Captive

From beginning to, well, I didn't make it to the end, this film is horrible. Throwaway writing poorly executed by lazy directing and stale acting. I feel like this movie was written AND filmed in a weekend. Nothing in this film provokes any sort of interest. It felt like a chore to even make it as far as I did. I found myself more interested in my neighbors moving out and found myself watching them from my window more than I watched this movie. I can't, for the life of me, understand how movies like this get made. Also, it seems as if the actors in this movie are pushing forty but have nothing better to do than break into a house for the weekend? A movie with no redeeming qualities and a complete waste of everyone's time. Including the viewer.

Ehhhhh I love the main actress same from "Bury the bride" her role on this one is more kick Butt! Was interesting all and all was a bit better I think than bury the bride. I do love the cameo of Brendan Fehr At the end it was left open of course you would have to see it.... I did enjoy it though would I rate it 10 nope a good 6 would I see it again no! Lol but I still highly recommend if you are bored or have nothing better to do with your time...most of the actors are unknown. The only one I recognized was the lead Scout Taylor Compton. I thought she was a bad ass on her role the part was good.

Captivity (2023) was recently added to Tubi and tells the tale of a group of friends who decide to break into an empty house for a weekend of fun. Unfortunately, they find a man chained in the basement and decide to set him free. They won't let this discovery ruin their weekend, but their discovery may decide to ruin theirs...

This movie is directed by Gregg Simon (The Cook) and stars Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween), Brendan Fehr (Final Destination), Tasie Lawrence (Good Kids), Christina Robinson (Dexter) and Katalina Parrish (The Ridiculous 6).

This is one of those horror movies that feels like they couldn't get anything right. Every decision made in the film is classic horror movie bad. The dialogue and acting are also below par and the soundtrack doesn't always match what's happening in the film, and why did we need a sex with sun glasses on scene? The horror elements are lacking with mediocre vampire transformation scenes and bad CGI attacks and blood splatter. The eyes in this were supposed to be creepy but felt like bad social media filters. The one part of the movie I enjoyed was the attack of the mother.

Overall, this is a disappointing addition to the horror genre that's not worth your time. I would score this a 1/10 and recommend skipping it.

I've never really rated Scout Taylor-Compton as a scream queen and figured it wouldn't be too long before she started to appear in low budget garbage like this (as opposed to the higher budget garbage she is best known for: Halloween and April Fool's Day).

In Captive, Taylor-Compton plays Ashley, one of a group of stoner friends who break into a house while the owners are away; while exploring the property, they discover a man chained up in the basement and release him, ignoring the crucifixes on the wall and the line of salt that encircles him. Whaddya know? He's a strigoi (that's a vampire in layman's terms) and he wants Ashley for his mate.

Predictably plotted, badly directed, poorly acted tosh, Captive is bottom tier vampire nonsense that I imagine will only appeal to Scout Taylor-Compton fans desperate to see the actress in a swimsuit. There's little in the way of special effects or gore, with blood sprays being of the badly composited digital variety, and the film's twist at the end is easy to guess.

2/10.

I assumed that this would suck because it's a Tubi Original, but I was pleasantly surprised. If you've watched enough horror movies, especially slasher movies, you already know all of the story beats--though I appreciated the way that the script makes some creative detours that defy expectations. The cast is uniformly strong, even if the set up beggars belief. You could do a LOT worse than CAPTIVE.

I gave this movie a 5. It's not something you're going to remember years from now, but it's good enough to hook you in and keep you watching. And kudos to Tubi for bringing this worthwhile original to their platform.

1-3 Don't waste your time 4-6 Good 7-9 Excellent 10 Outstanding.