We Can All Breathe Easy -- MPAA Gives 'Captivity' an R Rating
Filed under: Horror, Lionsgate Films, Movie Marketing
Jeez, how to stretch this news into something approximating two meaty paragraphs ... ok, remember that Captivity flick that snagged some free press by posting forbidden billboard advertisements in places it wasn't supposed to and recently got bumped back a month in the process? That one with Elisha Cuthbert that sounds a lot like "Saw meets ... another movie just like Saw"? OK, well that movie finally earned a rating (and probably a thorough tongue-lashing) from the MPAA.According to Bloody-Disgusting.com, Roland Joffe's* Captivity is rated R for "strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grizzly images, language and some sexual material." I can practically hear the concerned moms now: "Hmm, pervasive ... torture ... Well, as long as its only some sexual material, sure, you can see it." And I can only assume the "grizzly" part was a typo, because nothing in the Captivity press notes indicates that there are any bears in this movie. (Although I certainly wouldn't be averse to a Saw rip-off that threw a ravenous grizzly into the mix!)
* And what ever happened to Roland Joffe anyway? Obviously I'm not knocking the horror genre, but to go from The Killing Fields and The Mission to ... Captivity? What happened there? (Hey that's over two paragraphs. That was easy!)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-10-2007 @ 10:13PM
Neil said...
If I made a movie with bears, you'd better believe that'd be mentioned in the press notes!
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5-10-2007 @ 10:16PM
Screen Rant said...
LOL... I was going to give you grief over the title of your post (yeah, I've REALLY been losing sleep over Captivity's rating), but you get props for stretching this into two paragraphs. :-)
Plus it must have been a pain writing this with so many links to insert in there!
Vic
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5-11-2007 @ 10:38AM
Chelsea said...
What happened to Roland Joffe? Well, he directed the Demi Moore Scarlet Letter, for starters...
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5-11-2007 @ 1:52PM
hmx said...
Has anyone actually looked at the billboard ads in question? I've seen more sex in advertisements for jeans. The only 'questionable' pane is the one for torture and even then you can find 'scarier' looking toys for children in just about any toy department. I don't know all of the details behind the movie but I don't see much wrong with the ads and I am sure anyone who too the time to actually find one of these ads would agree.
The poster for Hostel II might be a bit much for the overly protective sexually-repressed American population but I believe that there is more behind this than 'questionable' advertising. Think about it, with Boston a bunch of people put out advertising that was confusing and no one knew about. In the case of Captivity, After Dark took their ads to owners of the billboards and taxi companies and received their permission and paid their fees to host something that the owners of said advertising space saw no problems with.
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5-11-2007 @ 4:01PM
andy said...
Digg found your two paragraph stretch to be quite the newsworthy item. I bet you didnt see this one coming...
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