A beautiful young dentist (Ormond) working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate (Roth) after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit ...
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The Watchmen and San Andreas star leans into a different side of herself to play a hard-hitting new role.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Julia Ormond | ... | Rachel Clifford | |
| Tim Roth | ... | Philip Chaney | |
| Keith Allen | ... | Lenny | |
| Siobhan Redmond | ... | Sue | |
| Peter Capaldi | ... | Simon | |
| Colin Salmon | ... | Towler | |
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Richard Hawley | ... | Sexton |
| Annette Badland | ... | Maggie | |
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Jeff Nuttall | ... | Harold |
| Kenneth Cope | ... | Dr. Hockley | |
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Bill Moody | ... | Surgery Officer |
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Nathan Dambuza | ... | Moses |
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Christina Collingridge | ... | Katie |
| Victoria Scarborough | ... | Dental Nurse | |
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Anthony Keirnan | ... | Blackie (as Anthony Kernan) |
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A beautiful young dentist (Ormond) working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate (Roth) after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him, with terrible consequences for all. Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>
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A passion so consuming it transforms you and makes you do the unbelievable, the unimaginable, the unthinkable. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for a strong sex scene, and for language and some violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Simon: [on answering machine] Rachel, hi, it's it's Simon. Um, I don't know how long you've got this flat for, but it's nice, so it's okay. I know you don't want to, but we've really got to talk about our house, and fix the price. I've tried calling you at work. Please ring back.
[Rachel holds her nose and plunges under the bath water]
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At 8:34 when Rachel takes the latex gloves out of her pocket and puts them on her hands to give Philip a dental exam, she should not have done that because the latex gloves are no longer sterile after being in her pocket, she should have got a fresh pair of gloves from the box as those are sterile. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Simon: [on answering machine] Rachel, hi, it's it's Simon. Um, I don't know how long you've got this flat for, but it's nice, so it's okay. I know you don't want to, but we've really got to talk about our house, and fix the price. I've tried calling you at work. Please ring back.
[Rachel holds her nose and plunges under the bath water]
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I just got finished viewing Captives and I liked it A lot. I guess it was Tim Roth's interaction with Ormond that drew me in and stopped me from switching channels. A lot of dialogue was spoken not with words, but with expressions. And the more I think about it, the more I feel the movie kept a constant level of tension throughout. As for believability, I know love can be blind, having been in love myself and that thought, for me, kept the movie alive. I give it a big thumb's up.