The Captive (2014)

Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Writers:

Atom Egoyan (story), Atom Egoyan (screenplay)

Stars:

Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Durand	...	Mika
Alexia Fast	...	Cass Lane
Mireille Enos	...	Tina Lane
Rosario Dawson	...	Nicole Dunlop
Aidan Shipley	...	Albert
Ryan Reynolds	...	Matthew Lane
Paige Baril	...	Paige
Bruce Greenwood	...	Vince Gray
Scott Speedman	...	Jeffrey Cornwall
William MacDonald	...	Frank
Jason Blicker	...	Sam
Aaron Poole	...	Mike
Brendan Gall	...	Teddy
Peyton Kennedy	...	Young Cass
Mark Gorodnitsky	...	Young Albert

Storyline

Teenager Cassandra is locked up against her will unable to contact her family to let them know she's still alive. Flashback to eight years ago when 9-year-old Cass was abducted from her father's truck and he goes straight to the authorities who immediately peg him as the prime suspect. Eight years later, her father, Matthew, is still being investigated by the police who are also trying to crack the bigger problem of crimes against children, Matthew's marriage has deteriorated and leads in the case are hard to come by. So much time but so little has changed and it's going to be up to Matthew and Cassandra herself to repair the estranged family.

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Plot Keywords:

disappearance | diner | drugged woman | alternating time lines | internet chatroom | 

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Taglines:

When hope is all you have.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ryan Reynolds also starred with Kevin Durand in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).

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Goofs

After Matthew picks up his daughter from ice skating, she is in the back seat of the truck. When the truck is departing the parking lot, there is nothing visible in the bed of the pickup. In the very next shot, we are viewing the daughter as she looks out of the back window. In that shot there is a large, dark, rectangular shape in the pickup's bed that we can see in the reflection. The immediate scene after is a shot from inside the vehicle looking backwards toward the daughter, but you can also see out the back window and there is nothing at all visible in the bed.

The large rectangular 'box' seen in the window's reflection was obviously a 'hide'. The use of this hide was to have a place to put the camera, and to create a 'non-reflective' area on the window to allow for shooting the scene from the outside-in.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mika: Maybe. Just this once. Let me think about it a little bit, okay?

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Soundtracks

Break the Spell
Performed by Rachel Zeffira
Written by Rachel Zeffira
Used courtesy of Paper Bag Records & Universal Music Publishing Group, a division of Universal Music Canada, Inc. ©2012

User Reviews

Why the jumping timeline?

It's an interesting film with many good character studies but so confusing because of its jumping all over the place timeline. Very difficult to keep track of what's going on.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 December 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Queen of the Night

Filming Locations:

Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$407,804, 7 September 2014

Gross USA:

$1,075,178

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,096,212

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ego Film Arts, The Film Farm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1