Captive State

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Peter S @RT79715296 Aug 20, 2026 Like so many here, I'm very glad I ignored the mediocre ratings, which are understandable, in that the movie demands so much more of viewers than we have been trained to expect, especially from what appears on the surface to be a genre film. Crucial details are conveyed with extreme subtlety, right up to the critical final shot. In retrospect, the cumulative effect is incredibly powerful. See more B M @BeeMann Dec 30, 2025 Don't listen to the collaborators downvoting this movie. (Of course they don't want you to see it.) The marching band scene alone is epic, creepy, brilliant. Watch this if you like stories about dystopias or aliens or resistance or fighting fear with hope. See more Sylk B @Scot.B Dec 18, 2025 I've watched this 12 times since it was released. I don't understand why it is not more respected. Such a really great movie. If you haven't watched yet you should. See more Ripper J @RJ2099 Nov 30, 2025 Interesting premise and theme, but the pacing, like much of the modern "entertainment" industry, is broken. The first hour of the movie could have been done in 10 minutes because most of it was filled with drawn out scenes of characters doing nothing. Brushing their teeth, driving, walking (so much walking), sitting, staring off into space. They were not even introducing the setting, plot or characters. It was just nothing. The second half was still filled with too much empty space, but at least the plot finally started moving. While the pacing ruined the movie, the acting was decent and the story was passable. But overall, this slog was a chore to get through because of the pacing. See more Mark R @mvru2 Jul 29, 2025 I want to thank all critics & audience members who went against the majority & recommended this movie. As a sci-fi, action thriller with a resistance theme to the "invaders/occupiers", this was about as good as I have ever seen. I'm so glad to have stumbled on the 40% or so of reviews that said similar things. Well worth the watch...just have to stick with it through the first 40 minutes, and then it all starts to make more & more sense. Well done! See more Chantal C @RT93394254 Jul 27, 2025 This is an astonishingly underrated movie. The acting was incredible, and as someone who has watched countless hours of SciFy, I'm hard to please. They had such a griping view of alien invasion, human responses (as there will always be collaborators and those who would fight for freedom), and then the end? When Gabriel looks at that final video? The way it ends with Goodman and his looking directly at the camera with resolve, I couldn't look away. See more Read all reviews

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