Captive State
This film explores a series of science fiction events that take place in a Chicago neighborhood a decade after occupying an extraterrestrial force for this small neighborhood. After a long time it seems like a whole decade, we explore together that simple neighborhood and life inside it on both sides of the conflict - collaborators and opponents at the same time and one place.
14 November 1961, Shoreham, Long Island, New York, USA
22 April 1990, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
26 February 1975, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
7 August 1958, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
24 October 1995, Inglewood, California, USA
14 April 1967
March 18, 2019
It's noise without structure, movement without direction, plot without story.
March 15, 2019
An unsatisfying potluck of quasi-relevant, frustration-inducing ideas.
March 15, 2019
It's really rather impressive, the extent to which Captive State sucks everything even potentially fun out of the alien-invasion genre.
March 18, 2019
A cinematic Trojan horse, 'Captive State' promises to be an exciting thriller, but proves stodgy and dull.
March 19, 2019
The interesting ideas and "trust no one" atmosphere, sadly, cannot save CAPTIVE STATE.
March 16, 2019
Overall it's a mess, compounded by murky CGI and some unrealistic performances.
March 15, 2019
Goodman, Dunn and Farmiga play even the more ridiculous elements straight, as if they're in a cop movie. The younger actors are all terrific as well.
March 18, 2019
The premise seems timely and provocative, but rarely does that translate to consistent suspense.
March 17, 2019
The first major surprise of 2019, Rupert Wyatt's sleeper is an uncommonly smart piece of science fiction that, like all great genre pieces, has a potent subtext.
March 15, 2019
The central plot development...is galvanizing in theory but mostly just confusing in practice.
March 18, 2019
It's a shame that its studio didn't more heavily market Captive State. Smart, layered, tense, well-executed sci-fi like this should be nurtured in movie theaters.
March 15, 2019
Unfortunately, character development is perfunctory and unsatisfactory. We're watching a bunch of pawns on a filmmaker's chessboard.
