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Hi, Mystery Recapped here.

Today I am going to explain a short adventure film called “In Captivity.”

Spoilers ahead!

Watch out and take care!

At the beginning of the movie, we are introduced to the protagonist, Jim.

He lives in a museum on humans and has never been to the outside world.

The museum is run by Cyborgs to exhibit how humans used to live in the past.

Since humans are an endangered species, Jim is the main attraction of the museum.

His apartment is tiny and consists of only three rooms; a bedroom, a bathroom, and the

living area.

There is a staircase to replicate the natural human habitat but the stairs lead nowhere.

Like the fake windows and doors, most of the things in the house are props, except for

the TV that Jim likes to watch every day.

In the opening scene, Jim is watching a TV show that he knows every word to.

To him, the scenario in the movie is how humans interact in real life.

The Cyborgs deliberately make him watch specific shows so he would learn how human males are

supposed to act around females.

Jim is also devouring a pack of cereals, inside which, he finds a rare toy prize.

Not caring about the mess he makes, he excitedly runs to the shelf that he uses to present

his cereal prizes.

He places the one he found on the top and watches it in fascination.

It is clear that cereals are his everyday meal and he loves collecting the prizes.

Collecting them and watching TV are his only hobbies.

Every day, a Cyborg museum guide brings a group of tourist Cyborgs to show them the

museum.

They start by viewing the “everyday human devices” area where toasters, traffic cones,

toy trains, lava lamps, and other everyday things are exhibited.

But of course, the center of attention of the museum is Jim.

The tourists watch him through a glass window in his apartment.

The guide introduces him as the only human raised in captivity.

The Cyborg historians have tried to replicate the habitat that humans used to live in, to

create Jim’s apartment.

As the tourists watch Jim in his house, he gives them a thumbs up.

He doesn’t complain about the strangers invading his privacy because he doesn’t

realize he is being held in captivity.

Jim has always thought this is how his life is supposed to be.

The tourists observe and examine his behaviors and habits like he is a test subject of their

experiment.

When they are about to leave, an announcement encourages them to return to the museum to

watch a new addition; a female human.

Jim is very excited to hear this as he has only seen human girls on TV.

He is ready to meet the girl of his dreams like he had always imagined while watching

TV shows.

The next day is a joyous one for Jim.

He gets up early, brushes his teeth, and takes an extra long shower.

He also sprays himself with a lot of deodorant and dresses up in a nice suit to welcome his

new female friend.

As he nervously waits, a beautiful girl named Caz is brought into the apartment.

Before she says anything, Jim recites dialogue from his favorite movie, thinking it is the

best way to greet her.

But Caz freaks out and starts running around the house looking for a way out.

Since she was captured from the outside world, she knows she is being held captive.

However, the doors and windows of Jim’s apartment are all fake to make it look like

a real home, so she cannot run away.

Caz goes to the bedroom to look for a way out, only to see a bed decorated with rose

petals.

Jim had some plans ready for her arrival, he hasn’t learned any social skills from

the movies but knows what sexual intercourse is.

Caz finally sees the Cyborgs watching them from the windows and hides behind a wall.

Jim introduces himself for the first time making Caz realize he is a human too.

She asks him if he knows a way to get out but Jim is confused as to why she would want

to leave.

He claims that he has all the amazing things in the apartment like an extendable couch

and the TV with over five channels on it.

He even gets unlimited complimentary meals and energy drinks every day.

Caz is unimpressed by his version of “amazing things”.

She cries and Jim tries to console her with a rose.

At dinner time, Jim and Caz sit down to eat.

Jim heats an artificial meal for her in an oven and starts eating.

But Caz is disgusted by the smell of the food.

Seeing Jim enjoying it, she asks him if he has ever been outside.

When he doesn’t answer, she asks him to smell the food but Jim still doesn’t get

what she is trying to prove.

Caz curses the Cyborgs who are still observing them like bacteria under the microscope.

She turns back to Jim and explains to him that none of this is real.

The foods do not taste what they are supposed to taste like, the stairs do not lead anywhere,

and the front door doesn’t open more than four inches.

Jim listens to her complaints, with a smile on his face and doesn’t say anything.

When she asks him why the fake apartment doesn’t bother him, he yawns and says he is going

to sleep.

He excitedly asks Caz to join him in the bed if she wants to.

Caz retreats away from him, asking why she would go to bed with him.

Jim then suggests they propagate which makes Caz freeze in shock.

She declares that she would never propagate with him and sends him to his bedroom.

Jim angrily throws away all the rose petals from his bed and goes to sleep while the Cyborgs

outside still watch him.

Caz sleeps on the couch outside.

At midnight, Jim brings out a blanket and puts it over Caz.

He also goes as far as to get his best cereal prize and keep it beside her to keep her company.

Caz wakes up sometime later and sees the toy by her side.

She gets an idea and uses the prize toys to create a landscape on the glass window.

When Jim wakes up, he is upset to see his toys missing but his disappointment vanishes

when he sees the art Caz has created.

She tells him that the scenery on the glass is her home.

But Jim still claims that the apartment is her home now.

She calmly explains to him that human beings aren’t supposed to live with the Cyborgs,

their home is outside.

The following day at breakfast, Jim hides from the Cyborgs using a plant.

He then secretly tells Caz there is a way to get out of the apartment.

Every few days, an attendant with a cart comes through the main door.

Caz can hide inside the cart without him knowing and go outside.

But since the cart only has space for one person, Jim will remain stuck in the museum.

Caz worriedly tells him that he doesn’t belong here but Jim claims that he is happy

and satisfied.

He asks her to not worry about him and reach home safely.

At night, a Cyborg arrives with a cart to refill the fridge.

Caz carefully gets inside the cart and is taken outside without anyone knowing.

The next day, the supervisor Cyborg asks Jim if he knows where the female human is but

Jim says he doesn’t.

In the next museum tour, the tour guide introduces a group of Cyborgs to Jim.

However, when the couch moves around, they see that Jim has tied a Cyborg to it and has

escaped.

In the last scene, we see Jim walk to a girl in a field that looks exactly like the landscape

Caz had depicted in her art.

Jim’s captivity has a striking resemblance to how animals in zoos, circuses, and aquariums

are treated.

The movie keeps things in perspective for humans on how it feels like to live away from

your own kind in an environment of “fake” perfectness.

Although many viewers criticize the abrupt ending, the unique concept of the film in

addition to the message behind it, makes the film “In captivity” worthwhile.

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