Catch Hell (2014)

Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds himself in the middle of a twisted scheme with little chance to survive. With no rescue in sight, Reagan must use every ounce of strength he has left to break free and get his revenge.

This film is insane but in such a good way!It's a revenge film but who gets revenge on whom is the question? Ryan Phillippe wrote, directed and stars in Catch Hell a film about an actor trying to make a comeback who is kidnapped and tortured for something he might or might not have done in the past.

His kidnappers are two backwoods Louisiana swamp dwellers.One is the dominant and of course one is the half wit.What sets this apart from the many other films with this same template,you may ask? Well, plenty! The performances were really intense, of course by Philippe but Stephen Louis Grush as Junior was pitch perfect.He was seen recently on Gracepoint.

Catch Hell is quite brutal and flinch worthy.If seeing an alligator skinned and filleted is upsetting to you then you shouldn't watch it or should close your eyes.The things that happen to Philippe's character "Reagan" are unimaginable and they take it to places you never thought they would go, but the film was all the better for them doing so.

Will Reagan escape by out witting his captors or will they get the best of him? You will have to rent or buy the movie to find out! There was some very clever dialogue and situations which made this a very well rounded film.There wasn't any gore but there was blood and disturbing violence!