Captivity (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.6/10   

Director:

Roland Joffé

Escritores (WGA):

Larry Cohen (screenplay) and
Joseph Tura (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

13 julio 2007 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

When You Think The Worst Has Happened....Think Worse

Plot:

A man and a woman awaken to find themselves captured in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them psychologically mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Model | Escape | Cellar | Captive

Premios:

4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Adds nothing new, but it's a hell of a lot better than the Saw sequels!

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 14

2:45 AM

TMC

Reparto

Elisha Cuthbert	...	Jennifer Tree
Daniel Gillies	...	Gary Dexter
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Ben Dexter
Michael Harney	...	Det. Bettiger
Laz Alonso	...	Det. Ray Di Santos
Maggie Damon	...	Detective Susan Luden
Chrysta Olson	...	Mary D'Abro (as Chrysta Olsen)
Carl Paoli	...	Victim #1
Trent Broin	...	Victim #2

También conocida como:

El sótano (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
El sotano (Venezuela) [es]
Sin escape (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grisly images, language and some sexual material.

Duración:

96 min

País:

USA | Russia

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14 | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Taiwan:R-12 (original rating) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Japan:R-18 | Finland:K-15 | Norway:18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Peru:18

Locaciones de Filmación:

Glendale, California, USA

Compañía:

Captivity Productions

Trivialidades:

The initial advertising campaign for Captivity featured a multi-paneled poster. The first panel was labeled "Abduction," featuring actress Elisha Cuthbert appearing petrified, her mouth covered by a black gloved hand. The second panel was labeled "Confinement" and showed Cuthbert behind a chain-link fence with a bloody thumb poking through. The third was labeled "Torture" and featured Cuthbert on her back, her face hidden within a white cast and red tubes going up her nose. The fourth panel was labeled "Termination" and featured what appeared to be a limp body hanging over a table. The poster was placed on several billboards across Los Angeles, causing a significant uproar and resulting in many complaints. Distributor Lionsgate -- who were not involved in the film's advertising campaign and claimed to know nothing of the poster in question before the posters were distributed -- and producer After Dark Films ultimately decided to remove the controversial poster from the advertising campaign and took the billboards down.

Errores:

Micrófono Boom visible: (At 05:40) While on the telephone at the beginning a boom microphone is visible tracking along with Elisha Cuthbert's actions in the mirror behind her.

Citas:

Gary: [refers to Jenn after she couldn't get the shotgun to shoot, as he cocks the gun] You should've cocked it sweetheart.

Conexiones de Película:

References "Dexter" (2006)

Banda de Sonido:

Death Trap

Adds nothing new, but it's a hell of a lot better than the Saw sequels!

I have to admit that I probably wouldn't have gone to cinema to see this film if it wasn't for all the unneeded controversy surrounding it's marketing campaign in the USA, but I guess that's a good thing as it shows that the people who initiate that sort of thing usually just end up helping the film in question to reach a wider audience. I have to say that whoever it was that made such a fuss about the posters did me a favour, as while Captivity isn't exactly a modern masterpiece; it's certainly a decent little horror thriller, and I'm glad I went to see it. The film focuses solely around Jennifer Tree, an actress who is abducted and thrown into a basement dungeon from which there is no escape and she is continually watched over by the psychopath who abducted her; a man who also enjoys putting her through all manner of sadistic and brutal torturing. Hope arises when she finds a man in the cell next to her, and together they attempt to escape from the dungeon. But as they face more sadism and torture, it turns out that the situation isn't all it seems.

This film is obviously catching on to the 'torture porn' film type that seems to be dominating the horror genre recently (films such as Hostel and Saw being at the forefront), but while this doesn't add anything new; it is entertaining to watch, and that is really all that is important from this sort of film. The film is, surprisingly, directed by experienced director Roland Joffé, whose only other film I've seen is the Oscar nominated "The Killing Fields" - and this is nothing like it! (Though I'd say that's a good thing...). The screenplay was written by the great Larry Cohen, who you can always count on for an entertaining thrill ride, and while this isn't one of his best attempts; I'd pretty much say he delivered (it's better than Cellular, too). The twist in the middle can be seen coming a mile off, but that's not important either as the handling after the twist is good and with this, Cohen succeed in racketing the film up a notch. Captivity is very short at just 85 minutes, but I'd rather it be on the short side than feature a bucket load of filler like many films these days do. Overall, I won't say this is brilliant or a classic; but it's a more than decent horror thriller and I definitely recommend seeing it.