Captive

2016

Seasons & Episodes

  • 1

6.8| 0h30m| TV-MA| en
Synopsis

Documentary series reconstructing history's most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.

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Hypnotic

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BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
Boodwayne Altought the cinematography and the editing is amazing, most of the situations involve muslims captors and caucasians captives looking for strength by praying; to me it feels extremely biased because it looks like religious propaganda. Anyway if you get pass that it's a couple of interesting stories involving dumb people who thinks their faith will save their life from the most dangerous countries and when they get caught they beg government for help. That's pretty much it.
mr_diken It is informative albeit the info is too selective as I will describe below. Its low pace make you bored sometimes. Besides, the transition periods are kept longer than needed and this increase the feeling of boredom. Its reenactments are very realistic and needs to be appraised. However, there is a very strong bias implicit in the selection of incidents. I am normally not and don't want to be a politically-driven critic but here, the producers seem to act politically-driven. Please look at all the episodes -- All are "muslim"-driven atrocities. I, like most muslims would do, condemn these acts. Yet, making such a documentary but selecting events with solely one-type of perpetrator casts doubt about the intention of those producers. This at least funs the flames. I protest.
Ladiloque Boh Based on the 1st Episode. I don't really know what I expected when deciding to give it a try. I'm not into docu-dramas: I can't stand the interviews and the lots of "Oh so bad", "Oh so sad", "Oh so huge", "Oh so dangerous", etc...I guess that if you're into this sort of things "a la REAL-TV" where everyone's (predictable) perspective (slowly) recounts the development of the episode's story, you may enjoy it. Especially if the topic tingles you.But don't expect any high level analysis whatsoever: you'll get the depth the interviews will allow you to get. Furthermore, production value is very low: original footage, few (and as cheap as possible) reconstructions, interviews. Low standards boring television unless you're really interested in one of the stories (in which case you'll get just a sensationalistic introduction).