The Captive (2014)
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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Sadly Over-hyped
Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
The basic plot is good and the acting and actors are also good. However, the film gets let down in other areas. The film is very disjointed. It jumps between past and present with no obvious divisions so you can readily work out where you are in the timeline. This becomes very frustrating. The story has many holes in it which you expect to be filled but they never are. This again leaves you very frustrated. Overall it feels like half of the movie was never made.
Sometimes the writer shouldn't direct. Sometimes the writer shouldn't even write. This film is a shambles, a true mess.
I didn't like. Simple, I think should have more action and surprises. Good actors
I'm going defend this film, I've probably watched 4 films a week for the last 10 years so we get through a lot of dross and have gotten to know what movies are like that are rated below 6, this isn't one. OK, so the ending could have been better but it's not a complete let down and the rest of the movie is well acted. I think the key to it being poorly rated is because it's eerily frustrating to watch which is definitely the intention here, if you can appreciate that then you'll like it as we did. There are some creepy performances and it's a bit twisted in a way. All in all it should be rated somewhere between 7 and 7.5, solid but not amazing, worth a watch.