Of course, there was that poor fellow with the plaster cast over his face in the film's opening scene ... Solomon tried to polish the turd by adding some torture scenes, but all he did was make the turd turdier. ... Full Review

For such a shock and awful enterprise, "Captivity" is not suspenseful and lacking in cheap thrills. There's one torture the filmmakers didn't incorporate into this ugly exercise in sadism: Making the victims watch "Captivity. ... Full Review

The fact that Captivity also flashes back to an atrocious scene showing the killer with his sexually abusive, drugged-out mother doesn't quite excuse him, but does -- predictably and quite painfully -- find a way to blame a woman for what's wrong with him. ... Full Review

The haphazard nature of the storytelling and the poor modulation of tone, however, indicate that there was no strong hand (aside from maybe a market research flack) guiding this particular ship. As everyone who follows either horror message boards or the Hollywood trade press knows by now, Roland Joffe 's Captivity Eli Roth set off a wave of controversy when a series of graphic billboards promoting the film appeared all over L.A. a few months back. ... Full Review

Captivity is complete and utter garbage that shows how badly this torture porn subgenre needs to end, right away. Im truly disappointed in the shallowness of the screenplay from Phone Booth author Larry Cohen. ... Full Review

Never mind the shameless and aborted pre-release poster campaign and judge this horror film on its merits - of which it has none. Without even calling into question the morals of a film which seems to exist only to depict... ... Full Article

Captivity is another of those torture porn thrillers youve been hearing about.Some character or other is taken prisoner by some often faceless/often motiveless villain. ... Full Article

irst Hotel: Part II , now Captivity . Despite their many critics, The Passion of the Christ and Wolf Creek at least invited debate as to the merits and drawbacks of their exhibited violence, whereas these attempts at visceral titillation... ... Full Article

"Captivity" is another one of those "torture porn" thrillers you've been hearing about.Some character or other is taken prisoner by some often faceless/often motiveless villain. ... Full Article

Elisha Cuthbert tries to evade "Captivity." (Credit: After Dark) Captivity Running time: 85 minutes Rated: R Cast: Elisha Cuthbert - Jennifer David Gillies - Gary Pruitt Taylor Vince - Ben Laz Alonso - DiSantos Michael Harney - Bettiger See full... ... Full Article