Signature Entertainment
We’ve just received a brand new trailer for the upcoming The Captor, a new film starring Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace and Mark Strong. The film comes to cinemas and on-demand from 21st June. We’re hearing that this one is reminiscent of films like Dog Day Afternoon and Inside Man, so we’re quite looking forward to checking it all out in the summer.
This stylish, faced-paced, fun and frantic crime caper is a vibrant blend of tension, humour and history. Based on the absurd but true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis, The Captor, described as ‘a suspenseful, riotous black comedy’, is an extraordinary account of what happens when hostages bond with their captors and turn against the authorities – a phenomenon now identified as the Stockholm syndrome.
Writer and director Robert Budreau has assembled a top-notch cast for this intriguing and unique thriller: he pairs up with Oscar-nominated Ethan Hawke for the second time (Hawke played Chet Baker in Budreau’s acclaimed Born to be Blue), and elicits an intense and hilarious performance from the actor here, as the crazed and charismatic Lars, bedecked in leather and shouting the odds.
Noomi Rapace, world famous for her roles in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus, is note perfect as the hostage who starts to feel a curious affinity for the bank robber; while the ever-reliable Mark Strong (Kick-Ass) is on fine form as the jailbird Hawke springs from prison, who might be double-crossing his cohort.
You can check out the new trailer and poster for the film below.
