CAPTIVITY-2007-Another
in the seemingly unending treadmill of torture-horror-bullshit
overrated hits like SAW have inspired. Now more than ever I feel the
people who churn out crap like this really need psychiatric help.
Don't get me started on the audience!
Jennifer (Elisha Cuthbert from
HOUSE OF WAX and THE GIRL NEXT DOOR) is a top fashion model who's
drugged at bar and kidnapped and imprisoned by a sadistic nut (Pruitt
Taylor Vince). Occasionally she's forced to watch films of the killer
torturing previous victims (and also of herself being interviewed).
Eventually she meets another captive named Gary (Daniel Gillies; John
Jameson in SPIDER-MAN 2). They try to escape a couple of times but
don't succeed (unfortunately for the audience). The loony kills her dog
and subjects her and Gary to a bunch of disturbing mind games (while
watching them on video).
It has to do with two brothers (Oh! What a
giveaway!) who were molested by their druggie mother as kids. Things
take a real stupid turn when 2 FBI agents show up.
One of the
screenwriters was Larry Cohen who once made good B-type movies (IT'S
ALIVE, THE STUFF, Q). Director Roland Jaffe made films like THE
KILLING FIELDS and THE MISSION, so like what happened?
Thanks for reading!
1 comment:
Man, was this ever terrible. I don't think I ever wanted a lead "heroine" character to die so badly before.
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