Don't listen to the negative reviews

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

It seems that the production paid loads of money to get Ryan Ronald on board to guarantee box office. Everyone else was really bad in acting. That is also obviously the fault of the screenwriter and casting director. The script had many faults in terms of plot and action. The characters are not at well paid attention to in the screenplay it shows. Atom Egoyan was super lazy in this film. Perhaps he had a cool 'idea' at first, but then I think it stopped at that. It wasn't dealt with properly.

THE CAPTIVE is a Canadian kidnap thriller with an average plot, a decent cast, and pitiful execution. The problem with this one is that, rather than being told chronologically, this is all in non-linear fashion so there's a scene from one time frame followed by another from a totally different time frame, and so on. This non-linear sequencing has no merit at all and instead makes this a chore to watch. I have no idea what they thought they were adding to the film by including it. The rest is straightforward, with actors such as Rosario Dawson, Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Durand working hard to invest the viewer in their characters. It's an interesting film, but one that is deeply flawed.

I didn't like. Simple, I think should have more action and surprises. Good actors

Here's a Better Late then Never Review of "The Captive" (R - 2014 - Canada)...I wish I'd met someone like you when I was a little girl.Genre: Thriller/CrimeMy Score: 6.6Cast=10 Acting=8 Plot=8 Ending=6 Story=3 Suspense=8 Pace=5 Camera=7 Crime=7 Twist=4Eight years after her disappearance, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and she try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance. "The difference between a youth at risk and a young person with their whole life ahead of them, is care and concern." This was a great film in most aspects, but I hated the timeline. You can't have a movie jump back and forth over 8 years and leave Ryan Reynolds looking exactly the same. Looking deeper into the movie...you can find that everyone was a captive. Everywhere you turn there is someone that is themselves a prisoner. Was the promise kept? It might be worth it for you to find out.