Captive State
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- Official Trailer (02:20)
- Trailer 3 (02:28)
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Synopsis
Aliens arrived on Earth, and nothing has ever been the same. Ten years after extra-terrestrials, which we call Legislators, took control of human affairs, there is no poverty or war or crime. There’s also no freedom. Captive State is set in a Chicago neighborhood where collaborators and dissidents coexist and sometimes clash.
In this mix are Mulligan (John Goodman), a cop who has worked with the aliens following First Contact, and even helped kill a dissident called Phoenix — whose son (Ashton Sanders) now considers carrying on in his father’s footsteps. In a world where everyone is on their guard, who can be trusted to fight for humanity’s future?
Cast
- John Goodman
- Ashton Sanders
- Jonathan Majors
- Vera Farmiga
- Kevin Dunn
- James Ransone
- Alan Ruck
- Madeline Brewer
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Kevin J. O'Connor
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- Jun 10, 2019
A solid bit of low-budget high-concept suspense work, with an exceptional lack of sentiment. Wants very badly to be a sci-fi BATTLE OF ALGIERS, which is a great idea, but that just means it gets to forego any of that film's ambivalence about its characters' terrorism…
matt lynchMar 16, 2019What a waste of an excellent setting and concept! Captive State could have been a very interesting film, but unfortunately it ended up being a huge missed opportunity. Poor writing, zero character development, porcupine aliens, and a pretty simple story told in the most…
Marianna Neal 🇺🇦Dec 29, 2020Das hier ist eine ganz seltsame Geschichte: „Captive State“ wurde 2018 per Trailer angekündigt, im März 2019 sollte das SciFi-Drama dann erscheinen. Im Vorfeld machten Nachrichten von katastrophalen Testvorführungen die Runde, Universal minimierte daraufhin den Werbeetat so…
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I finally watched the movie Slavoj Zizek recommended to me. It was a better than average sci fi flick and a pretty cool blueprint for how under highly advanced forms of surveillance and oppression average Americans can form cells and carry out REDACTED PARODY IT'S A FILM
Will MenakerMar 18, 2019I fell asleep like 3 times, but I didn’t know what was happening anyway so I didn’t care. I didn’t like it from the start. I did not find this very enjoyable.
ChadwinSep 9, 2023this is one of those films that i've been looking forward to watching for a long time solely because i really love aliens and yeah, the design is cool, but how can you make aliens seem so boring? these three stars are solely for the acting and the fact that i have a giant…
haley - Mar 8, 2022
this is great dystopian cinema. staying close and focussed, abandoning dialogue distractions, getting rid of narrative redundancies, telling its tale through images mainly. this is good filmmaking, simple and plain. Rupert Wyatt submitted proof of his craftsmanship…
shookoneI think I'm like, what, one of maybe five or so people who actually thought this film was pretty damn good for the most part? Much more of a social commentary-laced drama than the tense alien invasion thrill ride that the misleading trailers paint it as, Captive State sees…
Dawson JoyceMar 16, 2019🚫33% YouTube review - Click HERE 2019 list - Click HERE I should have known, from the lack of marketing, how bad this would be. Captive State has a fairly solid cast and a premise that is beyond intriguing. The idea of this war for survival and the political…
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- Rubie Kelly likedCaptive State
The trailer looked amazing but it fell short on the action side of things. Very slow but an enjoyable storyline. The aliens were pretty cool though.
Kyle Hagerman is "meh" onCaptive StateBoring as hell. Difficult to keep up with, to many plot lines happening to the point that it all just jumbles. 3/10
Simeon Morrison dislikedCaptive StateI hated this movie so much I didn’t see a plot and had no idea what was going on and it was all around boring
- Mark lovedCaptive State
9.5/10 really good cliff hanger tho
Wagner Freitas likedCaptive StateVIVA LÁ REVOLUCION!
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- KSKarlton Scott
One hour and 49 minutes I will never get back! Some critics stated it was “incoherent.” I agree.
TWTrevor WhittinghamDon’t waste your time, this is easily the most unfulfilling movie I’ve ever seen. It’s like watching a single TV show episode, and you missed every episode before and you don’t get to see any episodes after. Seriously, who would make a movie this sucky?
CCChristopher ChristopherThere's not many reviews out, but I'd recommend watching Captive State. Chicago is the perfect backdrop for a dystopian sci-fi movie, and the movie plays out like an extended Black Mirror episode.
- RCRoss Choate
It has little action scenes and is more of a drama. But interesting storyline.
MBMoe BokhariDefinitely kept me thinking
HFHerb FordTerrible ending, like they ran out of money. Could have been so much more, way to secretive until the end. And never recovered. An unbelievable waste of time. Almost as bad as the perfect storm.
- JAJonathan Adams
Trash movie
LCLaura CarterToo many tangents
EAEvian Archero DeJesusTook 4eva to get to da point, plus movie was GARBAGE!!!
Metacritic
Mar 18, 2019
It’s a shame that its studio didn’t more heavily market Captive State. Smart, layered, tense, well-executed sci-fi like this should be nurtured in movie theaters.
Oktay Ege Kozak
Paste Magazine
Mar 15, 2019
The film might have better performed if it consisted of more than a smattering of good but relatively isolated ideas.
Pat Brown
Slant Magazine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Captive State (2019) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as PG-13, meaning that some material may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.
How long is Captive State (2019)?
The movie is 1hr 49min long.
What's Captive State (2019) about?
Aliens arrived on Earth, and nothing has ever been the same. Ten years after extra-terrestrials, which we call Legislators, took control of human affairs, there is no poverty or war or crime. There’s also no freedom. Captive State is set in a Chicago neighborhood where collaborators and dissidents coexist and sometimes clash. In this mix are Mulligan (John Goodman), a cop who has worked with the aliens following First Contact, and even helped kill a dissident called Phoenix — whose son (Ashton Sanders) now considers carrying on in his father’s footsteps. In a world where everyone is on their guard, who can be trusted to fight for humanity’s future?
Who's the cast of Captive State (2019)?
- John Goodman as William Mulligan
- Ashton Sanders as Gabriel Drummond
- Jonathan Majors as Rafe Drummond
- Vera Farmiga as Jane Doe
- Kevin Dunn as Commissioner Eugene Igoe
- James Ransone as Patrick Ellison
- Alan Ruck as Charles Rittenhouse
- Madeline Brewer as Rula
- Machine Gun Kelly as Jurgis
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Kermode
Who's the director behind Captive State (2019)?
Rupert Wyatt directed Captive State (2019).
Who produced Captive State (2019)?
Jacquelyn Carr, David Crockett and Jonathan King produced Captive State (2019).
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