Captivity Critic Reviews

Destined to be better remembered for its grisly billboard imagery than for its relatively tame torture-porn tropes, Captivity is a thoroughly nasty piece of work that nonetheless earns credit for generating modest suspense after a predictable but effective plot twist around the 50-minute mark.Read the full review

Roland Joffé brings an artful video-grunge look, and not much else, to this "Saw" clone.Read the full review

The movie has been thoroughly eclipsed by "Captivity" the marketing.Read the full review

A wan, derivative entry in the torture-porn cycle.Read the full review

In a genre where killers love to play head games, it's a clever idea (Cohen's?) to have this one remain mute, but that leaves Cuthbert to carry much of the psychological load, and there's no substance to her character, apart from the suggestion that she's being punished for her vanity.Read the full review

The end result doesn't even satisfy on its own sleazy terms. Not only does it lack the satirical nihilism of the "Hostel" films or the admittedly clever torture machinations of the "Saw" series, it doesn't even provide its target young male audience with the requisite nudity.Read the full review

It's the movie business equivalent of encountering someone you once knew begging for money on the street.Read the full review