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Mar 15, 2019 · Here is a thriller about an alien invasion that mostly avoids mass destruction and firefights. Instead, the story follows the humans on the ground, as they go through their routines and, eventually, execute an elaborate plan of subterfuge to try to start a global uprising against the aliens.
Mar 15, 2019 · This sci-fi thriller may not necessarily leave viewers in a Captive State, but it offers reasonably diverting alien invasion action with ambitious political undertones. Read Critics Reviews....
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- Rupert Wyatt
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- John Goodman
Mar 14, 2019 · Captive State review – ambitious sci-fi thriller offers up uneven intrigue. A jumble of themes and ideas jostle for space in an audacious, but often messy, film that takes a familiar alien...
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Captive State Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Nyle Coleman InSession Film. This new take on alien invasion took a moment for me to accept but in the end,...
- An atmospheric sci-fi flick with a message that will stick with you long after you leave the theatre.
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By Rosie Knight
Updated: Apr 28, 2020 10:31 pm
Posted: Mar 14, 2019 10:00 pm
Director Rupert Wyatt launched a massive franchise with Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011, but since then he's been much quieter, directing indie Mark Wahlberg starrer The Gambler and taking turns on TV shows like The Exorcist. Now, after eight years, he's returning to the science fiction fray with Captive State, and though it's a world away from the big budget star vehicle he's most well known for, it's the director's best film yet with a sterling cast, moving story, and impressive effects.
Set in Chicago almost a decade after an intergalactic assault which has changed the face of the entire planet, Wyatt quickly establishes the state of play with some simple yet intelligent visual exposition, and by the time the opening credits have finished rolling you're an active part in this terrifying new world. It's a thoroughly dystopian landscape we find our protagonist Gabriel in as he navigates the leftovers of his hometown.
Ashton Sanders is an engaging presence -- as anyone who has seen Moonlight will know -- and it's exhilarating to see him lead a genre film, especially as he offers up a fantastic performance, a bundle of anxiety, anger, and occasional hope.
At its core, Captive State is a film about resistance and the way that each of us tries to fight for what we believe in. It's not a clean and obvious fight, and that makes it even more interesting to witness. Genre films have always excelled when they're analogous, and though Wyatt is loathe to make any big statements, there's a power and timeliness to a story about hope in the face of the most unimaginable odds.
And there's a reality to this version of that narrative, one that reconciles how much easier it is to run away than fight, to assimilate than to rebel, and how long the seeds of true resistance take to bloom into something that can change the world.
Captive State, Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt's return to science fiction, is an imaginative, interesting, and ultimately rewarding affair. A lo-fi vision of the future which manages to be both heartbreaking and hopeful, Captive State is held together by tight direction and a fantastic lead performance from Ashton Sanders.
- Rosie Knight
Mar 15, 2019 · With John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga. Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.
Mar 16, 2019 · ‘Captive State’ Review: A Messy, Yet Engaging Science Fiction Film. By Matt Conway March 16, 2019. The science fiction genre may still have a beating pulse, but its often overshadowed by the...
