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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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The elder Hall’s indifference toward his son’s life shocks even his captor, prompting a bonding moment that softens the viewer’s perceptions of both men.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
As is to be expected in stories of this sort, Sonja is forced to fight for her captors’ amusement.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Hermit gets knocked around in the melee, first by the monster and then by its would-be captor, the mysterious Maginot cyborg Morrow.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
The film, scheduled to shoot in the second semester of 2026, follows Virginia, a young Nicaraguan migrant who escapes from her captors and ventures into the Mexican desert on a full moon night.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
As is to be expected in stories of this sort, Sonja is forced to fight for her captors’ amusement.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Hermit gets knocked around in the melee, first by the monster and then by its would-be captor, the mysterious Maginot cyborg Morrow.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
The film, scheduled to shoot in the second semester of 2026, follows Virginia, a young Nicaraguan migrant who escapes from her captors and ventures into the Mexican desert on a full moon night.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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