Title: held captive... at least a little
Product review: Captivity is both an overdone bloodfest, and a tastefully conceived dramatic psychoplay. If you hate the former, focus on the latter, because when you do, this movie plays out quite well. The feeling of Elisha's character being already held captive by an adoring public and ridiculous ideals set by an anorexically unhealthy modeling industry and public expectationsis well portrayed. The bond she forms with another captive prisoner is plausible and even understandable in this horrifying predicament. Unfortunately, the plot twists are forseen far, far before the director decides to alert us, and the bloody nasty array of torture and psychological bombardment by the captors is unnecessarily brutal. Still, these faults aside, Captivity is a worthy watch if just to see how it turns out. Like the accident on the side of the road, you dont want to look, but you just cant look away either... you're held in.... Captivity. 3.75 stars
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