CAPTIVITY
(Second Viewing)

A young model is drugged, kidnapped and subject to harrowing torture in a cell of horrors in this spine chilling horror thriller. Jennifer is young, beautiful and famous. Everybody knows her name and her popularity brings her everything she wants in life- but one mans jealousy lures Jennifer to a dimension in torture when she finds herself drugged, captured and held in an underground maze of terror. Taken against her will and subject to psychological punishment, Jennifer soon questions her sanity as her watchful tormentor pits her in numerous twisted traps. After struggling to keep her mind, she meets with Gary, another prisoner in the sick games and together they try their wits to escape from the cells and defeat the madman behind the sick games- but are they already too late when they are bound, gagged and thrust into a world of pain?

After a second viewing I would say this is almost more of a suspense or psychological thrill than I would a horror film. True, at the beginning their are some gory moments but those are all dispelled by the midway point. The gore was a nice surprise as more filmmakers are continually trying to push the envelope and try new ways to scare/horrify/shock the audience. As for the story it was fairly predictable with the second cell mate and the ending. However, I did find about 3-5 different goofs while watching it the second time around which makes the film seem cheap and lazy. However, the DVD ending is different than the theatrical ending. They cut the original by about 10 seconds and then added additional scenes lasting another couple of minutes. This is the first film I can remember where the theatrical and DVD endings were different.