Movie

Captive

2020 · 89 min

A tense, claustrophobic cat-and-mouse game where a captive must perform a fragile lie to survive a delusional captor.

Tagline: Get out alive.
Overview: A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
How it feels: Tense, dark, eerie and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, deception, isolation, family
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
deception
isolation
family
madness
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild