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The Captive (2014)

R  |   |  Crime, Drama, Mystery  |  12 December 2014 (USA)
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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.

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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. Written by Anne Campbell

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Inspired by the web series The Escapee and the character Cassandra and her back story. See more »

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The detective Nicole is kidnapped from a banquet and while she is trapped in a van by the kidnappers, a few scenes later, she is in a hotel room finding recording equipment in the hotel rooms where the mother of Cass (the main victim in the movie) works as a maid. Later, after Cass is rescued, the detective is rescued from the van. It was not a flashback, the events are presented out of order. See more »

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Mika: Maybe. Just this once. Let me think about it a little bit, okay?
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Implausible rubbish
7 December 2014 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I was hoping for something awesome like the original The Vanishing, but I have to say the poster was the only good thing about this D grade film. honestly... this film is like Disney made a movie about a pedo ring. I kept thinking there must be a twist but no, it really was just. that. bad. The main villain is totally implausible and about as threatening as a butterfly. The parents' delivery of grief is tawdry and inadequate. And the 2 hot detectives are the icing on the cake to make this a barely acceptable TV movie. There are just so many conveniently unexplained holes in this film, which surely only serve to a cover up for a really poorly written story with even worse casting. I signed up to IMDb just to share with you all not to waste your hard-earned money on this.


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