Captive

Year: 1991

Runtime: 120 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael Tuchner

DramaThriller

In Oregon’s remote mountains, Paul and Kathy Plunk purchase a quiet motel, hoping for peace. Their calm shatters when two desperate fugitives checking in turn out to be dangerous criminals. The intruders force the couple to empty their bank accounts, then take Paul, Kathy and their baby hostage, plunging the family into a terrifying ordeal.

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