IMDb plot summary: Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.
Directed by Rupert Wyatt. Starring John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, and Vera Farmiga.
This is somehow the most tedious alien invasion action thriller I've ever seen. And it's not because nothing happens -- there are chase scenes and fight scenes and there's intrigue, but it somehow all happens under an extremely bland umbrella. Every actor seems to be phoning it in, including John Goodman, who can be excellent but is just as bland as everyone else here. Even its big dramatic twist ending is extremely underwhelming and seems to be drowning in tonal drudgery.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Captive State < Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Captive State > Lincoln
Captive State < How I Live Now
Captive State < Boys Don't Cry
Captive State > The Toy That Saved Christmas
Captive State < Twist of Faith
Captive State < I, Robot
Captive State < Les Miserables (1935)
Captive State < Frankenstein
Captive State > Fun Size
Captive State > Defending Your Life
Captive State < Wind River
Final spot: #2104 out of 2933.
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