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Captured

Captive (Captured)

2012

Brillante Mendoza

Isabelle Huppert, Maria Isabel Lopez, Mercedes Cabral, Joel Torre ...

5.5

441

Drama A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.

	Author	Review
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"The film is scrupulous in recreating events in realistic settings, adding little dramatic invention to the true story. What it actually lacks is a spark of storytelling that would pull it out of the historical recreation category"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Filipino director Brillante Mendoza returns to the provocative territory of his 2009 shocker 'Kinatay' with 'Captive', another grim kidnapping story, this one far weaker in terms of both shock and quality"	NEG
United Kingdom	Mike Goodridge Screendaily	"[It] is relentless in its action and starved of the deeper characterisation and human interaction that could have leant insight into the controversial issues of religion and humanity it raises"	NEU
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"The film exerts a queasy power that gradually gives way to lumbering issues of government indifference in this pre- and post-9/11 tragedy"	POS

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