Captive State (2019) Movie Explained

Movie Name:- Captive State (2019)
Running time :- 109 minutes
IMDB Rating:- 6.0 / 10

"in the year 2019 the world is attacked

by aliens who instantly cut off

electricity and restrict access to

Earth's resources making it impossible

for Humanity to fight back unable to

resist a more formidable and Powerful

enemy the governments of most countries

decide to surrender and conform the Army

disarticulates under the orders of the

extraterrestrials who become the

legislators however not everyone is

willing to accept this fate detective

Jack Drummond decides to leave Chicago

with his family to regroup and resist

the enemy ignoring the prohibitions and

barricades he tries to escape the city

but the aliens stop him his Escape fails

and the aliens eliminate his family

leaving only his sons Raphael and

Gabriel alive under the new rule of

Earth the aliens confiscate resources

and start building sealed zones in every

major city humanity is imprisoned in

cages forced to work underground to

construct an alien habitat the only

functional Authority is the police which

conducts regular inspections and deports

anyone considered undesirable all

digital communication has been

interrupted due to interference and

police and politicians communicate

directly with the legislators receiving

directives for their actions in

20126 a small resistance group attempts

to attack a sealed Zone to provoke a

global Uprising but the plan fails

however their objectives remain

unchanged Chicago 9 years after the

Alien Invasion a special police unit

operating in the suburbs is able to

monitor every person through thousands

of hidden cameras and tracking devices

embedded in their bodies William

Mulligan the head of the unit watches

Gabriel Drummond Jack's youngest son who

recently attempted to orchestrate a

terrorist act with his older brother

Raphael aiming to destroy the sealed

Zone he and his accompli were eliminated

but now the police must determine if

Gabriel has any connection to them

Gabriel knows he is being watched via

various devices

but this does not stop him from spending

time with his girlfriend in the morning

he meets with his best friend and evades

a nosy neighbor who watches him from the

window trying to evade surveillance the

boys flee and find a mural dedicated to

Gabriel's deceased brother climbing to

the roof of a building they observe the

alien Lair that leads to underground

depths despite the fear of being labeled

as Rebels jorus dreams of the day when

people will again be masters of their

own fate and will no longer submit to

the aliens meanwhile William reads the

latest edition of the newspaper and

finds an ad for a company called Phoenix

offering fire protection he realizes

this is a coded message from the

resistance group indicating that not all

opponents were eliminated during the

last terrorist attack shortly after

William visits a woman named Jane who is

easy to approach but he is there only to

pick up a package she would be happy to

spend the night with him knowing no one

would would catch him but he is strictly

there for business and has no intention

of breaking established rules Upon

returning to the precinct William

informs his assistant that the

resistance is still active and may be

planning a new attack while reviewing

case files and old biographies he tries

to find connections to Phoenix to

prevent a potential terrorist attack and

subsequent conflict with the

aliens meanwhile the rebels are indeed

preparing for an operation and plan to

execute it that very night

the target of the attack is the main

soccer stadium where politicians will

gather and possibly alien leaders will

arrive to celebrate Unity day between

humanity and extraterrestrial

civilization after meeting with Charles

Patrick heads to a bus where he passes

information to a secret man who hides

his face at the same time Gabriel heads

to work in a data recovery center under

constant surveillance from cameras where

he must check data drives and copy

information for the aliens to analyze

potential enemies SE operating phone

after phone Gabriel sends all the photos

and videos to the server before

destroying the data drive there he

notices a colleague writing something on

a piece of paper and hiding it during

the lunch break the girl sits down next

to him and discreetly hands him the note

to avoid raising suspicions and exposing

them she uses the note as paper to roll

the illicit product and leaves it with

Gabriel after work he Blends into the

crowd but workers from the special unit

masked to to conceal their identities

arrive at the park they detain the woman

in front of Gabriel and take her to an

unknown destination deporting her from

Earth witnessing this Gabriel realizes

he was one step away from exposure and

needs to be more careful shortly

afterward Gabriel heads to the docks to

meet his friend jurgus has found a boat

they can use to escape the sealed Zone

and live in a place with less

surveillance Gabriel dreams of Breaking

Free for the sake of his girlfriend but

realizes how much they are risking he is

outraged that jurgus feels strong just

because he bought a revolver considering

him a coward and incapable of real

action a conflict arises between the

friends but the sound of police sirens

quickly brings everything back into

Focus leaving his gun behind he runs and

Gabriel finds the chief of the local

Precinct William uses Gabriel as an

informant but treats him well because he

was a friend of Gabriel's deceased

father at the same time the officer

warns him not to do anything foolish or

he will end up like his older brother or

be eliminated later Gabriel tries to

sell a set containing valuable

information but the client shoves him

into a van and puts a metal collar

around his neck he takes Gabriel to a

devastated part of the city where one of

Humanity's battles against the aliens

occurred entering one of the houses

damaged by explosions and gunfire

Gabriel finds Raphael and discovers that

his older brother survived the failed

attack attack but needs to remain hidden

this is possible because Raphael removed

the tracking device that monitored his

location he gives money to Gabriel and

urges him to return to the boat and

leave the city as quickly as possible

wishing Gabriel a better future Raphael

lets him go then sends a pigeon with

secret information written on a piece of

Captive State (2019) Movie Explained

paper before burning all evidence back

home Gabriel pressures roua to pack

quickly because they need to leave the

city the girl does not support this

decision she is happy with the current

situation and does not want to change

anything Gabriel tells her that his

brother is alive and that he saw him but

this proves feudal as the police are

eavesdropping on their

conversation upon learning that one of

the resistance leaders is still alive

William urgently reports this

information to the alien leadership to

formulate a new course of action fearing

that Gabriel May escape the officer

initiates a hunt for him tracking him

through a locator Gabriel manages to

hide in an abandoned Factory but he is

surrounded by hundreds of alien

listening devices trying to get rid of

them and avoid William he uses the

collar to interfere with the tracker

signal after some time Patrick finds the

pigeon that delivered the message acting

quickly and efficiently the resistance

group prepares for another terrorist

attack they are targeting the next

Target the deputy mayor who will be

present at the unity Day celebration

Charles receives this information and

working at the local newspaper decides

to make an amendment to alert other

Phoenix members hidden among the local

residents spotting a special symbol in

the newspaper and hearing a specific

song on the radio serving as a code

agents of the underground movement

Gather in a nightclub before executing

the terrorist attack they meet with a

doctor to remove the tracking devices

that monitor their locations the

operation is complicated and extremely

dangerous so not everyone survives but

they are willing to take the risk for a

greater cause immediately after Patrick

goes to the morg where he bribes a local

worker and buys tracking devices from

the dead the information about these

devices will not be entered into the

database until after 7 at night allowing

the rebels to use the trackers from the

dead to keep their identities hidden and

prevent their plans for the next

terrorist attack from being discovered

Raphael also begins to act and meets

with his friend Edward after learning

about a woman selling a unique item they

schedule a meeting with her to buy a

special fabric that belongs to the

aliens this organic material can be used

as camouflage evading security systems

and inspections the possibilities of the

transparent material are Limitless so

Patrick transforms it into a bomb that

requires a double tap to activate after

which a 1 minute countdown will begin as

they finalize preparations for the

operation Raphael's team receives the

camouflaged bomb the Dead's tracking

devices that will serve as personal

identifiers and a capsule with poison in

case they are captured knowing their

target and the details of the mission a

group of six traveling in two vehicles

heads to the stadium where the unity Day

celebration is taking place thousands of

people eagerly await a new meeting with

the alien legislators the mayor of

Chicago begins his speech boasting about

how beneficial the aliens are claiming

that they have increased the planet's

natural resources tfold and practically

eliminated crime the Phoenix members

know this is a lie as the aliens will

soon steal all of Earth's resources and

leave it completely uninhabitable the

only way to prevent this is to take the

first step toward war and today is their

last chance otherwise it will be too

late upon arriving at the stadium the

resistance members split up to watch the

mayor's assistant during the

celebration Glory hallu their plan needs

to change with the arrival of the

legislators but their mission Remains

the Same Raphael manages to approach the

deputy mayor and holding the camouflaged

bombb Taps twice on his shoulder to

activate the timer after executing his

plan the rebels exit the stadium a

minute later an explosion occurs

claiming not only the life of the

mayor's assistant but also several

aliens the legislators are Furious and

begin searching for the criminals

creating chaos throughout the city

Edward becomes a victim of the ensuing

gunfire but most of the rebels manage to

escape Raphael also flees but encounters

an alien in the underground parking lot

the legislator tries to punish the

leader of the terrorist group but

Raphael manages to hide in a van the

alien tears apart the vehicle but other

members of the resistance arrive in time

to execute

it William watches the events unfold on

television and realizes it's time for

him to act as well meanwhile Gabriel

regains Consciousness and realizes that

the tracking devices have left him alone

not releasing the he runs to the boat

only to see it has been burned to

prevent him from leaving the area while

Anita burns the evidence that leads to

Phoenix Daniel and Raphael head for the

next Target knowing that time is running

out and soon all the police will be sent

to hunt them down the legislators call

in alien hunters since the police are

unable to do their job police chief

Eugene is summoned to the underground

for a personal meeting with the aliens

that have occupied Earth for the past 9

years shortly after William meets with

Jane again with whom he has kept in

contact she expresses complete

confidence in him and asks to dance

before he continues with his work and

does what is required of him at night

the police conduct a sweep of the poor

neighborhoods of Chicago arresting

anyone who might be connected to the

rebels fearing physical retaliation

people dispose of anything that could

compromise them jurgus tries to resist

the chaos but is brutally beaten for his

Defiance Gabriel tries to defend his

friend threatening one of the special

Department officers with a gun gun but

William tells him to surrender if he

doesn't want to say goodbye to his life

one of the gang members before fleeing

the city decides to call his wife to say

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goodbye since they have a small child

William anticipated this and tracked him

down demanding that he reveal the

whereabouts of his accompli to ensure

his wife and child remain safe Evan is

forced to divulge the location of his

partners and alien hunters are

dispatched to capture them meanwhile

Raphael Anita and Daniel head to the

train station and buy tickets for

different routes to leave Chicago as

quickly as possible they all managed to

check in except Anita who get stuck in a

long line realizing it is almost 7 at

night the girl rushes through the crowd

using a boy as an excuse to pass through

the tracking device

checkpoint resistance members board the

buses and prepare to leave and with no

police in sight it seems they will

successfully Escape but moments later

alarms go off and drivers are forced to

stop alien hunters appear at the station

searching for resistance members they

manage to locate Daniel who tries to

flee realizing it is impossible the

rebel takes the poison capsule and takes

his own life Anita is terrified and

ready to run but Raphael holds her back

hoping everything will turn out right a

minute later it becomes clear they have

also been tracked Anita tries to escape

but is struck down by an alien Hunter

and destroyed Raphael manages to push

him aside and escape from the bus in a

desperate situation the rebel decides to

swallow the capsule but William who has

arrived on the scene shoots him to

prevent him from going through with it

shortly after William meets Gabriel in

the interrogation room and informs him

that the aliens have decided to destroy

his district in 10 hours his home will

be wiped off the map and only he has a

chance to stop this but he must

cooperate with the police Gabriel

refuses but William decides to tell the

truth about his brother he reveals that

Raphael has been captured who is being

beaten and interrogated for information

Raphael will be executed if Gabriel does

not assist the police and he reluctantly

agrees to become their informant

receiving instructions and a newspaper

with the Phoenix symbol Gabriel meets

Raphael and asks to be taken to the

leader of the rebels he knows the police

are watching their every move but is

willing to do anything to help his

brother Gabriel exposes the entire

resistance group when he meets with

Patrick Charles and Jane who is

considered the leader of the rebels

discovering that the leader of the

terrorists has been so close to him all

this time William orders a search of her

house during which Jane is executed upon

arriving at the scene William's

assistant does not believe Jane is the

mysterious number one who has been

leading the rebels she may have many

books and be intelligent but the woman's

gun was not loaded and her social status

does not match her plans Williams

assistant discovers a listening device a

hidden camera and a laptop containing

valuable data soon after William arrives

in the interrogation room to report to

the legislators he exposes the entire

criminal network from low-level

operatives to the movement's leaders

including Charles Patrick and Jane the

aliens interrogate William and seem

suspicious of him since he has lived in

the same area all this time and could be

part of the criminal organization

William vehemently denies this insisting

that he is a police officer who will

always stand by the law meanwhile those

in involved in the Phoenix resistance

movement settle their accounts with life

believing this is better than falling

into the alien hands Raphael is the only

one who not only survived but also

managed to escape from Earth a few days

later William meets with Gabriel and

hands him a data device the officer is

confident that the information on it

will explain a lot to Gabriel and reveal

the truth meanwhile it is revealed that

roua has been a secret police agent

helping to monitor Gabriel all this time

it turns out that her father William

Jane and many other members of the

resistance were friends celebrating all

holidays together as one big family

realizing that the number one in the

Phoenix group is William Gabriel

destroys the information at the film's

end William uses an invisible bomb and

descends into the underground where he

eliminates the legislators the plan

works and soon people around the world

begin to resist the aliens to regain control of Earth"

Captive State (2019) Movie Explained