The film tells about the look of science fiction around a Chicago neighborhood a decade after occupying an extraterrestrial force. Things seem to be going at a different turn after that long period, as the film explores that life in Chicago on both sides of the conflict - collaborators and opponents. Perhaps more conflicts between collaborators and opponents will take place during the most difficult period.
It's a shame that its studio didn't more heavily market Captive State. Smart, layered, tense, well-executed sci-fi like this should be nurtured in movie theaters.
The first major surprise of 2019, Rupert Wyatt's sleeper is an uncommonly smart piece of science fiction that, like all great genre pieces, has a potent subtext.
