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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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In the hallway, an unseen WLF guard barks at his squeamish companion (Vince Song) to ignore their captor's screams while Isaac works.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 May 2025
The weary guard is subtler than other characters at pulling Henry’s strings, but Jerry needles his captor by surmising correctly that even his list of demands is Gene’s work.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
There, Japanese businessmen, local officials, an opera star, a translator, diplomats and revolutionary captors become unlikely companions.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Despite her pristine appearance at the time of her return, McPherson insisted that she’d been tied up and tortured by her captors.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 May 2025
The weary guard is subtler than other characters at pulling Henry’s strings, but Jerry needles his captor by surmising correctly that even his list of demands is Gene’s work.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
There, Japanese businessmen, local officials, an opera star, a translator, diplomats and revolutionary captors become unlikely companions.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Despite her pristine appearance at the time of her return, McPherson insisted that she’d been tied up and tortured by her captors.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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