Captivity

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Captivity

R,

2007,

1h 25m,

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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9%

77 Reviews

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23%

250,000+ Ratings

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Jennifer, a model, is on top of the world. Her highly sought-after image adorns magazine covers and billboards. When she is alone at a charity event, she is abducted and put into a cell with another prisoner. Their captor subjects the two to torture, and they must find a way out of the chamber of horrors before he kills them.

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Critics Consensus

Lacking scares or psychological insight, Captivity is a distasteful entry in the 'torture porn' subgenre.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Jul 20, 2007

0/5

Captivity is the kind of film that gives torture porn a bad name. It's disturbing in the most unpleasant ways possible outside of Abu Ghraib or battlefield snuff films.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Jul 18, 2007

C-

[Joffe] brings an artful video-grunge look, and not much else, to this Saw clone.

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Rob Humanick

Slant Magazine

Jul 16, 2007

.5/4

A poseur Grand Guignol, artistically indefensible and rank without purpose.

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Jul 18, 2025

2/5

Critics have definitely been known to rescind their negative reviews upon reassessment, but in this case, they were right the first time around.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Jun 5, 2024

1/4

An uninspired horror flick that puts the nail in the coffin of the torture porn subgenre

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Nov 3, 2018

2/5

The current plight of Paris Hilton makes you suspect that the heiress' jail sentence is an elaborate marketing ploy for Captivity. If only the once great director Roland Joffe and writer Larry Cohen behind Captivity could show such imagination.

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Harry L

Dec 29, 2018

One of the worst films of all time. I cannot stand torture porn but given the subject and the way it is handled I can make exceptions. However this is just an excuse to gross out the audience. There are those who will call Captivity misogynist, and I can't argue with the label. However, I think it lets the film off too lightly - this movie is hateful to everything and everyone, not just women. It is contemptuous of its characters and its audience. If there is another challenger for worst entry of 2007, I don't want to see it. Captivity might be bearable if it was well acted and told an interesting story, but it's not either. The performances by Elisha Cuthbert and Daniel Gillies are so over-the-top that they would be at home in a straight porn movie. The screenplay has three levels: dumb, dumber, and dumbest. (Torture porn has never been so unappealing. Give this a miss).

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Harry P

Sep 14, 2017

U wanna ripoff saw and hostel? Fine go ahead. Just don't expect anyone to care. If u wanna ripoff other horror films, can they at least be decent and not crap like the two mentioned. There are a few scenes where it genuinely feels like Cuthbert and Gillies are rehearsing their lines instead of reciting them. Complete lack of chemistry between the two and at least one gaping plot hole for good measure.

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Harry W

Jul 23, 2017

Not bad, starts off with a little torture, a little plot twist, nothing too crazy. It kept my attention the whole time. Elisha Cuthbert is hotness.

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Draco R

Sep 10, 2009

Watch the original Saw instead for a more intelligent experience.

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Synopsis

Jennifer, a model, is on top of the world. Her highly sought-after image adorns magazine covers and billboards. When she is alone at a charity event, she is abducted and put into a cell with another prisoner. Their captor subjects the two to torture, and they must find a way out of the chamber of horrors before he kills them.

Director: Roland Joffé
Producer: Mark Damon, Sergei Konov, Gary Mehlman, Leonid Minkovski
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen, Joseph Tura
Distributor: After Dark Films, Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Ramco Films, Captivity Productions, Foresight Unlimited
Rating: R (Language|Grisly Images|Torture|Pervasive Terror|Some Sexual Material|Strong Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.6M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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