The captive may appear to bite off a little more than it can chew but its one of the most satisfyingly baroque thrillers of the year, and thanks to a perfectly judged performance by ryan. If his name werent on the mess of a screenplay it might be easy to assume egoyan took the captive as a job for hire. But her betrayal of mika at the end refutes that read, which means what. West memphis 3 saga, devils knot, followed, and now along comes the captivehands down the dumbest movie egoyan has ever made.
Matthew steps briefly into a diner and comes out to find that his. The captive, the latest from eclectic canadian auteur atom egoyan, took a royal beating at the french festival earlier this year mere weeks after the premiere of his critically reviled memphis three docudrama devils knot. The captive was released in 2014 on friday, december 12, 2014 in limited movie theaters. Licensed to youtube by merlin sc distribution, believe music on behalf of flemish eye records. Behind one of the most shocking movie endings of the year.
The end result is an effort that falls right in line with egoyans passable yet disappointing run of recent films. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including exodus. The film stars ryan reynolds, scott speedman, rosario dawson, mireille enos, kevin durand, and alexia fast. But the captives marriage of a creepy operatic fable and a clunky bmovie police. Many scenes in the movie are flashbacks, which are likewise not in chronological order. Everything you need to know about the captive movie 2014. If that sounds an awful lot like filmmaking, thats for a reason. It indeed is her, she being held captive in a locked room by a man named mika, his identity which cass has never discovered even after all these years. Eight years after the disappearance of cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that shes still alive. He spent the entire movie as the antagonist, a police officer determined to stop the uprising and protect the aliens at all costs, and they reward him with a promotion to commander. Atom egoyans childabduction drama may be provocative, but its also pretty ludicrous.
The captive movie ryan reynolds, rosario dawson,scott. A global crisis might seem like the worst time to watch movies about the end of the world. Join nancy as she goes to germany and solves the mystery behind a castle that is haunted by a monster. Police, parents and cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance. Everyone here, it predictably emerges, is a captive to something to anger, to shame, to their own unspeakable compulsions but by movie s end, its only egoyans undeniable filmmaking. Inexplicably, though, warrens popular book is given short shrift in the movie s big scene, the one in which smith reads a chapter of it to nichols in his mushbrained. Parasite s audience can choose to read the ending in a hopeful or hopeless way. With ryan reynolds, scott speedman, rosario dawson, mireille enos. A psychological thriller starring ryan reynolds, rosario dawson and scott speedman a pick up truck pulls off the highway at a diner. Starring david oyelowo and kate mara, directed by jerry jameson, based on the book unlikely angel by ashley smith.
The captive 2014 cast and crew eight years after a child disappeared without a trace, detectives find disturbing clues that indicate that the girl is still alive. The apocalyptic genre has boomed in cinema since the start of the cold war, and plenty of classics have. Peta plans to honor burton with a compassion in film award for dumbo, both for the cgi animals and the happy ending that all captive. He is a pedophile, and even though eighteen year old cass no longer appeals to the pedophile in him, he is using her to lure other children into his midst. The captive, formerly queen of the night and captives, is a 2014 canadian thriller film directed. We, for one, welcome our new insect overlords its a resistanceera spin on the alieninvasion scifi thriller if only the metaphor and b movie pulp could meet. In atom egoyans new film, the captive, ryan reynolds plays matt. Captive state is set nine years after an alien species invades earth and takes control of the planet. Director rupert wyatt, perhaps best known for his work on rise of the planet of the apes, opted for the latter with his new film captive state, which is set in chicago nearly a decade after. The film s setting is south korea but the ideas and problems presented are universal. Captive states explosive ending, explained by director. By the end of the movie, we discover is that mulligan is working the long con. Ryan reynolds cannes thriller the captive draws and. The captive 2014 film the captive, formerly queen of the night and captives, is a 2014 canadian thriller film directed by atom egoyan with a script he cowrote with david fraser.
For all its problems, the captive does try to hit the themes that have obsessed egoyan for three decades. All 5 songs from the the captive 2014 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Squanders nicolas cages hunger for gonzo bmovie madness. Captive state ends with william mulligan going to visit his new bosses, the aliens, in their personal safe zone. Does this film show hopeful earthlings, aliens, futuristic tech. Think of the ending of millers crossing or, perhaps even more accurately, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. This page was last edited on 23 february 2020, at 14. The psychological thriller, the captive examines how this kidnapping destroys the relationships among those involved. If aliens ever invade, pray that its more exciting than this flat thriller. This story contains major spoilers for captive state, including a discussion of the ending. Becomes baroque and ludicrous as the hitchcockian scenario loses its psychological bearings in a web of trashy plot twists and selfconscious jumps in time. The canadian director, whos always interesting, if hardly always good or consistent, brought his flair for melodrama and danceonthelineoftheimplausible to the captive, a movie that. Theres no evidence of a personal investment in any of the characters or in. Ryan reynolds cannes thriller the captive draws and deserves boos cannes 2014.