Captive State
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Captive State |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rupert Wyatt |
| script | Rupert Wyatt, Erica Beeney |
| production | Rupert Wyatt, David Crockett |
| music | Rob Simonsen |
| camera | Alex Disenhof |
| cut | Andrew Groves |
| occupation | |
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Captive State is a science fiction thriller directed by Rupert Wyatt that was released in US cinemas on March 15, 2019 .
action
In the future, almost a decade after the city of Chicago was conquered by aliens, the citizens will be monitored by the authorities and their civil rights restricted. But the residents of the city are beginning to oppose it in this authoritarian society.
production
The script for the film went to Participant Media after a bidding dispute. Directed by Rupert Wyatt , who wrote the screenplay with his wife Erica Beeney .
Filming began on February 15, 2017 in Chicago, the location of the film, and lasted until August 2017. Production costs amount to around 25 million US dollars.
The score was composed by Rob Simonsen . The soundtrack for the film, which comprises a total of 20 pieces of music, will be released by Sony Classical on March 15, 2019.
In September 2018, Focus Features published a first trailer teaser. The film was released in US cinemas on March 15, 2019.
reception
Age rating
In the US, the film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA .
Reviews
Overall, the film received mixed feedback from the critics.
Benjamin Lee of the Guardian writes that the plot may be overly confused, but the film is not lacking in subtle ideas. The extraterrestrials themselves are also uniquely designed, frightening and enchanting at the same time, and therefore as strange as the film in which they play the main role.
Today's Leonard Dworschak describes Captive State as a sophisticated thriller that plays skillfully with sci-fi elements. The camera remains the most important event, without providing the viewer with status updates from the side scenes: "This narrative form makes the film extremely exciting and unpredictable, but requires that the audience thinks instead of just being showered." if the aliens are placeholders, they can be read as a political and social elite that cruelly, unscrupulously and inapproachably divides the proletariat in order to exploit it, according to Dworschak. Alternatively, Captive State can also be interpreted as a commentary on modern imperialism, which makes the film interesting not only as a thriller and science fiction film, but also as a parable.
Web links
- Captive State in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Captive State - Teaser Trailer from Focus Features on Youtube (Video, English)
- Captive State - Official website for the film by Focus Features
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for Captive State . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 187834 / K).
- ↑ a b Andrew Handley: The most bizarre movies coming out in 2018 that will melt your mind. In: looper.com. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ↑ https://onset-hollywood.com/captive-state-2018-filming-locations/
- ^ Rob Simonsen Scoring Rupert Wyatt's 'Captive State'. In: filmmusicreporter.com, March 13, 2018.
- ↑ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/03/13/captive-state-soundtrack-details/
- ↑ Fight the aliens! First trailer for Rupert Wyatt's Captive State. In: moviejones.de. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ Captive State. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/14/captive-state-review-ambitious-sci-fi-thriller-offers-up-uneven-intrigue
- ↑ https://www.heute.at/szene/kino/story/Captive-State-Filmkritik-Rezension-Review-John-Goodman-45238855