Movie Review

Captivity (2007)

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | Jul 18, 2007

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

C-

Details Release Date: Jul 13, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 85 Minutes; Genre: Thriller; With: Elisha Cuthbert and Pruitt Taylor Vince

$A DIFFERENT \'KILLING FIELD\' Cuthbert contemplates the depravity of her situation in Jaffe\'s Captivity$

A DIFFERENT 'KILLING FIELD' Cuthbert contemplates the depravity of her situation in Jaffe's Captivity

Captivity was attacked for its too-evil-for-kids billboard ad, but the real distinction — if that's the word — of this torture-porn horror flick is that it was made by middlebrow humanist Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields). He brings an artful video-grunge look, and not much else, to this Saw clone, in which a kidnapped supermodel (Elisha Cuthbert) is made to endure a series of Fear Factor torments, one of which is truly gross (she's fed a bloody milk shake of blenderized body parts), the rest not sick enough to disturb anyone who'd go to see this film.

Originally posted Jul 17, 2007 Published in issue #945 Jul 27, 2007 Order article reprints

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Box Office Preview ''Phoenix'' will easily rise to No. 1

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