Captivity (2007)

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So, this movie had me at hello. I don't know if it was a mood I was in, but, right from the weird mummified tube tortured dude before the credits I was ready for more. It seemed Captivity was gonna freak me just a little. And it did. A little.

Jennifer Tree (Elisha Cuthbert) is everywhere. Billboards, television, magazines...she IS America's next top model. But the famous blonde is unhappy. She hardly gets anytime to herself. While Jennifer's depression sinks in it lowers her guard and leaves it just a little easier for her to be stalked. After a long day of photo shoots Jennifer goes to a very uppity club with her dog, (Yes people with her dog. I don't get it either.) where she is drugged with an Appletini and subsequently kidnapped by our unseen villain.

When Jennifer wakes up she hears the ocean and even sees the beach from where she lies. However it's all a clever ruse to throw her off guard. The ocean is nothing but sound effects and a projected beach image on a screen. Jennifer soon realizes she's in a sort of prison and freaks out.

Jennifer is coerced into doing things like change her clothes and eat vitamins by an ever present host that she cannot see. When she's a bad girl and doesn't do as her captor bids, she is gassed and punished. And by punished I mean fed a blender of freshly pureed body parts forced down her throat via funnel. Um...eww. It's kind of an awesomely ...

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