Captives

Rating:
Summary: Unusually different and exciting
Review: When I rented this movie I really didn't think it was going to be very good. I had never seen Tim Roth and Julia Ormand in anything before. Normally I would have thought that is an off the wall movie that most people wouldn't like. There was definitey something passionate between Roth and Ormand. It wasn't really overly sexual, just enough excitement to keep you on edge.It was very suspenseful and adventures and the ending was a little bit scary at first but turned out to be a surprise. If you want to see a great movie that you might not normally pick by chance, try this one because it will surprise you.

Rating:
Summary: Strong Stuff
Review: Wow, I just saw this movie and knew beforehand I'd love it. Why? Tim Roth. I would watch Tim Roth reading "Barney's Christmas Adventure". I don't care what he does, he's an excellent and riveting actor -watching him is like being drawn towards a graviational field . There are few actors with this much soul.
I've always puzzled over the so-called "Beautiful men" who are supposed to have all this sex appeal -they leave me cold. They're all too pretty for my tastes. They look like mannequins.
Roth is so uniquely "Roth" -there's no one else like him- and this gives him a powerful charisma. He's perfect in roles which require him to show off his natural raw energy and earthiness and this role as the tender yet passionate convict is perfect for him. Julia Ormand is also great and convincing as the woman rather stunned by her attraction to someone so unlikely. So much is conveyed between these two by facial expression. A beautifully nuanced performance by both actors, which makes the physicality of their later embrace so much more erotic than anything I've seen in film for a long, long time.
Very sexy in a gorgeous, sensuous way with delicious subtleties -right down to the tattoos on Roth's arm.