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Seemingly every car in the Chicago el network has a poster for the upcoming film Captivity. That's the "controversial" one where the comely Elisha Cuthbert apparently gets tortured, blah blah blah. Ever vigilant, the MPAA wants you to know that the film contains "strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grizzly images, language and some sexual material."
I think they meant "grisly"--but maybe it's just another twist up director Roland Joffe's sleeve.
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