Captured (Video 1998)

A car thief breaks into a man's house who is on a low because his career is being taken away. The man locks up the thief in the car, and tortures him.

Director:

Peter Liapis

Writer:

Peter Liapis

Stars:

Nick Mancuso, Andrew Divoff, Linda Hoffman

Cast

Cast overview:
Nick Mancuso	...	Holden Downs
Andrew Divoff	...	Robert Breed
Linda Hoffman	...	Faye Downs
Michael Mahonen	...	Joey Breed
Seth Peterson	...	Buddy
Paul Collins	...	Harry
Christopher Kriesa	...	Charlie
Beth Tegarden	...	Sheila
Luisa Leschin	...	Gladys
Thad Geer	...	Marcus Tanner
Lisa Long	...	Cindy
Ray Rodriguez	...	Security guard
Tricia Lee Pascoe	...	reporter

Storyline

A car thief breaks into a man's house who is on a low because his career is being taken away. The man locks up the thief in the car, and tortures him.

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Plot Keywords:

car | torture | car thief | porsche | security guard | 

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Taglines:

It is the duty of every honest citizen to protect their property (Video Australia)

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 June 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Capturado

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Back Seat Productions, The Image Organization

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Robert locks Holden in the car the window is put all the way up, when Robert returns shortly the window is down a bit.

User Reviews

How to "pay back" a car thief for his dirty deeds!

Now, suppose you walked to your parking garage after a particularly bad day at work, facing the possibility of losing everything you've worked for, and you catch a car thief in the process of stealing your prized new Porsche? You'd probably want to beat the living snot out of him! Well, that's how the movie starts, and that's exactly what Holden Downs does, with the help of a tire iron. Of course, big brother wants to get revenge, and that starts "the rest of the story."

In a very interesting premise, the big businessman manages to hold captive the car thief, caught in the act the second time too! We can all identify with the desire to see justice, but the story gets a bit gory. I must admit that it kept me watching the whole 95 minutes. This movie is much more terrifying than that bad movie, "Blair Witch Project", because it gets you thinking what you would do if someone broke into your house after dark and you were alone!

Although much of the movie was inventive, the ending was not particularly clever nor satisfying. There were no winners, all losers. Still, I give it 5 of 10 for such an interesting premise, and macabre entertainment value.