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The Capture (2019)

2019 · Crime,Drama,Mystery · spy-contemporary, crime-procedural, sci-fi-speculative

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The Capture is a slick, cerebral British thriller built around the terrifying plausibility of CCTV manipulation and state-level deepfake technology. Set in contemporary London, it follows a soldier whose innocence or guilt becomes impossible to determine as surveillance footage is revealed to be potentially fabricated — pulling in police investigators, intelligence services, and foreign powers. The tone is taut and paranoid, the production values high, and the premise grounded enough that reviewers repeatedly stopped to Google whether 'correction' technology is real. It rewards attentive viewers willing to sit with ambiguity, and delivers a genuinely unsettling portrait of institutional power, media truth, and who controls the narrative.

From the reviewers

this will have you scratching your head, questioning everything you see, and doubting the things you've seen with your own eyes.
It's one of those shows where you'll be googling throughout asking if there is such a thing as correction, great drama always has the power to make you question if something is possible or not.
The acting is first rate from all of them, you can't pick a standout, Callum Turner is unbelievable as Shaun, I also thought Lia Williams and Holliday Grainger were flawless.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories but I don't think the ideas presented here are far beyond the realms of possibility... Which is quite unsettling!
No fancy gimmicks, dialogues, shoot-out scenes, computer coding thingies, CGI scenes and whatnot. The plot on agencies is nothing new. It's all about how the storyline is delivered. It's delivered to perfection!

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