Captivity vs Cure
Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 4.9/10 for Captivity). Captivity is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 52m. Cure is the older of the two (1997 against 2007). Both are crime, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Captivity
Cure| Captivity | Cure | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Crime, Horror, Thriller | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Roland Joffé | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Main cast | Daniel Gillies, Laz Alonso, Michael Harney, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Elisha Cuthbert | Ren Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara |
Synopsis
Captivity
The sought-after images of top model Jennifer adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a club, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner. When their captor subjects the two to torture, they commit to escaping the chamber of horrors before they're killed.
Cure
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.