A young woman weeps. She is bound to a chair, and gagged. Wearing bright red nail polish, another woman taunts her attic hostage. Outside, birds fly free as we learn the events herein are "inspired by a true story." While the credits jump across the screen, teenage track runner Stefanie Scott (as Allie) takes a lap and receives some bad news from her coach. She's failing and will be dropped from the team. Even worse, she is kidnapped and becomes the hostage seen in the opening seconds. The perpetrators are a pair of overly perky sisters, wickedly sexy blonde Anna Camp (as Sabrina) and girlishly naive brunette Amelia Rose Blaire (as Paige). There is very little to this story that isn't revealed in the first 15 minutes, so it's probably best to say you figure out how the characters are connected by a handsome businessman, Sam Page (as Justin Price)...
"Caught" catches writer Marcy Holland and director Maggie Kiley restrained by a bad opening and introduction of characters. We see the victim already tied up, then meet a student and a pair of strange young women. It might have been better to omit the confusing opening "tease" and add some scenes to establish the characters' ages, relationships and infidelities; none of these are supposed to be a surprise. The story's most interesting dynamic is the interplay between the wildly different sisters; one seemingly psycho, the other intellectually challenged. What engages most is how Ms. Kiley and her crew divert our attention from the initial victim and to the bad sister. There is some cleverness and humor in how the victim and villain roles can be switched back and forth. With better pacing and presentation, this could have been a much better production.
***** Caught (11/7/2015) Maggie Kiley ~ Anna Camp, Stefanie Scott, Sam Page, Amelia Rose Blaire
"Caught" catches writer Marcy Holland and director Maggie Kiley restrained by a bad opening and introduction of characters. We see the victim already tied up, then meet a student and a pair of strange young women. It might have been better to omit the confusing opening "tease" and add some scenes to establish the characters' ages, relationships and infidelities; none of these are supposed to be a surprise. The story's most interesting dynamic is the interplay between the wildly different sisters; one seemingly psycho, the other intellectually challenged. What engages most is how Ms. Kiley and her crew divert our attention from the initial victim and to the bad sister. There is some cleverness and humor in how the victim and villain roles can be switched back and forth. With better pacing and presentation, this could have been a much better production.
***** Caught (11/7/2015) Maggie Kiley ~ Anna Camp, Stefanie Scott, Sam Page, Amelia Rose Blaire