Bonus Episode: Captive (1991) TV Movie Review

Hey Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Looking Back On My Wonder Years: A Wonder Years Podcast. Today, I covered a TV Movie based on a True Story, Captive from 1991, starring Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains), John Stamos (Full House), Barry Bostwick, Chad Lowe (Life Goes On). Movie Synopsis: Paul and Kathy Plunk move away from Phoenix, Arizona, so that their baby daughter may grow up in the healthy Oregon. They buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region... - it could be idyllic, but their first guests are the wanted criminals Knott and Frost, who are on flight from the police. They need money, so they assault the Plunks, force them to withdraw all their money from the bank. But the nightmare just begins: they take the Plunks and their baby with them as hostages. I remember catching this movie on Lifetime when I was 15 or 16. I was already a fan of Joanna Kerns and John Stamos and was interested to see them take on a different role than the ones I grew up watching them play. The acting in this movie is amazing. John Stamos is so far removed from his Uncle Jesse role in this movie, you definitely see him in a different light here. I always wanted to cover this movie on the podcast at some point because I felt everyone should know the range of these two actors, I wasn't familiar with anything Barry Bostwick or Chad Lowe had done prior to or after this, so I don't have anything to compare it to, but they were amazing in their roles too. I plan to cover some other TV Movies in the future for the podcasts that I watched growing up. I hope you enjoy this episode and check the movie out on Youtube. Captive TV Movie 1991 Joanna Kerns (words you put into searchbar) To EMAIL The Podcast GO TO: [email protected]