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This sci-fi thriller may not necessarily leave viewers in a Captive State, but it offers reasonably diverting alien invasion action with ambitious political undertones. Read Critics Reviews
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Mar 15, 2019 · The thinking behind “Captive State” is admirable. The execution is far from that. Here is a thriller about an alien invasion that mostly avoids mass destruction and firefights.
Captive State is a sci-fi movie directed by Ruper Wyatt who decides to take it easy and tell a completely different story than the typical Hollywood blockbuster. It is in this decision where the film gains strength. But let's be clear, Captive State is not a perfect movie, far from it.
Mar 14, 2019 · Captive State is a rich but challenging alien invasion movie. Choices made by a group of alien-combating rebels stir up a different strain of terror. by Jordan Hoffman. Mar 14, 2019,...
Mar 15, 2019 · Rupert Wyatt’s Captive State takes the ills that plague Chicago—from police corruption to racial segregation—and remixes them into a sci-fi allegory in which, in established alien-invasion dystopic fashion, the meaning of any given metaphor is never that far from the surface.
Mar 14, 2019 · Captive State, Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt's return to science fiction, is an imaginative, interesting, and ultimately rewarding affair.
Mar 15, 2019 · Film Review: ‘Captive State’. An audacious and suspenseful thriller about resistance fighters waging an underdog campaign against occupying extraterrestrials. By Joe Leydon. Focus Features.