Review – Captivity

In the early days of torture porn, movies like Saw resembled the early days of actual porn (at least the mass-marketed stuff). They had at least enough plot to vaguely excuse the parade of explicit sex scenes. But then came the pictures that were nothing but sex from start to finish. No plot. No characters. Just screwing. Well, that’s what we get here. Elisha Cuthbert (Kim Bauer on 24 and pretty much the only reason I decided to give this picture a look) stars as a fashion model who gets kidnapped by a psycho and locked in an elaborate torture dungeon. The thing tries to sprout a story around the beginning of act three, but by then it has two insurmountable problems. First, the twist is so artlessly telegraphed that it’s not enough of a surprise to merit the trouble. And second, by then the mindless torment – including forcing the heroine to kill her own dog – has worn out any welcome the movie might have enjoyed. Avoid at all costs