Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Such a frustrating disappointment

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It seems that the production paid loads of money to get Ryan Ronald on board to guarantee box office. Everyone else was really bad in acting. That is also obviously the fault of the screenwriter and casting director. The script had many faults in terms of plot and action. The characters are not at well paid attention to in the screenplay it shows. Atom Egoyan was super lazy in this film. Perhaps he had a cool 'idea' at first, but then I think it stopped at that. It wasn't dealt with properly.

"The Captive" is not your usual "B" film kidnapping/imprisonment film. The beginning is a bit confusing as it utilizes flashbacks which I didn't realize for the first 30 minutes, making this film a confusing mess to begin with. I will briefly sort out the first 28 minutes of the movie. If you don't want to know...stop reading.Cassandra (Alexia Fast/Peyton Kennedy) goes missing from the back of her daddy's truck cab. Matt (Ryan Reynolds ) her dad becomes suspect number one to the Niagara group "Anything For Love" headed by Nicole (Rosario Dawson). Matt's wife Tina (Mireille Enos) blames him and turns against him. Jeffry (Scott Speedman) who is part of Nicole's group is openly hostile toward Matt.Cass has special privileges as a captive and provides her captor with a unique service which makes this film a bit different. Matt tries to find Cassandra on his own (better than when OJ went looking for the "real" killer) while the group works without Matt.The film makes for a good "B" movie. It over utilizes the flash backs and really should have never had the flashback scene near the end which had me scratch my head...but wasn't she? How did? Oh a flashback. Of what? A day? A gimmick they really didn't need. Or was it a trick?A four star film that was cut to three stars by the director and editor.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

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.

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. When i first saw The Captive i very much enjoyed the film but right now after seeing it again? I gotta say this film is bad in many levels that you can't imagine. First of all you know who kidnapped Cass pretty early on in the film, 2nd of all it tries to built up tension and suspense but we already know who is doing this and 3rd of all we do get to see Cass a few times threw out the whole movie playing piano or singing and it just isn't scary or suspenseful it's actually quite boring to say the least. Then we have Ryan Reynolds who is a pretty good actor and he does a decent job in the film but he just doesn't sell as a grieving father he even seems sometimes that he tries a bit hard to let a tear fall and then of course the film tries to be another Prisoners but it just isn't that good or that horrific for us to care plus seeing Kevin Durand singing doesn't help it either. If there's one way for me to describe the movie it's this: "It's just not good" oh sorry that ain't one word that's many but then again so is this film it tries to be Taken meets Prisoners meets D-Tox and it's doing a pretty bad job in all of those things. (3/10)