'Captivity' Trailer Not Nearly as Controversial as the Billboards

by Scott Weinberg Apr 28th 2007 // 10:31AM

Filed under: Horror, Lionsgate Films, Trailer Trash

Remember that Elisha Cuthbert flick that was causing all sorts of uproar because of his MPAA-rejected billboards that (somehow) got plastered all over California anyway? Well, it sure looks like Lionsgate is feeling no ill effects from the ~~marketing gimmick~~ ratings board's disapproval, because Captivity is still locked in for a May 18 release date. (That'd place it opposite Shrek the Third, although I highly doubt they're going for the same audience.) ComingSoon.net's new horror site has the first look at the just-released Captivity trailer, and while it doesn't give up much in the plot department, it is overloaded with screechy sound effects and a lot of Cuthbert cleavage. Plus you just gotta love how Lionsgate managed to incorporate the "billboard controversy" in the Captivity marketing campaign.

Although the "abduct & torture" motif might feel like it comes from a rough and grungy young upstart, the flick actually comes from a pair of seasoned pros: The director is Roland Joffe, who once directed The Killing Fields, The Mission and ... The Scarlet Letter. (Yikes.) The screenwriter is Larry Cohen, old-school genre pro who also penned Cellular, Phone Booth and a whole bunch of solid genre flicks from the 1970s and '80s. The plot synopsis sounds a whole lot like the original Saw, only this one's a whole lot different: One of the abductees is a female. (And what a female she is!)

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4-28-2007 @ 9:25PM

kaitlin hess said...

I know it is just a movie and heck, ill probably end up seeing it....but i find it kind of bothersome with this new wave of torture movies. And now with this , Hostel 2, and a slew of others.....with the vicctims being women i worry about the glamourization and glorifying of abuse done to women...i know its wrong to torture a man...but the woman scenario is quite a bit more disturbing because it goes on so much and makes women even MORE vulnerable.....But then again...it Is just a movie right?

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