Captive State [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Rupert Wyatt, Ashton Sanders, Alan Ruck, Vera Farmiga, Jonathan Majors, James Ransone

Overview

Co-writer/director Rupert Wyatt's science fiction crime thriller unfolds in the dystopic aftermath of an alien occupation. A Chicago police officer (John Goodman) sees through the aliens' false rhetoric of peaceful coexistence and begins recruiting formidable individuals (Ashton Sanders) to form Phoenix: an armed rebel group that aims to unite humanity against its common foe.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/11/2019
UPC:	0191329107744
Original Release:	2019
Rating:	PG-13
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00

Special Features

Igniting a War; Building a World of Captive State; Feature Commentary with Director/Producer/Co-Writer Rupert Wyatt and Producer David Crockett

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Goodman	Actor
Ashton Sanders	Actor
Jonathan Majors	Actor
Machine Gun Kelly	Actor
Vera Farmiga	Actor
D.B. Sweeney	Actor
Kevin Dunn	Actor
James Ransone	Actor
Alan Ruck	Actor
Madeline Brewer	Actor
Kevin J. O'Connor	Actor
Ben Daniels	Actor
Caitlin Ewald	Actor
Guy Van Swearingen	Actor
Elena Marisa Flores	Actor
Rene L. Moreno	Actor
Yasen Peyankov	Actor
Shannon Cochran	Actor
Patrese McClain	Actor
Michael Franck	Actor
Ta'Rhonda M. Jones	Actor,Barbosa,Lead Hunter
Chike Johnson	Actor
Megan Brooke Long	Actor
Chronicle Wilchrist Ganawah	Actor
Alex Henderson	Actor
Lucien Cambric	Actor
KiKi Layne	Actor
Avery Lee	Actor
Bries Vannon	Actor
Jason Bradley	Actor
James Hatten	Actor
Christian Isely	Actor
Laura T. Fisher	Actor
Steven P. Herson	Actor
Marc Grapey	Actor
Eric Lynch	Actor,Morgue Attendant
Kelly Cole	Actor
Danny Goldring	Actor
Julius Mercer	Actor
David J. Height	Actor
Robert Shannon	Actor
Megan Murphy	Soldier Field Singer
Wendi Weber	Actor
Mickey O'Sullivan	Actor
Ronald Lewis Conner, Jr.	Actor
Jane Baxter Miller	Actor
Matthew Lucki	Actor
Cyrus Alexander	Actor
Ilyssa Fradin	Actor
Linsey Page Morton	Actor
Marcos Barnes	Actor
John Brady	Actor
Gregory Nicotero	Actor
Zach Thomas	Actor
Collin Woldt	Actor
Lizzy Leigh	Actor
Lawrence Grimm	Evan Hayes
Otis Winston	Legislator
Maho Honda	News Anchor
Drama	Actor
Evan Hayes	Lawrence Grimm
Jos? Garc?a	Nark
Michael Collins	Robert Watts

Technical Credits

Erica Beeney

Rupert Wyatt

David Crockett	Producer
Adam Simon	Producer,Executive Producer
Ron Schmidt	Producer
Erica Beeney	Screenwriter
Jonathan King	Executive Producer,Producer
Jeff Skoll	Executive Producer,Producer
David Obermeyer	Sound Effects
Pamela Austria	Special Effects
Rupert Wyatt	Screenwriter,Producer
Christal Karge	Casting
Steven Visscher	Sound Editor
Sara Stern	Sound Editor
Allan Zaleski	Sound Editor
Ron Bochar	Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

Captive State provides a fresh outlook on the 'aliens take over the Earth' genre. In this go-around, the aliens are well-established on the planet, and the oppressed Earthlings are divided as they try to figure out whether they're comfortable living under alien rule or want to fight back to regain the version of their world that they remember. Rather than go the spectacular route, writer/director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Gambler) breathes dramatic life into the tired trope. The protagonists seem to struggle amongst themselves just as much as they do against their oppressors as Wyatt and co-writer Erica Beeney spin a yarn of alien colonization that takes place for many years in downtown Chicago, putting things in perspective for an audience that has not experienced a literal takeover of their world. Regardless, the message communicated is that fighting for your beliefs and against oppression is always a necessary and noble stand to take. Special effects can potentially ruin a picture like this, but rather than aim for grandiose, Captive State goes minimalistic, and yet it impresses. The hostile and prickly aliens are known as "legislators" and rule the Earth. They are physically frightening with technological capabilities light years beyond those of humans. The sparse but well-executed special effects add to an already rich plot and showcase plausible, everyday difficulties of cohabitating with aliens. The disjointed pacing adds to the terse action scenes when Captive State breaks out of its densely written backstory. Action fans may be kept waiting a little too long, but eventually the audience takes a deep dive into what it would really be like for humans to relate to each other during a very dividing time. This provides the backbone that holds the story together. William Mulligan (John Goodman) channels some darkness from way back in the Barton Fink days. A Chicago Police Department official on the side of the collaborators, he wants to recruit people to help the aliens suppress any rebellion, and he is rewarded for it. Trying to fully comprehend his motivations could take the entire movie, which is worth watching if only to see what he'll do next. Gabriel Drummond (Ashton Sanders) delivers an equally outstanding performance as a conflicted human trying to live in peace and avoid the fighting. But as the younger brother of legendary insurgent Rafe (Jonathan Majors), he is a prime target for joining the insurgents or being pumped for inside intelligence about the movement. A stand-alone story, there is plenty of dystopian world takeover to be explored should Captive State choose to branch out into sequels. Meanwhile, all the important plot loops are closed tightly enough to satisfy most spectators. The film will resonate with people who are more interested in plot development than special effects.