The movie tells the true story about Brian Nichols, who escapes from the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta, murders the judge assigned to his case and then holds Smith, a single mother struggling with drug addiction, as a hostage.
23 April 1979, East Islip, Long Island, New York, USA
18 February 1971
12 January 1962, Lenoir, North Carolina, USA
23 March 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 January 1956, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
1 April 1976, Oxford, England, UK
November 14, 2016
A thriller of sorts that starts reasonably well before drifting to an aimless halt.
September 18, 2015
Though the film ends with a whimper instead of a bang, Oyelowo and Mara's riveting, embodied performances rise above the material.
September 18, 2015
The problem, alas, is that Mara and Oyelowo are ultimately captive in a script that doesn't allow its characters to stretch outside their preordained boundaries.
September 22, 2015
The thin story has been stretched like Silly Putty to feature-film length and the result is utterly see-through in its sledgehammer moralizing.
September 18, 2015
The film's police-procedural action is unimaginatively presented, but Oyelowo is compelling ...
January 05, 2016
So inept a film, so bland and monotonous, that it fails even to serve as the blatant ad for the certain Christian motivational book it would appear to be.
December 02, 2015
How does an actor depict something as ineffable and internal as undergoing a spiritual awakening? Mara does it with only the darting of her eyes and the slowing of her breath, and it's an extraordinary moment that should be remembered come Oscar time.
March 02, 2016
Captive is TV veteran Jerry Jameson's first theatrical feature since Airport '77. That's by far the most interesting thing about it.
May 12, 2016
The film's reluctance to overinvest in its religious significance will certainly not satisfy the spiritual nor will it come as a welcome relief to the skeptical, placing the overall audience in a state of limbo.
October 04, 2015
Finally, Christian audiences have a top-notch, captivating film.
September 20, 2015
Captive winds up building to a big nothing.
September 18, 2015
For a movie about purpose, "Captive" never finds its own.
