Let’s just call this Trailer Tuesday. Third trailer posted today. This one for The Captive just stumbled across on Apple Trailers. I knew this movie was being made but somehow it slipped below my radar. This child kidnap thriller, seemingly a subgenre of its own by now, is directed by Armenian-Canadian Atom Egoyan. Egoyan is highly acclaimed in Canada and has received Academy Award nominations for The Sweet Hereafter back in 1997. He’s a critical darling on the festival circuit in Cannes and Toronto. This movie stars Ryan Reynolds, who is a bit of a dud in larger films, but has been in some acclaimed smaller films and gave a particularly solid performance in Buried. It also features Rosario Dawson and Mireille Enos (who’s role gives a similar vibe to her character in AMC and Netflix’s The Killing). Lastly, it has Kevin Durand, who is one of my favorite character actors these days after his strong supporting role as a baddie in Lost. He’s currently featured on FX’s The Strain and has given great performances in 3:10 to Yuma, Cosmopolis, and Fruitvale Station.
This movie gives reminds me of fellow Canadian director, Denis Villeneuve, 2013 film Prisoners. It also does seem similar to the aforementioned The Killing tv series. This movie didn’t get the best of reviews early on the festival circuit, but those reviewers can have very different motivations than what we think of as normal critics. Both Egoyan and Villeneuve have films coming out next year too. The movie was released to our friends in the Great White North this September after opening at Cannes in May, but is supposed to be released on December 12th, but I’d bet that’s in NY/LA and this could get a roll out to a wider audience later if successful, otherwise wait for this to pop up on Netflix or On Demand.
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