Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The only pertinent question about the film wasn't even answered. I mean, what about the dog??? Was it really her dog? Was the second one an illusion? What's up with that? Other than that, the film was trash, the sort of trash that gets wet and smelly and you gotta take it out of the house asap cuz you can't stand the smell anymore. I need to detox my mind after this. My friend says she's seen worse, but Saw is better.

Awakening in a strange room, a glamorous supermodel and another prisoner learn they have been abducted by a crazed madman intent on torturing them in various brutal traps and must find a way out of their predicament to survive the encounter together.While there's some good stuff to this one, the fact that there's a lot more flaws really makes this one quite low. One of the biggest ones is that there's really no rationale offered for why anything goes on in here. It's supposed to go without saying that the cause is due to feeling incredibly attracted to her, but that still doesn't explain certain motivations present. The blank, expressionless and completely unknown killer here doesn't strike any kind of fear about himself physically, which is why offering a sort of explanation would've gone a long-way towards what the purpose of doing this would've been. One of the biggest culprits is the ending, which is where it's supposed to all come together, yet instead it just doesn't hold any impact at all. It glosses over the answer and doesn't provide any real truth to the matter, and instead it just makes the whole film feel incredibly confused due to not giving anything of any real definitive clarity, especially with why he held both of them together. Another problem in the film is the fact that there's way too much time spent on making sure the characters are drugged, which gets old after a while. It doesn't make for very engaging viewing knowing that, immediately afterward, she's going to be drugged out to ensure that the cycle continues. Rather, do it rarely or make it a mystery as to what's occurring to her, as she keeps blanking out but is unsure of why, building up mystery to what's happening there rather than spell it out from the very beginning and not offering any chance of doing so otherwise. The last flaw to this one is the fact that, through the majority of the film, hardly anything really interesting happens. Sure, the tortures are fine and graphic, but it just runs through the motions without anything there to make them standout nor does anything interesting with the shots of her candid interviews, and it suffers for that. Along with some lame tortures and the unthreatening killer, these here are the film's problems. There was a few things about this one that actually worked. One of the biggest is that there's a really spectacular setting in here where all the action takes place, with the different amount of really dangerous-looking devices strung up throughout the walls, the dirty, grimy feel with all the dried blood and damp-looking surroundings. This effectively gives off the feeling of being a rather creepy-looking setting and appropriate for a series of crazy tortures to happen. There's a really good one inside an hourglass that is incredibly suspenseful, a falling acid trap and the different encounters down in the basement are quite nice, as is a full-on extended chase at the end that is incredibly fun and makes for a lot of good stuff. From the different entanglements through the house to the fun finale down in the basement and even the bloodshed, this scene has a lot to like going for it and it's the best thing about the film. These here are what hold this up but the flaws are just too much for this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, animal violence and a shadowy Sex Scene

Saw meets Hostel in this entertaining, but painfully predictable film. Elisha Cuthbert is the difference between Captivity and the dozens of lame horror movies produced every year. Don't get me wrong, Captivity is full of gore and has a ridiculously stupid storyline, but it's not that bad, and Cuthbert is the reason. The veteran actress, best known as Kim Bauer and The Girl Next Door, is very methodical with every move she makes and that really manages to keep your attention. The maze of traps, moving walls, and pitfalls were also really cool, but outside of that and Cuthbert, Captivity is your typical gore fest, with zero character development, and a chilling story that really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I liked it for the little things, but overall, there's nothing special here, just another lame horror movie, that happened to land the right star.

I work inn the film business, and read/have read a LOT of scripts. While I'm in the business, I HATE what has become of the US film industry. Without going into a tirade - they're my bread and butter, and that's not for here - one big reasons the dumbing down (if that's possible) of the movies.I'd be sitting in a screening room, and would be mumbling the dialogue - even before the actor said it. People around me, would say it was because I'd read the script.Nope.It's because it's all so 'film-by-numbers.' like making those ad-libs, where you fill in words, is how most films are made.This is one of those.I'd never heard of it, and, just started watching it (a once in awhile guilty pleasure). Within... 15 minutes (and I was reading something while it was on), I knew who the 'bad' guy was. I could even figure out why he was doing it, (roughly), etc.So, just to prove myself right, I sat through it. And, I was right.I like Elisha Cuthbert - I think she's a talented young lady who is her dues, with this. But, this so mind numbing - I'm no fan of so-called 'torture porn,' but, even I was saying 'please!'David Gillies is the indistinguishably generic ' good-looking young man,' and every other person is cliché - both in their appearance, and character. I'm saying all this semi-vaguely, because while the 'plot' is so thread-bare, I don't want to give anything 'away.'Having said all this, if you want to see Elisha in a better film, see her in THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, where she gives a much better performance.Otherwise - skip this.I'm shocked (?) to see Roland Joffé's name as the director. While the man has made other garbage, he's also made films that are good (THE KILLING FIELDS).Roland - WTF?!?!?! 